The Bury sisters turned gangsters who ran multi-million pound drugs ring from 'beauty booth' jailed with 15 others

direct to your inboxA driver who was on 'a cocktail of drugs' has been jailed after crashing his Audi into a biker and leaving her with life-changing injuries. Paul Ashe, of Altrincham Road in Manchester, failed a roadside drugs test after police were called to reports of a crash on the A558 Daresbury Expressway in Runcorn at around 8.15am on September 5 last year.

Bury line last night show a crowded carriage with passengers unable to socially distance. The images sent to the Manchester Evening News were taken on a Metrolink service approaching Abraham Moss at around 8pm on Monday.

Bury with the lowest number of cases in the borough.

Bury and the wider region for the next two decades.

direct to your inboxDivorce inquiries, problem drinking, and domestic conflict have all increased in the last nine months, according to experts, as the pressures of the pandemic put couples and families under strain.Research from organisations including Drinkaware, Co-op Legal Services, and our own data unit - which found one in five crimes during lockdown in England and Wales concerned domestic abuse - has laid bare the worrying trends over the last year.Now, one woman from Greater Manchester

direct to your inboxA mum with breast cancer says she owes her life to two of the Nolan sisters - who helped her identify the lump which could have killed her.Gail Jones, 55, is a lifelong superfan of the 70s popstars and has seen them in concert more than 100 times.Ten years ago Bernie Nolan had just been diagnosed with cancer, and made Gail promise she'd check herself regularly, when they met backstage after a gig.Ever since Gail, from Manchester, has diligently checked her breasts for lumps

straight to your inboxSir Alex Ferguson's famous dismissal of Manchester City as noisy neighbours didn't fuel Manchester United's nearest rivals as much as you might expect.The phrase, first used by the Old Trafford supremo after a derby in September 2009 when Michael Owen struck a late, late winner in a 4-3 thriller, came back to bite United as City turned Manchester blue with their first title win in 2012 and have rarely been pegged back since.At the time though, new signing Joleon Lescott and

Manchester Evening News can reveal. The outbreaks took place in the week up to December 4.

direct to your inboxTwo sisters have been slapped with a £150 fine EACH after feeding a McDonald's hash brown to pigeons in Piccadilly Gardens.Jacqueline Falconer, 53, and her sister Nicola, 48, were Christmas shopping in Manchester city centre on Wednesday morning (December 9).They said they left Primark to get breakfast from McDonald's - and got their sausage and egg McMuffin meals to take away, due to Covid-19 restrictions.The sisters, from Worsley, Salford, sat on a step in Piccadilly

Bury.Cole Kershaw, 18, died in hospital after being shot in the chest in Chesham Road on August 12.Raheem Hall, 19, of Hardfield Street, Heywood, appeared at Manchester Crown Court today where he pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.He has also denied a second count of assisting an offender.The second charge relates to the alleged disposal of a BMW 5 Series and the transportation of two fellow defendants, Kamran Mohammed and Mohammed Izaarh Khan,

direct to your inbox Jailed terrorist Hashem Abedi has admitted he 'played a full part' in planning and preparation for the Manchester Arena bombing which killed 22 people, a public inquiry has heard.Abedi, 23, made the admission in prison last month while he was visited by two members of the inquiry's legal team to be interviewed as part of the inquiry into the atrocity on May 22, 2017.The brother of suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, had pleaded not guilty earlier this year to 22 counts of

direct to your inboxA lucky Premium Bonds player has scooped a £1m Christmas windfall.The mystery woman is from Manchester, but hasn't been identified.National Savings and Investments, the Treasury-backed organisation that issues bonds, has confirmed the woman is one of two million pound winners in the December 2020 draw.The win makes her the fourth Premium Bonds million pound winner from Manchester.December's second winner is a woman from south Gloucestershire."The first Bond number to be drawn

direct to your inboxA teenager who told police challenging him over a breach of lockdown rules that there was 'nothing they could do' has been hauled to court and fined. Nariah Ellison, 18, was spotted in Manchester city centre during the first coronavirus lockdown in April.