Check your waist size and make sure it is under half of your height

People are being asked to measure their waste size and check that it is less than half of their height The National Institute for Health...

Voting registration deadline only one week away reminds Rochdale MP

Rochdale MP, Tony Lloyd, is raising awareness for voter registration and encouraging people to ensure they are registered to vote ahead of the May...

Drug dealer jailed after being caught by Salford’s anti-gang cops a second time after...

A drug dealer from Salford who was caught by the city's anti-gang cops just months after being pursued in another chase where he was...

“This strategy does little for the more than a million northerners trapped in fuel...

The Government's Energy Security Strategy has come under fire from several directions Commenting on the Government’s British Energy Security Strategy, published today, Jonathan Webb, a...

Five arrested in dawn raids as police probe Salford kidnapping

Police investigating the kidnapping of two men in Salford last month are questioning five suspects after dawn raids this morning saw properties targeted...

Nazir Afzal is The University of Manchester’s new Chancellor

Former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England Nazir Afzal OBE is to succeed poet Lemn Sissay as Chancellor of The University of Manchester...

Tesco workers £10 per hour rate giving employees a 5.8% pay rise

Tesco has annonced that it would give a 5.8% pay increase to store and fulfilment centre workers in a pay settlement which will be...

1 in 3 UK cancer patients diagnosed as emergencies, but not a ‘UK-only’ problem

More than a third of cancers in the UK are discovered after patients are rushed to hospital, one of the highest rates in comparable...

Jumping for joy! ‘Miniature kangaroo’ joey born at Chester Zoo

Zookeepers caught on camera the moment the new joey – a dusky pademelon – started to peek out from mum’s pouch for the very...

Government reveals its plan to make the U.K. more energy independent

Ninety five per cent of Britain’s electricity will be low carbon under plans revealed by the Government today with nuclear, wind, solar and hydrogen...