Two Forest Bank Prison workers have been jailed after stealing over £100,000 worth of...

Two Forest Bank Prison workers have been jailed after stealing over £100,000 worth of electronics from the prison. Carl Byron aged 37 of Manchester Road,...

Metrolink zone charging to start on 13th January

Metrolink customers will be able to get on board with simpler, more convenient and flexible fares from 13 January, it can be revealed for...

£800 per month-The cost of being an unpaid intern in Manchester

It can cost £800 a month to survive as an unpaid intern in Manchester according to a survey out this morning. Over a quarter of...

Civic reception honours train driver who sacrificed his life on a runaway train 60...

A civic reception in Stockport has honoured a steam train driver who sacrificed his life on a runaway train to save others over 60...

Poorest dying nearly ten years younger than the rich in “deeply worrying” trend

The gap between the life expectancy of the richest and poorest sectors of society in England is increasing according to research out this week. The...

Salford Academic discovers a “Biological wonder” A Termite empire the size of Britain

AN ‘EMPIRE’ of termite tunnels believed to be the size of Britain has been discovered in a remote Brazilian forest by an academic from...

We were too slow in tracking Arena bomber admits MI5

MI5 has admitted for the first time that it made a mistake in failing to track the 2017 Manchester Arena suicide bomber. The report out...

Letter discovered detailing first written account of suffragette force-feeding to go on display at...

People’s History Museum has discovered a letter written in prison by one suffragette to another detailing the first known written account of force-feeding. The handwritten...

Over 10,500 people in the North West are now homelessThe

Brand new analysis from Shelter reveals that 10,665 people are recorded as homeless in the North West. This figure lays bare the true scale...

Northern Powerhouse? Not when it comes to spending on Transport analysis finds

Government figures released  and analysed by IPPR North show that, since the Northern Powerhouse agenda was introduced by Government in 2014, transport spending per...