'Greater Manchester deserves better': Prime Minister speaks on the failings of GMP

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford will be awarded an MBE today by the Duke of Cambridge for his campaign to support vulnerable children.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that no one is calling for his Covid 'plan B' rules to be implemented now.

Watford have been handed a huge selection blow ahead of the Premier League clash with Manchester United.

Former Manchester City midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips believes Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must lead his side to derby day glory on Saturday lunchtime to prove that he can still be a success in the Old Trafford managerial hot-seat.

A dad who stabbed a love rival to death with a pair of scissors during an early hours fight on a north Manchester estate has been jailed for life.

When Manchester United's transfer committee met ahead of the summer transfer window it was made abundantly clear that any new signings would need to be off-set by player departures at senior level.

Two men have been jailed for drug supply and money laundering offences after being found with a suitcase containing a quarter of a million pounds.

MPs have voted to back a controversial review into disciplinary procedures, which has resulted in a Conservative MP avoiding suspension after breaching lobbying rules.

When it came to celebrating Halloween this year there was no question who Eileen McMahon and William Morey wanted to dress up as.

One of the most haunted houses in Britain is inviting people to step inside this Halloween and embark on a chilling ghost tour.

Manchester United thought long and hard over the summer about which players to send out on loan and which ones to keep in-house to monitor their continued developments.

Nedum Onuoha says he wants to be a link between Manchester City and the people who benefit from the club's community work as he has been appointed as a trustee on the City in the Community board.

Singing star Jermain Jackman had a bit of a shock on his visit to Manchester this week - when he found what he said looked like a 'lizard' at his hotel.

Health bosses and Greater Manchester's Mayor have issued a plea for passengers to use face coverings on trams, trains and buses as they warn: ‘Covid’s still here’.

MPs in Greater Manchester have reacted with sadness and resilience following the tragic death of Sir David Amess.

An ambitious underground railway station at Piccadilly will NOT be included in the government's much-anticipated railway plans for the north, it has been claimed today.

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Friendly Fires have criticised the Tories for using their 2011 single ‘Blue Cassette’ during Boris Johnson‘s speech at the party conference today (October 6).The track, from their second album ‘Pala’, was used as the Prime Minister walked out on stage ahead of his address in Manchester.Its use sparked an angry response on social media from the St Albans band.“We do not endorse the Conservative party’s use of our track ‘Blue Cassette’.

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