Manchester set for economic takeoff as Airport City’s £15m logistics hub approved
Manchester businesses are jet set for ‘unrivalled’ access to the international market place as Airport City get the go ahead to build a new £15million logistics hub.
Government ‘consistently refuse to support prevention’ of barbaric genital mutilation, says human rights advocate
The Government has ‘consistently refused’ to support female genital mutilation (FGM) prevention, according to a Manchester-based human rights organisation.
Greater Manchester clubs queuing up for Northwest Football Awards honours
Premier League champions Manchester City’s six nominations is the most of any club, with Manuel Pellegrini and Yaya Toure contending for the manager and Premier League player awards respectively.
Hands Thaid: Bolton boss Lennon stays mum on takeover talk
Lennon stays quiet on reports surfacing in the past week of entertainment conglomerate BEC-Tero and local sports media giant Siam Sport Syndicate launching a joint £40m bid for Wanderers.
On the trot: Bolton hero Tony Kelly walks to raise money for charities including Hillsborough families
The club’s Community Ambassador will walk 50 miles from his Merseyside hometown of Huyton to the ground via Anfield, Goodison Park and the Trotters’ former home Burnden Park
Manchester scientists unlock Alzheimer’s gene comparing brains of mice and men
A crucial breakthrough in the detection of Alzheimer’s has been made by scientists at The University of Manchester by comparing the brains of mice and men
On the brawl: More fan trouble for Bolton as five supporters arrested for part in opening-day Watford fights
The men, whose ages range from 21 to 48, have all been bailed until October 30 after being arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.
‘Hospitals are dangerously full of old people’: Leigh MP Andy Burnham slams Jeremy Hunt over strained NHS care
The Shadow Health Secretary warned that cuts to services and a ‘collapse’ in social care have left hospitals struggling to function effectively.
In pics: Meet the orphaned baby hedgehogs who cheated death to survive badgers, cars and parasites
Award-winning vintage wedding company owner Sharon Lomas along with her husband Garry Lomas discovered the trio on their Lyme Park farm last month.
Margaret Thatcher ‘death tweets’ to be focus of Manchester study exploring how Twitter images go viral
The Manchester Metropolitan University research project will investigate which pictures become popular, who shares them and how quickly they spread on Twitter.
‘We’re coming for you’: Seven arrested in dawn raids as police close net on Manchester’s ‘criminal web’
Seven men were arrested on suspicion of assault and aggravated burglary