Witnesses are being asked to come forward to help trace a driver who killed a woman by knocking her off a mobility scooter during a road collision.

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

FC United’s accreditation as a Living Wage employer in October last year, when they became the first club in England to pay their staff a minimum £7.65 an hour rather than the £6.50, is just one reason the non-league Manchester side are making waves in the national consciousness.

General manager of FC United of Manchester Andy Walsh believes there will be a ‘long lasting legacy’ after the club reached its target of £2m in community shares.

More than 1,000 fans will embark on a 500-mile round-trip to attend FC United of Manchester’s FA Trophy quarter-final fixture against Conference Premier side Torquay United this weekend while Premier League devotees struggle to afford rising ticket prices.

The victim, who is four months pregnant, had just left a newsagents on Hodge Street and was getting into her car when she was grabbed from behind and threw to the floor at about 12.40pm on Jarnuary 17.

Colour Sergeant Stephen Bardsley, 57,from Moston who saved wounded comrades in battle committed suicide after losing a tragic last fight to cope with the untimely death of his wife.

In a few short weeks FCUM, who have soared up the ranks of English football to the seventh tier, will celebrate their greatest achievement yet when they open their new £6million Broadhurst Park stadium in Moston.

A 73-year-old Moston man denies smuggling two and a half kilos of cocaine into the country through Heathrow Airport

Stuart Coope, of Minster Road, Moston, pleaded guilty to attempted murder after stabbing and slashing his 39-year-old boyfriend in the early hours of Saturday, March 29

Steven Jade Vincent Johnson, 32, was riding along St Mary’s Road shortly before 7pm on June 19 when his silver Kawasaki collided with a parked vehicle