Dad fights off trio armed with sledgehammer and knife after they smashed into family home as his children slept

Campbell Hatton, the son of Manchester boxing great Ricky, will face his seventh professional fight on Saturday evening as he takes on Lee Glover on the undercard of Conor Benn vs Chris van Heerden. The fight takes place at Manchester's AO Arena in front of a crowd of up to 20,000 people as the Brit looks to continue the unbeaten start to his career.

A 92-year-old woman has died months after a BMW crashed into her home. Edna Kearns suffered serious leg injuries in the collision on White Horse Grove, Westhoughton, on November 28 2021.

Police are investigating an incident in which Cristiano Ronaldo knocked a phone out of a fan’s hand after losing a Premier League game on Saturday. 

For more than half a century, Mick Jelley has been inspiring generations of talented boxers. A coach at Bury Amateur Boxing Club since the early 1960s, he lists former world champions Amir Khan and Scott Quigg amongst his proteges.

An NHS nurse and foster mum has become the proud owner of an incredible home in the Lake District worth £3 million - which she won with just a £20 raffle ticket. Catherine Carwardine, 59, entered Omaze's million pound house draw on Valentines Day in a bid to bag the fully-furnished residence in Bowness-On-Windermere, using a promotional code to submit 120 entries.

A man from Chorlton has issued an emotional plea for information about a family heirloom which has gone missing.

A family who missed their flight due to the Manchester Airport queueing chaos still weren't allowed to board when their plane turned back due to a medical emergency.

A dad with a bipolar disorder died in hospital two years after he was punched during a row, an inquest heard. Paul Stewart, 53, never regained consciousness after he was hit by his neighbour's boyfriend who said he acted in self-defence. Mr Stewart, from Prestwich, suffered the devastating injury on his son's 20th birthday in May 2017 and remained in hospital in a 'minimally conscious state' until his death in June 2019.

Yuliia Bihun often wakes in the night. In a confused state, she imagines herself back in Kyiv as bombs and missiles rain down around her.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has issued a defiant message after the Reds again dropped two points, this time against Leicester.

Jon Hamm and Casey Affleck are enjoying a night out together.

A heartbroken family have paid tribute to a 'kind and quiet' man who died after being electrocuted by a pylon next to a busy motorway.

The family of a man who died after he was electrocuted by a pylon in south Manchester have today paid tribute to him, calling him a 'kind' man who they 'adored'. He can now be named as 29-year-old Hristo Angelov.

The heartbroken family of a missing Tameside woman who is believed to have been murdered say they want her home so they 'can lay her to rest'. Alisha Apostoloff-Boyarin was last seen in Ashton-under-Lyne in January and was reported missing the following month.

A Salford family are paying £100 a night for emergency accommodation after a car ploughed into their home.

Crime-fighting aeroplanes are preparing to patrol the skies above Greater Manchester, helping to track and catch villains below. The National Police Air Service has confirmed its four fixed-wing aircraft will now be deployed across the region, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.

A person was taken to hospital after a double decker bus crashed into scaffolding at Tameside Hospital. Fire crews were called to the scene at around 6pm on Tuesday (March 22).