The number of people who are self-employed in Greater Manchester is up 28% since the financial crisis, with those taking on the burden labelled ‘unsung heroes’ of the economic recovery.

Nissan dealership’s charity weekend in memory of Bury teen Super Josh, who died last year, has been hailed a huge success after it raised £1,100.

Immortalising Salford’s most prolific artist on the one thing all of us use daily is the greatest honour to a man who refused to be recognised by awards.

If you stumbled across money in the street, would you take it? That’s exactly the dilemma the people of Manchester were faced with when journalists from The Lad Bible set up an experiment in Piccadilly Gardens and filmed the responses.

A report estimates that a run to the Champions League semi-finals is worth as much as £4million to a home city’s economy while the final generates more than £25million pounds in revenue for the city’s businesses and travel companies.

A ‘pie-in-the-sky election promise’: that’s the accusation from Altrincham Tory candidate Graham Brady against Labour’s new stamp duty pledge.

Don’t let your money worries get you down. Eliminate the stress of dealing with financial matters such as budgeting, bills and debt.

In some cases worrying can be helpful when it spurs you on to solve a problem but, equally, it can be an oppressive force that prevents action and bars success.

An unemployed poker player from Romania who cheated two Greater Manchester casinos out of large sums of money has been caught after trying to flee the country.

Ronel Kiyanga, 20, of South Croydon, was found guilty of two counts of retaining wrongful credit after splurging on foreign currency and technical goods with cash that had been wrongly paid into his bank.

The wealthiest 1% of the world’s population will own more than the remaining 99% within two years, according to a report by the aid and development charity Oxfam.