Social worker 'bullied' family when autistic son, 14, was sectioned, dad says

School dinners don't come cheap and with the cost of living on the increase, more and more parents are turning to packed lunches.

Pupils at a north Manchester high school are missing dinner because the canteen is so busy, parents claim. One parent of a child at Co-op Academy on Plant Hill Road in Higher Blackley said her son often has just a cookie or doughnut for his lunch as that's all that's left by the time he gets to the front of the queue.

A new Aldi, more than 700 homes and two office buildings could be given the go ahead next week when Manchester council's planning committee meets. A secondary school, a park and a community hub are also planned at the former Jackson's Brickworks site in Newton Heath where around two-thirds of the 716 homes, which are set to be built in two phases, would be affordable.

One of Manchester’s oldest pubs has closed its doors ‘for the foreseeable future’, but will re-open once it’s undergone a massive refurbishment. Rumours that The City pub on Oldham Street was under threat of closure began to circulate last weekend.

Pupils were kept indoors on Thursday afternoon (September 8) after a high school was put on 'lockdown' due to a police incident nearby. The incident, which did not happen at the school but in an area nearby, caused The Westleigh School to be put on lockdown.

Roadworks which began the day schools went back after the holidays could bring traffic misery to a village for weeks to come, it is feared. Newhey Road, in Milnrow, is being dug up so work on sewers serving the ‘state-of-the-art’ medical centre currently being built can be completed by a contractor.

Parents have slammed a school's decision to remove the doors to the girls' and boys' bathroom. Pupils returned to Parrenthorn High in Prestwich, Bury, after the summer holidays to find that the doors to the two toilet areas had been taken away.

A man has been found dead at a park in Bury this morning.

A primary school in Bury has been forced to close today as police deal with a 'serious incident' at a park nearby.

Funding of over a million pounds has been given to Greater Manchester to commission independent advisors who will support victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence - including LGBT victims, children and young people, as well as victims of stalking and harassment.

The 1990s feels to many like it was only yesterday. But life was very different for teenagers in that pre-millennium era.

One mum has revealed a 'life-changing' way to buy her children's shoes for school that doesn't involve dragging them from store to store.

Plans to build a block of flats behind a social club in South Manchester have been given the green light despite concerns it would cause parking 'chaos'.

A school in Bolton had to contact Google to correct a mistake which saw their name changed on the search engine. Little Lever School was appearing as New Hall Village School yesterday and had to reassure residents that was not true.

Parents in the north are paying close to £100 on school uniforms each year - despite the ongoing toll of the cost of living crisis causing them to cut down on other essentials.

The Duchess of Sussex has spoken about "losing" her father and says she believes there is still 'room for forgiveness' between herself and the royal family.

Meghan Markle says she has made "an active effort" to forgive the Royal Family amid the rift in their relationship. In her first magazine interview since she and Prince Harry quit the family and moved to California, the Duchess of Sussex, 41, spoke about their life in Montecito, their two children and her time as a working royal.The former actress also revealed she's never signed anything that prevents her from speaking about her time in the royal family but has chosen not to as she is "still healing".