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Tax cuts, changes to child benefits and public sector reforms were all announced in the budget today (March 6). Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that a further 2p cut in National Insurance will be introduced from April, saving the average employee £450 a year.

Sunderland are still in the hunt for a new manager after Michael Beale was sacked last month. And former boss Roy Keane remains among the favourites.

The actions of a Greater Manchester Police officer captured on video dragging a homeless man in a sleeping bag along the ground 'fell below the standard we expect', the force has said.

Parents in Manchester have responded to the news that fines are increasing for taking kids out of school.

Prince Harry has lost a legal battle.

Walk around Stockport town centre and it's easy to get a sense of how quickly the area is changing.

Newcastle United could have been handed a clear path in their recruitment for Dan Ashworth replacement amid his imminent move to Manchester United.

Christopher Vourlias “The Man With the Crooked Arm,” a Western drama series created by Perivi Katjavivi that was presented at the Berlinale Co-Production Market, is the latest attempt by the Namibian filmmaker to wrestle with the legacy of German colonialism in his southern African nation. The eight-episode limited series follows a notorious Black cowboy who sets off on horseback across colonial-era Africa with stolen loot and an orphaned boy.

Sarah Barlow has been pretty unlucky in love right from her teenage years but Coronation Street fans thought she was finally settled with Adam Barlow with the pair tying the knot and creating a cosy family life with Sarah's son Harry.

Greater Manchester is set to enjoy a period of stable weather over the weekend.

EXCLUSIVE: America Ferrera‘s hot streak continues, as the Barbie Oscar nom has been set to executive produce and star in Naked by the Window, a series adaptation of the book by Robert Katz, which has landed at Amazon MGM Studios for development following a bidding war.

Drama series set in the worlds of Eurovision and the Vatican are among the selected projects for Series Mania‘s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions next month.

To celebrate the ramp up of Superman: Legacy‘s production in Atlanta, director/scribe and co-DC boss James Gunn posted a photo of the cast on Instagram today.

Greater Manchester is waking up to downpours this morning with heavy rain battering the region. Forecasters are expecting a wet morning across the area today (February 21).

Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has explained why he believes former Manchester United academy star Angel Gomes is worthy of an England call-up.

UK-based casting directory Spotlight and Filmmakers Europe, a similar online platform for mainland Europe, have set a new cross-platform partnership. 

A high-end supermarket that has called a Greater Manchester town its home for the last eight years has announced that it is pulling out after rising costs caused profits to drop. Customers at the Booths in Hale Barns, Altrincham, have called the closure a "huge loss".

A new health centre, which will improve wait times for patients getting scans is coming to Denton’s shopping park following council approval for the plans.

Guy Lodge Film Critic After several years working in German TV and locally-oriented film projects, Julia von Heinz had a significant breakthrough with “And Tomorrow the Entire World” — a taut, punchy political thriller with a youthful spirit of anti-fascist revolt, vigorous enough to land a Venice competition slot. Its success evidently raised the status of the director’s long-held passion project, an adaptation of Australian novelist Lily Brett’s semi-autobiographical 2001 title “Too Many Men,” which reckoned thoughtfully with her parents’ experience as Auschwitz survivors, and the hereditary nature of trauma.

A yellow weather warning is in force as the region braces for heavy rain. 'Some disruption is likely', warns the Met Office, with downpours are expected from 3pm today (Saturday) to 6pm tomorrow.