Happy birthday Twitter! A journey through Manchester’s history of first tweets
First tweets from Manchester celebrities, politicians, public figures and footballers…
Lose the slap: Manchester joins in #nomakeup selfie craze sweeping social media for cancer awareness
Cancer Research UK support the new craze but say they are not behind the campaign
The ‘social media’ derby: Rochdale’s Peter Vincenti hopes to secure internet bragging rights against Bury
Rochdale eye top spot in League Two as Bury seek to ease away from relegation fight
Manchester online-dating thug who terrorised women in six-year cyber-hate tirade put in psychiatric hospital
Jason Smith, 28, sent text messages threatening to rape and kill his victims and their families
‘Leaked’ National Trust ad or spoof? Greater Manchester green places expect visitor surge as video goes viral
Video has already racked up nearly 50,000 views on YouTube
‘People need to know’: Venezuelan calls on media to report on violence back home in MediaCityUK campaign
Journalist and Venezuelan national Gerrado Schettino uses improvised campaign outside MediaCityUK to ask for more media support
Forget Neknomate… Nicolas Cage expands internet fandom as social media users launch Nicnominate
Nicnominate requires internet users to find an image of Nicolas Cage to suit the requested theme
Wigan mum claims police and schools must treat cyber bullying more seriously after son’s online nightmare
A trio of bullies created a page pretending to be Mrs Rodgerson’s son
‘Our little secret’: Tameside sex pervert who ‘doggedly’ pursued girl, 14, for sex on Facebook jailed
Joseph Flanagan, 23, of Ashton under Lyne was jailed
Watch out ladies! Internet sensation Dapper Laughs reveals he may try to ‘pull a few’ at Manchester show
The Cockney comedian plays Sound Control on February 9
Tweet Tweet, it’s the sound of the police: Manchester officers support global Twitter Day promoting hard work
The campaign raises awareness for work of police