Salford gets its very own rum map as festival gets underway

A teenager who accused a former teacher of engaging in sexual activity and communication with him when he was under the age of 16 has been cross examined on the second day of a trial hearing. The defence counsel for Rebecca Whitehurst, 46, accused the boy of 'concocting' text messages and that allegations of sexual activity with him were false.

A woman has been detained under the Mental Health Act after a fire broke out at a flat in Rochdale. Emergency services were called to the scene in Albion Street, Castleton, at about 11.30am on Sunday (July 3).

A man has been charged with murder after a man was found dead in a block of flats in Salford.

Manchester United were attentively chasing Darwin Nunez before Liverpool snatched him from their grasp.

Dame Deborah James has bid an emotional goodbye to her brother as he heads off on holiday to the US.

Down a backstreet in Salford, just under the railway lines, is not the first place you’d expect to discover a rum distillery. But the founders of the Dirty Old Town Distillery have just set up shop here in a railway arch near Blackfriars which will double as both their HQ, rum laboratory and, in time, a bar too.

Medics were seen in Hazmat suits while a 'chemical incident' sign was outside Salford Royal Hospital this morning. The scenes were part of a training exercise taking place outside the major hospitals emergency department this morning (June 21).

Millions of trains passengers are being told not to travel as the biggest rail strikes in a generation kick off today. Workers on 13 lines and Network Rail are walking out on June 21, 23 and 25 over pay, conditions and 2,500 maintenance job cuts.

A woman in her sixties who was found with hundreds of pounds worth of cannabis plants at her house has avoided jail after a judge heard about her "toxic relationship" and PTSD she suffers following a tragedy where five people died.

Straight-talking celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay showed his sweet side when he headed to a new Salford cake cafe on a surprise visit on a break from filming this week. Foodie firebrand Gordon is understood to be filming on a top secret new project in the city.

Three men arrested on suspicion of murder after an "unexplained" death at a landmark Salford tower block have been released under investigation. But further tests are to be carried out to try and establish how the man died.

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Sunday, June 19.

A man remains on top of a crane in Salford this afternoon as his protest enters a second day. The man scaled the huge Heyrod crane on Chapel Street, Salford, near Manchester city centre at around 5am yesterday morning (Monday).

A man has been staging a protest on top of a crane, police have confirmed. Eyewitness say he is now approaching hour-17 of the protest.

Controversial plans to open a Hooters restaurant and bar - where scantily-clad young women will serve customers - at Salford Quays have been given the go-ahead. The decision flies in the face of fierce local opposition, including from both the Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.