Tributes paid to long-serving Trafford Councillor Ray Bowker who has died

Tributes have been paid to long-serving Trafford Council councillor Ray Bowker, MBE, who has died. Cllr Bowker was elected back in 1973 and served on...

Can you help find missing 16 year old Ali

Greater Manchester Police are looking for a missing teenager from Rusholme Ali Gajum, 16, was last seen at Crown Point shopping centre in Denton at...

Superintendent Helen Caldbeck takes control of GMP’s Manchester Airport division

Greater Manchester Police has appointed a new commander for Manchester Airport. Superintendent Helen Caldbeck is the first female commander overseeing the airport and the most...

Police ask public to help identify woman found dead at Chorlton Water Park

Police are working to identify a woman sadly found in the River Mersey on 21 March have released an image of a top believed...

Son’s plea for Manchester to pray for Piccadilly Rats Ray

The son of Piccadilly Rats dancer Ray Boddington has written a heartfelt plea to his father as he continues to cling to life in...

Manchester Professor wins Leverhulme prize

Professor Rahul Nair has been awarded £100,000 by the Leverhulme Trust to the advancement of his research related to novel graphene based membranes. Nair’s research...

Lemn Sissay honoured by the Queen

The University of Manchester Chancellor, poet and playwright Lemn Sissay, has been awarded an OBE for services to Literature and Charity in the Queen's...

Withington man with hearing impairment to take on Manchester Marathon for disability charity

Mike Carter (29), an engineer from Withington, has a hearing impairment and will be taking on the challenge of a lifetime this Sunday 10...

Father cycles over 1,000 miles to help the charity that saved his son’s life

Jason Branthwaite, from Bolton, will be taking part in seven different cycling events in just three months to raise money for Anthony...

“There have been no sighting… it’s like he’s just vanished. Just disappeared.”

On the eve of National Missing Person’s Day, Michelle Baglin sits down to talk about her husband, Peter, who left home on the evening...