The Manchester Evening News' exclusive interview with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer - in full

Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner was confronted during a speech at a Stockport hotel by a man who lost five loved ones in bombing in Gaza. Pro-Palestinian protesters, calling for the party to support for a ceasefire in the Isreal-Hamas conflict, were ejected from the £35-a-ticket fundraising event at around 9.30pm on Thursday (January 25).

Since Manchester United floated on the New York Stock Exchange in August 2012, there have been two boards: the company board and the football board.

A Greater Manchester MP has called for an 'immediate' and 'sustainable' ceasefire in Gaza. Gorton MP Afzal Khan, who quit the Labour frontbench in November over the party's stance on the Middle East conflict, will present a petition to Parliament today (January 24).

Adam Thomas was left appearing frustrated as he continued to battle his health woes while keeping his fans and followers updated with honest posts. The Waterloo Road star opened up last year about being told he had rheumatoid arthritis.

A high school in Trafford is to close whilst emergency repairs are carried out on a gas pipe. Altrincham College pupils were first told to stay at home on Tuesday after nearly all the school's buildings, except the sixth form classrooms, were left without heating or hot water.

David Quinti only used to gamble on the weekends with his friends. It started out as a few quid here and there. It was just a bit of fun.

Discovering the ideal city in Britain to live in means weighing factors like well-paid jobs, reasonable housing costs, amenities and a vibrant cultural scene.

Vulnerable, elderly patients waiting more than a day for a bed; patients at the end of their lives dying in A&E while they’re waiting for a bed to pass away in dignity; and an estimated ‘2,000 excess deaths in November’ alone.

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Sir Keir Starmer has said that only a 'handful' of cases linked to the Horizon scandal may have been handled by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) during his time in charge of the organisation. The Labour leader, who was the Director of Public Prosecutions at the CPS between 2008 and 2013, has said he was not aware of Horizon cases brought against subpostmasters.

Labour leader Keir Starmer will work 'hand in glove' with Andy Burnham and give him more power if he becomes Prime Minister. Sir Keir told the Manchester Evening News that more power will be put in the hands of local leaders in Greater Manchester under a Labour government.

Labour will not bring HS2 to the North of England, Keir Starmer has said. The Labour leader told the Manchester Evening News today (January 11) that he has ruled out putting the ill-fated plans for a new high-speed railway line between Birmingham and Manchester back on track.

Labour has called for prosecution powers to be stripped from the Post Office and previous convictions looked at again following the Horizon scandal.

Even those with an obsession of winning the FA Cup can slip up every once in a while.

Next year will be 15 years since we lost one of Manchester's most missed nightclubs.

A Virgin Atlantic plane made an emergency landing at Manchester Airport after pilots reported 'dense acrid smoke' in the cockpit. The jet was met on the runway by fire engines after landing at 1.50pm on Sunday.

Stalybridge MP Jonathan Reynolds has joined a series of senior Labour figures to pay tribute to former political adviser Derek Draper. Mr Draper, who was married to TV presenter Kate Garraway, has died aged 56 after suffering long-lasting symptoms from coronavirus.

Rishi Sunak says the government is making 'great progress' in 'levelling up' the country. But when the Manchester Evening News asked voters in a Conservative constituency which the Prime Minister visited in Greater Manchester today (January 5), hardly anyone agreed.

The country will go to the poll within the next 12 months to choose a new government. The last general election took place in December 2019 when Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party won a landslide victory with a majority of 80 seats.

Keir Starmer will say the British public is "right to be anti-Westminster" in a speech on Thursday morning.