More than half of Tameside’s secondary schools are inadequate or require improvement, according to Ofsted’s annual report.

Canoeist Tim Baillie, who won gold with partner Etienne Stott in the men’s slalom C2 at London 2012, and Paralympic swimming bronze medallist Natalie Waddon handed Failsworth youngster Rebecca Thomson an award to commemorate the youngster’s Get Set to Make a Change legacy programme efforts.

Manchester City Council revealed details this morning of options available to address a funding shortfall of £59million citywide.

Following the youth select committee’s report on lowering the voting age to sixteen and introducing a compulsary politics GCSE. Mancunians agree it is time to make a change.

An 87-year-old man has been charged with outraging public decency in Bury – after allegedly masturbating in a park.

Charity Save The Children aimed to ‘book the trend’ and boost kids reading ability by giving away free books at a Manchester school this morning.

Esther Rantzen CBE was joined by basketball legend John Amaechi OBE at the launch of a £1million appeal for ChildLine’s latest service which aims to join forces with 980 Greater Manchester schools

Locally, nationally and worldwide, the older and (not necessarily) wiser have been offering their #TipsForYear7s.

British Gas were condemned as ‘bullying hypocrities’ today for filching almost £17,000 from a Bolton businessman’s bank account after officials accidentally overcharged him on his monthly bill.

A new law is set to come into effect in September and schools across Greater Manchester will have to ensure they have individual healthcare plans and medical policies in place

The project, funded by a £473,123 grant from the Big Lottery Fund, hopes to reach 22,000 people aged between 13-25 across the region, focusing particularly on Manchester and Stockport