A Manchester church is tackling the city’s social problems head-on to give new hope to its most vulnerable people.

A criminal record is an immediate turn off for most employers and you could argue that this puts ordinary people off committing crime almost as much as the threat of prison time does.

After ten years in and out of prison for drug-related crimes, Haydn Smith was signposted to Mustard Tree, a charity helping the homeless.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing and killing a man, who did not die until five years after the attack in Wigan.

Bosses of a Manchester shisha bar which posed such a risk to the public it had to be demolished have been sent down for their ‘blatant disregard for fire safety’.

Thanks to the ‘courage and bravery’ of a woman who was subjected to a series of ‘harrowing and deeply distressing’ attacks in Salford, an attempted rapist has been jailed.

A ‘calculating’ and ‘extremely dangerous’ gunman who shot at two people sat in a parked car – almost killing them both – has been sentenced to two decades in prison following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.

A thug who left a man with brain injuries after fracturing his skull with a ‘one-punch’ attack outside a nightclub in Leigh has today been jailed for four years.

Wardle FC, formed in 1914, have been told they need to raise £150,000 for a new clubhouse at their Rutherford Ground to secure their future, after the current one was deemed not fit for purpose by Rochdale Council.

A 27-year-old’s unlikely story continues after she landed the ‘Business Newcomer of the Year’ accolade at the Pitman Training Super Achievers Awards 2015 last week.

John is the unapologetic, visceral and devastating true tale of one man’s search for acceptance from within a life abandoned by society and family.