Nearly half of all young transgender people under the age of 26 attempt suicide – with 30% saying they have had suicidal thoughts in the last year, a new study has revealed.

Manchester’s ‘ex-smokers’ are the worst in the country for LYING about their success at ditching cigs, according to a new report – while every Mancunian forks out £62 every year to pay for their hospital fees.

Nine out of ten areas across the region saw a decline in unemployment between June 2012/13 and June 2013/14, but the borough of Rochdale recorded an increase of 0.5%, according to the report

Greater Manchester is one of the country’s hotspots for the illegal practice of female genital mutilation with over 2,000 girls at risk.

Bedroom tax is a ‘cruel, punitive and discriminatory’ policy, claims Oldham MP Michael Meacher in an explosive post on his blog.

The majority of crimes are falling year on year, according to figures from the Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW) published on July 17.

Greater Manchester Police chief Tony Lloyd has been unavailable for almost TWO MONTHS to discuss figures that reveal nearly a third of crimes go unreported across the area.

MM sought to discuss the public’s perception of crime with Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd – however he was unable to find a 15 minute opening in his diary for the two month period MM requested a conversation.

Greater Manchester Police boss Tony Lloyd has been unavailable for almost TWO MONTHS to discuss figures that reveal nearly a third of crimes go unreported across the area.

Manchester has seen the number of child emotional abuse cases surge by half in the last four years, claims the NSPCC.

The Home Secretary Theresa May has lashed out at police after a report revealed that one-in-five crimes in England and Wales could be going unreported, including allegations of rape.