A homeless protester says he felt ‘bribed’ by Manchester City Council as they offered him sheltered accommodation he had once been told was unavailable after serving him papers to evacuate his Albert Square campsite.

Manchester’s people and business are being encouraged to become more age-friendly and pledge to increase awareness of the needs of the city’s older citizens by the Lord Mayor himself.

A Moston shop owner has been fined £1,000 for selling tobacco products to an underage person following a sting operation by trading standards.

A beloved live music venue in Manchester will be under threat during the construction of the Northern Hub, according to its landlord.

The belief that most Mancunians are completely oblivious to the city’s devolution Agreement has been backed up from a further survey by the Greater Manchester Referendum Campaign.

With the looming general election and prospect of devolution the city is ‘at a very important point in our history’ according to the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce (GMCC) chief executive.

Care for the elderly in Greater Manchester receives the second lowest level of funding in the UK, a recent report by the UKHCA has revealed.

Government statistics have shown a worrying 79% increase in the number of rough sleepers in Manchester- which homes more rough sleepers than anywhere except London

Figures obtained through an FOI request to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) show 121 fines were issued from June-December 2014 compared to 147 the previous six months.

City centre based youth charity RECLAIM challenges 40 young people, aged 12-13 years old (Year 8), to create their own political parties to pitch to five councillors at Manchester Town Hall.

Academics have spoken out on the apparent loss of 240,000 reference books from Manchester Central Library, with some calling it ‘regrettable’ that library bosses are allowing the digital age to replace physical texts.