Manchester, along with Nottingham and Portsmouth, has been shortlisted from 22 applications with the winner receiving £1.6million of National Lottery funding over two years.

A constant need for blood supplies in Greater Manchester hospitals has driven a Bolton MP to encourage more people to donate and save people’s lives.

Community groups and charities who have reduced poverty across south Manchester are being encouraged to nominate themselves for the Paul Goggins Memorial prize.

A campaign to get the Premier League to put more money into grass roots football setup by a Bolton MP has received backing from a new local football team.

A new proposal that could mean the Premier League is taxed to fund grass roots football has been welcomed by the MP for Bolton North East.

Meet the Neighbours is the brainchild of family solicitor Laura Hitchen, from WTB Solicitors LLP,who specialises in cases involving domestic violence.

Rupert Murdoch’s News International should ‘foot the bill’ for the hacking trial, a Manchester MP claimed as Andy Coulson was sentenced to 18 months in prison today.

MP David Crausby, who has represented Bolton North East since 1997, has re-launched a campaign to change the way grassroots football is funded.

Just 9% of voters plan to vote for the Lib Dems in next year’s General Election – lagging well behind Labour who were up to 43% locally – but Withington MP John Leech fared better than most of his party colleagues, polling 50% higher.

Kate Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston, has slammed the chaos caused by the huge backlog of passport applications

The proposed reforms will enable people without a minicab license to drive one when it is ‘off duty’, end annual license checks and allow minicab operators to subcontract bookings to firms in other areas