Rail users set for 2.8 per cent increase in fares next year

Rail users will see their fares rise by 2.8 per cent in January 2020 after the Retail Inflation measure for July, which is used...

First Group wins Franchise for West Coast Route

First /Trenitalia have been announced as the successful bidder to run the West Coast Rail Lomé which will include services between London and Manchester...

No fanfare as Peterloo monument unveiled in City Centre

It cost a million pounds and has already caused controversy over disabled access but yesterday Jeremy Deller’s monument was unveiled without nobody there to...

Labour announces plans to scrap predictive grades offers for university offers

Labour has announced plans to radically reform higher education admissions by scrapping university offers based on predicted grades and implementing a new fairer system...

GP model used to calculate risk of cardiovascular disease could be misleading patients says...

A new study by researchers at The University of Manchester suggests that the current statistical model used by GPs to predict a patient’s risk of developing...

Taking the Battle Against Suicide to the Streets to Mark World Suicide Prevention Day

Salford mental health charity Start Inspiring Minds will take to the streets for a Vigil & Procession of Remembrance of all the lives that...

Thousands of fish have been rescued from the Toddbrook Reservoir

The Canal and Rivers Trust are carrying out a major fish rescue to re-home thousands of fish which have been affected by the draining...

Knife crime and mental health top of agenda at Youth Conference

Knife crime, mental health and drug abuse will be top of the agenda at a Youth Conference taking place in Salford later this month. Housing...

Jailed for life after he beat a Bury man to death in his own...

Edward Fitzgerald aged 50 of Walmersley Road, Bury, was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the murder of 50-year-old David Raymond Dixon. He...

20 year old arrested four knifepoint robberies in Manchester City Centre

A twenty year old man is in custody after four robberies were committed in Manchester city centre in the space of a month. On Wednesday...