'We wanted something people could be proud of' - Heartbreak as couple left forking out tens of thousands to fix events venue after mill demolition

A rise in a number of viruses has been listed as an emerging threat to public health in Salford and Greater Manchester as fewer parents are choosing to vaccinate their children. Polio, measles, hepatitis, flu and meningitis - as well as other viruses we cannot vaccinate against, such as scarlet fever - are all rising, the Health and Wellbeing Board was told on Tuesday May 10.

These are the faces of Bolton's four most wanted people this week as police ask the public for help. Officers do not know where any of the four people currently are - but all four have links to Bolton.

Manchester United star Paul Pogba has already hinted at two demands he would have for Pep Guardiola if he were to complete a shock transfer to the Etihad Stadium this summer. Manchester City are tipped to swoop for the France international upon the expiry of his Old Trafford contract.

Campaigners have criticised plans to open a Hooters in Greater Manchester - branding the restaurant “sexist, misogynistic and degrading”. The US chain, famous for employing scantily-clad waitresses, has applied to open a branch in Salford Quays.

His career has taken him from northern India, to Shanghai and then to Manchester. During more than 25 years as a professional chef, Manish Mahipal has worked in five star hotels and now runs a stylish restaurant in King Street West.

Amelia was just a child when she met her abuser in Rochdale town centre in 2009. Still dressed in her uniform, the schoolgirl was flattered by the older boy who asked for her number.

Police have launched an appeal for the public’s help in tracking down a wanted man in Wigan. Lloyd Mullock, 37, is wanted on recall to prison. Mullock was released in December after being jailed in July last year for burglary.

The UK turns out way more hairdressers than it actually needs, former government Minister Lord David Sainsbury told an audience at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum this week. Not just a few more - but something like 50% more hairdressers than our economy requires. And at the same time, a lack of skilled workers in the technical areas prized by industry is putting off big companies from investing in cities like Manchester's. There are some 11,500 job vacancies in digital jobs across Greater Manchester and 54% of employers across the region cannot fill their job vacancies. Clearly something is going wrong in the way the city's education system provides young people with the skills they need for the world of work, with many further education (FE) colleges equipping them with qualifications that employers don't need and that don't serve the city's wider interests. The question is what to do about it. And at the Science and Industry Museum event there were growing calls for central government to hand control of the whole system of post-16 education over to local leaders like Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

Jose Mourinho is keen on engineering a reunion with three Manchester United outcasts by bringing them to Roma, according to reports.

Jade Akoum could be forgiven if she was consumed entirely by rage - she has had to endure tragedy and pain only few can imagine: the loss of her younger brother Yousef Makki, the talented Manchester Grammar School pupil stabbed to death aged just 17; the death of their mother Debbie from a 'broken 'heart'; and a burning feeling of injustice.