Police officer charged with child sex offences

A serving police officer who was posted to GMP's Oldham district, has been charged with sexual assault on a child under 13 and misconduct...

Salford flat recovered from fraudsters now providing safe haven for roughsleepers

A flat in Salford recovered from fraudsters is now being used as a safe haven for homeless people. Last...

Tony Lloyd-I’m standing for Mayor

Greater Manchester's Interim Mayor Tony Lloyd has announced that he will be standing for Mayor in elections next year. The Stretford born former Labour MP...

Grafine Ltd sets up R&D facility at Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre

Grafine Ltd has established a Research and Development(R&D) facility in the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC).  The business, founded by renowned experts in graphene and University of Manchester academics Dr Maria...

12-Hour Christmas Carolathon for Charity

Kick-start Christmas this Saturday 5 December by joining in all or part of the Salford Community Leisure 12-hour marathon ‘Carolathon’, taking place from 8am...

Physical activity may help to close the wealth gap in school attainment by improving...

Guaranteeing every child the opportunity to participate in certain types of physical activity could support their academic attainment and help to close the achievement...

Assessing pop’s political consciousness

THINK that Beyonce’s political statement at the Super Bowl was a one-off in today’s pop world? Think again – a new book by Manchester...

£28m to get Manchester back to work announced

The city-region will receive around £28m to develop, procure and deliver localised versions of the new Work and Health Programme to fit the needs...

Thousands of pounds worth of Phones stolen from shop in Denton

Thousands of pounds worth of phones and tablets were stolen from a Tameside shop last night Shortly after 10.30pm police were called to reports of...

Time to make workers’ rights a reality with new ‘super-complaints’ plus a doubling of...

The UK’s fragmented, weak and under-resourced system for enforcing labour market rights costs workers billions a year and a radical overhaul is needed, according...