Mourners pay respects at funeral to little girl and 'beautiful angel' who battled cancer three times

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has poked fun at the 'disgraceful' comments made by Conservative MP Lee Anderson, suggesting that people relying on foodbanks could 'make a meal for about 30p a day', tweeting that he would be eating a packet of Space Raiders crisps for dinner.

This is the moment a brazen fly-tipper in a brightly-coloured Hawaiian shirt was caught dumping rubbish near a busy Tameside road. Charles Sutcliffe took money to remove waste on behalf of others, Tameside Magistrates Court heard.

Prince William and Kate Middleton were seen honouring the victims of the Manchester Arena bombings as they attended the official opening of the memorial of the incident on Tuesday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were pictured greeting the families of those who died from the terror attack and survivors at the Glade of Light memorial by the city’s cathedral for the ceremony ahead of the fifth anniversary of the tragic event. Kate, 40, appeared smartly outfitted for the occasion in a blue and grey tweed coat with a flared skirt and a pair of gold bee earrings — signifying Manchester's worker bee and anti-terrorist symbol — while William, 39, was respectfully dressed in a dark blue suit.The Royal couple previously visited the city’s cathedral in May 2018, as they attended the national service of commemoration there on the first anniversary of the attack carried out by Salman Abedia which saw 22 people killed at Ariana Grande's concert.

Michelle Williams doesn’t quite know how to describe it.There’s just this thing that comes over her when she’s on a movie set, granting her a transportive ability to shape-shift and access untapped reservoirs of emotion somewhere between the time a director yells “action” and “cut.”“Everything opens up,” she says. “And I’ve found that the more I practice acting, the better I can navigate this kind of dream space. It’s a space where you don’t really exist.

Low pay, high pressure and job dissatisfaction are turning midwives away from the profession and the NHS, the Royal College of Midwives has said. This comes after a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Local Democracy Reporting Service that showed Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, who run maternity services from Royal Bolton Hospital and Ingleside Birth Centre (currently closed) have lost 34 midwives in the last six months.

After two turbulent years in the pandemic, pubs in Greater Manchester are squaring up to a new challenge in the ongoing battle for survival. Lockdown closures, strict social distancing rules and the arrival of Omicron before last Christmas all rocked the region's pubs.

Tributes have been left over this past week in memory of loved ones in Manchester who have recently passed away.

Edinson Cavani has been told by one of his former teammates that he will need to take a pay cut once he leaves Manchester United this season.

A callous fraudster has been ordered to pay back just £1 after conning his friends, colleagues and ex-partner out of £113,513 in a fake investment scheme. Matthew Normyle, 41, invited seven people to invest in his boiler business, which he claimed would ensure them modest returns after 90 days, whilst he was living in Rochdale.

A dad-of-two died after losing control of his moped and crashing into a kerb, an inquest has heard. Thomas Nicholson, 32, had spent the day drinking at a friend's christening and was three times over the drink drive limit, the hearing was told.

A mum found out that her son was dead two days after the tragedy when his friend sent her a message asking 'when's the funeral?'.

Boris Johnson has said claims made about Tameside MP Angela Rayner by an unidentified Tory MP over the weekend were ‘the most appalling load of sexist, misogynist tripe’ during a visit to Bury’s Gigg Lane stadium today.

Learning the times tables may bring back vivid memories of your school days - but have you retained the knowledge too?

Manchester United fans have made their thoughts clear as the Reds reignite their interest in Villarreal defender Pau Torres.