"Let's help pay for it ourselves": Northern leaders battle to 'unlock cash' to fund new line from Manchester to Leeds

“I am delighted to take up the position of Chief Executive Officer of Manchester City Football Club," said Ferran Soriano upon his arrival in Manchester in 2012.

A star of Channel 4 show Educating Greater Manchester who was locked up for hiding a gun and ammunition for her boyfriend has had her jail sentence cut.

Ralf Rangnick has clarified Mike Phelan is 'never on the pitch' during Manchester United's daily training sessions.

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in seven boroughs of Greater Manchester, the latest figures show.

Manchester City this week turn attentions to the Champions League where they face managerless RB Leipzig, who sacked Jesse Marsch following Friday's defeat to Union Berlin.

Ralf Rangnick is planning on having lunch with Sir Alex Ferguson as soon as he can after taking over as Manchester United manager.

Two MPs from Greater Manchester were among just 23 who voted against the new requirement for face coverings to be worn in shops and on public transport.

Manchester United picked up a point against the Premier League leaders on Sunday afternoon, with Michael Carrick taking charge of his second match as caretaker manager.

Casey Affleck has gone Instagram official with his new girlfriend, Caylee Cowan. The 'Manchester By The Sea' actor, 46, confirmed he has moved on with the 23-year-old film star after splitting from actress Floriana Lima, 40.

Tib Street in the Northern Quarter was closed by police tonight after high winds blew wooden boarding off a derelict building onto parked cars.

Petr Cech has fired a warning to Chelsea ahead of this weekend's Premier League clash with Manchester United, as he expects a response from the visitors at Stamford Bridge.

Casey Affleck hasn’t been completely missing from films over the past several years, but you would really have to hunt down his movies to see them. Since the controversy arose with allegations of inappropriate misconduct on the set of “I’m Still Here,” that (re)surfaced after the release of “Manchester By The Sea,” Affleck has taken on smaller roles in indie films and lower-profile features.

Michael Carrick praised the "responsibility and discipline" of Cristiano Ronaldo's performance against Villarreal after revealing he had given him licence to play across the front line.

Cast has been set on sci-fi thriller Slingshot, with Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) and Emily Beecham (Little Joe) leading the pic about an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.

A brand new Netflix show based on the true story of a fake German heiress is due to hit screens next year.

Manchester United supporters will doubtless chant, "It's Carrick, you know, it's hard to believe it's not Scholes" at Villarreal tonight. On the Victoria Line last month, the same tune echoed down the tube.

Former Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed he enjoyed his time at Manchester United but said the club are too focused on their past.

A mum may have killed her two young daughters after all three died at their Bolton home, an inquest heard today.