Rochdale grooming beast wanted to marry me when I was at school - why is he free?

Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey wants to change the lazy culture of driving children to school and reduce the risk to life posed by cars and congestion. The multiple time gold medalist was in attendance at Leigh Central and Sacred Heart primary schools in Leigh as they launched the School Streets scheme.

Rochdale is set to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee in style with street parties being held across the borough. A late surge of applications from patriotic residents has landed in the council’s in-tray - and that’s on top of those already set to go ahead over the four-day weekend.

Tom Parker's memoir reveals that he stopped singing for months after suffering rejection on The X Factor. The Wanted star died in March, aged 33, after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 2020.

A three year old boy has died after police believe he was attacked by a dog in Rochdale. Paramedics rushed to the scene at Carr Lane, Milnrow, shortly after 1pm on Sunday, to reports the youngster had been injured.

In the early hours of May 12 1996 firefighter John Ogden was in a crew responding to a 999 call. He was a member of White Watch, based at Gorton, in Manchester's inner-city.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMichelle Williams harbors a deep desire to lace up her dancing shoes again.The actress is best known for her intense performances in searing dramas like “Blue Valentine” and “Manchester by the Sea,” but she particularly loved her change-of-pace work in the ebullient musical “The Greatest Showman.”“I would make another one of those in a heartbeat,” Williams told Variety during an interview for a recent cover story. “I wish they’d make a sequel.”“The Greatest Showman” became a theatrical blockbuster when it opened in 2017, grossing $434.9 million globally thanks in part to its mega-selling album. It was a soundtrack filled with infectious anthems such as “This Is Me,” “The Greatest Show” and “Rewrite the Stars.” Williams, who played the wife of Hugh Jackman’s P.T.

A rise in a number of viruses has been listed as an emerging threat to public health in Salford and Greater Manchester as fewer parents are choosing to vaccinate their children. Polio, measles, hepatitis, flu and meningitis - as well as other viruses we cannot vaccinate against, such as scarlet fever - are all rising, the Health and Wellbeing Board was told on Tuesday May 10.

Olympic legend Sir Mo Farrah has announced his withdrawal from this year's Great Manchester Run, citing fitness and performance issues. The four-time gold medallist made the decision after finishing second at the Vitality London 10km behind club runner Ellis Cross.

Manchester United star Paul Pogba has already hinted at two demands he would have for Pep Guardiola if he were to complete a shock transfer to the Etihad Stadium this summer. Manchester City are tipped to swoop for the France international upon the expiry of his Old Trafford contract.

A victim of the Rochdale grooming gang should receive a royal honour, the lawyer who brought the paedophiles to justice says. 'Girl A' should become an anonymous recipient of the Queen's Platinum Honours, Nazir Afzal, former chief prosecutor for the north of England, has said.

Light that fire, dig out the electronic ingredients and throw them in the Melting Pot.

Police have launched an appeal for the public’s help in tracking down a wanted man in Wigan. Lloyd Mullock, 37, is wanted on recall to prison. Mullock was released in December after being jailed in July last year for burglary.

The UK turns out way more hairdressers than it actually needs, former government Minister Lord David Sainsbury told an audience at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum this week. Not just a few more - but something like 50% more hairdressers than our economy requires. And at the same time, a lack of skilled workers in the technical areas prized by industry is putting off big companies from investing in cities like Manchester's. There are some 11,500 job vacancies in digital jobs across Greater Manchester and 54% of employers across the region cannot fill their job vacancies. Clearly something is going wrong in the way the city's education system provides young people with the skills they need for the world of work, with many further education (FE) colleges equipping them with qualifications that employers don't need and that don't serve the city's wider interests. The question is what to do about it. And at the Science and Industry Museum event there were growing calls for central government to hand control of the whole system of post-16 education over to local leaders like Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

Jose Mourinho is keen on engineering a reunion with three Manchester United outcasts by bringing them to Roma, according to reports.

The victim of a convicted paedophile who groomed and sexually assaulted her when she was a schoolgirl says she is 'living in absolute fear' ahead of his release from prison. Depraved Manchester bouncer, Shaun Torevell, was given a six-year jail sentence in 2019 after being convicted of plying the girl with booze and cigarettes before assaulting her in his car.

A teenager has been charged after officers raced to Rochdale last week over a report of a suspected suspicious item. Police were called at around 3.10am last Thursday (April 21) to the item on Dane Street.