Five thousand new jobs will be created as a result of the initiative along with educational programmes that equip Mancunians with essential workplace skills.

George Osborne dodged a simple maths question earlier today while being interviewed by a panel of school children on Sky News.

Health providers could expect to see one of their patients killed almost every two years, according to a Manchester University study

Gill Clarke, 55, from Mile End, was awarded the honour for her services to nursing.

Fr Andrew Stringfellow, 39, the parish priest of Sacred Heart and St Francis of Assisi Church in Gorton, has decided to downsize and will be donating the majority of the large presbytery to the community.

Toni Gibbings, 15, and Angel Smith, 12, from Stoke-on-Trent, were last seen on June 8

Mark Garner, known by many as food writer ‘Gordo’, has been subjected to a vitriolic twitter account parody

Passive smoking also increases the likelihood of hearing loss by 28%.

Sam Faiers will be meeting and greeting fans at the Trafford Centre on June 14.

Footage has been released of the horrifying moment when a 19-year-old man was stabbed and left with serious injuries in Salford on Tuesday – as police continue to search for the main knife man.

Scuba diving members of the Worsley branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club are taking on a daunting 40 dives in 40 days this September to mark the club’s 40th anniversary.