In the early hours of 21 March 2018, police were called to Ormskirk Road in Pemberton to the sight of towering flames. As firefighters were tackling the inferno that encompassed the entire flat, their suspicions about how the blaze started turned increasingly towards third party
DMA’S’ latest album ‘For Now’ found the Sydney trio’s fanbase swell with a rush of new devotees. It earned three ARIA Music Award nominations for Best Group, Best Rock Album and Best Independent Release, while their growing status saw it reach #13 in the UK– their highest chart position here to date. Now the band are set to
A focal point for the community in Gorton has been given a new lease of life thanks to a five-figure restoration project. For nearly 40 years the Gorton Community Centre has grown to become a lynchpin for East Manchester Residents. Supporting pensioners to new mums,
The team behind Manchester’s Lung Health Check Programme has been named Cancer Care Team of the year at the BMJ Awards, the UK’s leading medical awards. Launched last month, the project will drastically reduce poor early diagnosis and survival rates for lung cancer by providing
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, has attended an event to mark the end of a major project which has researched the experiences of marginalised young people in ten countries across the EU. Young people are often at the forefront of social, cultural and political
10 talented learning disabled ceramicists from the Venture Arts studio in Manchester are taking part in a special 10-Clay ceramics event in the run-up to the Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run 10k. The participants will each create a souvenir cup that will symbolise celebration and ‘cheers’,
Idiotic vandals who threw lifebuoys into Salford Quays over the Easter weekend put people’s lives at risk. Salford City Council has issued the stark warning after most of the life saving devices were pulled from their posts and hurled into the water while children and
Did you witness a robbery in the Dukinfield area of Tameside? Police are appealing for information after a man threatened staff at Martins Bakery in King Street on Saturday 20 April 2019. Shortly after 2:30pm the offender entered the shop with a knife and demanded
A former Leicestershire Police Special Constable who threatened to burn down a family’s house has had his sentence increased after intervention by the Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP. Shahib Asan, 23, engaged in a lengthy course of threatening conduct towards former family friends. This
Free sanitary products will be offered to girls in all primary schools in England from early next year, under plans announced today by the Department for Education. The Government committed to provide access to free sanitary products in England’s secondary schools and colleges in last
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