The majority of Greater Manchester residents are completely unaware about the city’s devolution agreement and that a referendum must be enforced, according to a local trade union leader.

Manchester has been named the world’s 14th most sustainable city and community groups are the driving force behind it, according to an environmental campaigner.

Christopher Lear, 34, of Carisbrook Street in Harpurhey, received fines of £160, along with £240 in costs and an additional £20 victims of crime surcharge.

Mr Krantz, member of the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition, claims to have initiated the petition as an ‘expression of solidary’ for children killed in Gaza.

An old Chorlton man, branded Britain’s rudest pensioner, has been jailed again after decades of bad and grumpy behaviour which has seen him locked up more than FIFTY times.

‘Tens of thousands’ of eligible voters across Greater Manchester could miss having their say at May’s general election because they aren’t registered, local councils have warned.

Manchester celebrities Shaun Ryder, Terry Christian, Rowetta and Claire Mooney lead hundreds of protesters in a rally against ‘appalling’ coalition cuts that have affected the city at Albert Square.

Sir Richard Leese has been accused of playing a ‘political game’ by allegedly delaying the announcement of Manchester City Council’s £11million windfall to boost moral after announcing cuts.

Apprentice star Sanjay Sood-Smith spoke about his own personal experiences of homophobic abuse in Manchester yesterday, as part of the city’s Hate Crime Awareness Week (HCAW).

The short film, entitled ‘Student House Parties: The Impact’, was created by Manchester Student Homes as part of the Alcohol Impact project, run by the National Union of Students and Home Office.

Hundreds of spurned Prestwich residents are rallying behind a petition to scrap this year’s Parklife festival in Heaton Park following the rampant anti-social behaviour, violence and drug taking that marked last summer.