They were on their way home from a night shift when this driver 'turned their life upside down'

Two gangsters went from "blood brothers" who broke out of a prison van together to sworn enemies as their underworld bond disintegrated.

Manchester United have been told they could earn more than £50m per year if they were to sell the naming rights to Old Trafford.

Manu Akanji is hoping for a reunion with some Manchester City teammates - so he can knock them and England out of the Euros.

Frustrated campaigners have hit out at drivers treating the central reservation of a major Salford road as a 'car park' as authorities slammed the issue as 'unsafe'.

Many voters in Bolton North East share the same feeling of frustration. As the Manchester Evening News visited to speak to people ahead of next week's general election, some spoke of their anger at the Conservative government.

The parents of teenage sweethearts murdered in the Manchester Arena bombing atrocity have spoken of their loving bond, saying: "Now we are one family."

Daniel Gee was blissfully unaware as he queued up to purchase a sandwich that he would soon find himself in the back of a police vehicle.

A former team-mate of Manchester United legend Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed the simple change the Portuguese icon made in the Juventus dressing room that had the younger players gobsmacked.

When mum-of-three Joanne Glover went to her GP complaining of unusual fatigue and severe foot pain, she was initially told she could be suffering from long Covid.

The grieving family of Nathaniel Shani have called for a meeting with mayor Andy Burnham as they demand action to finally end the scourge of knife crime. Greater Manchester has endured a string of tragedies caused by stabbings over recent years, while offences involving blades have risen nationwide.

Amid relics of Manchester's industrial past, 10 years ago, a new era for the North of England was ushered in. The Northern Powerhouse speech at the Museum of Science and Industry set out a vision of an interconnected region that, together, could 'take on the world'.

Wayne Rooney has shared a rather pricey mishap involving one of his sons and a £3,000 golf cart at their family estate.The footballer and his wife Coleen, who are no strangers to luxury, reside in a lavish six-bedroom mansion which they moved into back in December 2021 with their four sons; Kai, 14, Klay, 11, Kit, eight and Cass, six.The sprawling property boasts 40 acres of land and features two man-made fishing lakes designed by the Manchester United icon himself. In a candid chat with Gary Neville on The Overlap recently, Wayne revealed that his investment in a golf cart for zipping around the grounds took a turn when one of his boys drove it straight into a lake.

To some they were an eyesore, to others they were a landmark which meant they were home.

A senior police detective has urged witnesses to come forward in a four-year-old murder case, saying anyone who speaks to the police 'is not a grass'. He was speaking on the fourth anniversary of an unsolved fatal shooting in Manchester.

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney believes Memphis Depay's inconsistency and what some may consider to be a flashy lifestyle set him up for failure at Old Trafford.

Figen Murray has said she feels 'let down' and 'misled' by Rishi Sunak after his decision to call an election saw her terror safety law fall by the wayside.

Coleen, 38, has been the Queen of the WAGs since she was thrown into the spotlight after meeting her Manchester United husband Wayne Rooney, 38, when she was just 16 years old.The couple tied the knot in 2008 and have four children together, Kai, Klay, Kit, and Cass. But it hasn’t been easy for the famous pair who have been forced to put on a united front and work through some rather turbulent times, from cheating claims to sex workers, with their life so heavily in the public eye.

Two gay men feared for their lives as they were kicked and stamped on by a gang of a masked thugs in a suspected homophobic attack.

Army cadet Nathaniel Shani was just 14-years-old when he died after being brutally stabbed to the neck in an alleyway in Harpurhey.

George Galloway has warned of Nigel Farage's rising popularity - even in Rochdale where he is running to be re-elected as an MP. The Workers Party of Britain leader has said he is the 'antidote' to Mr Farage's Reform UK, arguing that he is the best alternative to Labour.