Meet Manchester’s 125th Lord Mayor – the first Asian woman in the role

Casemiro has taken to Instagram to thank Manchester United's fans for the support he has been shown during his first season at the club, adding that 'the glory days must return' to Old Trafford.

Staff and shoppers were evacuated this afternoon over fears a fire could trigger a gas explosion in Stockport.

They're widely considered to be the most deadly gang operating in the UK and Ireland. Their fearsome reputation puts them on a par with the Italian mafia and the Mexican cartels.

Fire cover in booming Manchester city centre is set to be bolstered. But to help pay for it two outlying areas would be switched from full time stations to day-time crewing only.

Holly Willoughby has made her first major statement since the Phillip Schofield scandal unfolded as she returned to This Morning. The presenter hasn't been seen on screens since her former co-star 'stepped back' from the daytime show before admitting to lying to her about his relationship with a much younger ITV colleague.

Jack Grealish was on the receiving end of a controversial handball decision that allowed Manchester United to get back on level terms in the FA Cup final on Saturday.

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Parents are stealing baby formula and groceries from supermarkets in order to support their families during the cost of living crisis, a shocking new report has found.

A popular children's Splash Park is back open for the summer and you don't need to book in advance.

For almost 30 years, visitors to Rusholme were greeted by the sight of Lemn Sissay's poem Hardy's Well. Written in 10-inch capital letters on the gable end of the pub of the same name, it celebrated the joys of drinking with friends in a good old-fashioned boozer.

Densely populated with students, Fallowfield is often described as 'transient' these days. But life in the south Manchester suburb wasn't always this way.

A probation unit in Greater Manchester has only half the number of officers they need, as concerns were raised about its ability to keep people safe from harm.

"It was instinct. I've seen the ball come into me and thought it was the right thing to do in that moment. It came off and we won the game."

Manchester has long been famed for its legendary nightlife scene.

A county lines drug dealer who was involved in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine into a Cheshire town has been jailed.

Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar rode into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday with his short film Strange Way Of Life, pushing boundaries for LGBT representation in the Western genre.

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has described how changes to the way technical education works in the region are "the single biggest thing I could do to change life chances" for local young people.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amazon Games is taking another shot at Middle-earth. The ecommerce giant announced a deal with Middle-earth Enterprises for Amazon Games to develop and publish a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings.” The upcoming game, as yet untitled, will be “an open-world MMO adventure in a persistent world set in Middle-earth, featuring the beloved stories of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ literary trilogy,” according to Amazon. The game is in early stages of production, with development led by Amazon Games Orange County, the studio behind Amazon Games’ open-world MMO game “New World.” Amazon Games will publish the game globally for PC and consoles, but it did not announce an expected launch date.

Police have issued an appeal for help to find a man who is wanted on recall back to prison.

Her outfits have been described as 'iconic'. But Manchester's Lord Mayor has left her mark as the city's first citizen over the last year in more ways than one.