A cynical attitude could double the risk of dementia and see Manchester sufferers rocket to 8,000 by 2050, claims a new study.

The month-long ‘None for the road’ campaign, which last year resulted in 252 arrests following almost 5,000 breath tests, hopes to deliver an even stronger message through social media and posters in pubs around the region.

The Music Venue Trust’s petition, founded earlier this year, calls for an urgent review of current noise abatement legislation affecting many city centre bars and live music haunts across the country.

Night and Day Café has been ordered to attend a compulsory review meeting on June 9 to discuss whether they have been breaching the terms of their noise abatement notice and venue licence.

The Green Party stood candidates in all 32 of Manchester City’s wards, they came second in 13 wards.

Gorton South Councillor Julie Reid readily voiced her concerns despite beating second place UKIP candidate, Bob Catterall, by 1781 votes.

After the council became a ‘Tory-free zone’ back in 2012, Labour finished off their other main rivals to take all of the 32 wards as the Liberal Democrats surrendered their nine seats with 95 out of 96 seats now held by Labour and just one by Independent Labour councillor Henry Cooper..

Trafford Council spent almost £4,000 in a scheme introducing double yellow lines to a small area of Sale last year.

Manchester City Council’s trading standards department tested 115 sunbeds at 29 premises across the city and found that most exceeded the maximum safe output

One in five baby boys born in the Manchester City district will not reach retirement age, claims figures from the Office of National Statistics.

Breastfeeding is allowed in meetings by Manchester City Council in a bid to be more accommodating to female councillors.