Thug's threats with machete in robberies

A MAN who arranged to meet people to buy and sell mobile phones and game consoles before threatening them with a machete has been jailed.

Dropinto parkand gowith the flow

Free opening event for Manchester International Festival celebrates rivers

Beer we go again as festival comes back

A SUMMER beer festival will be arriving in Manchester next weekend featuring more than 20 beers as well as northern cocktails and frozen grapefruit margarita floats.

Memories of'disaster' shopping centre

CROWDS “clapped and cheered” as the life of an unloved shopping precinct came to a dramatic end

Sandwich makers unveil plans for new suburb outlet

RACK, the sandwich makers from Stockport, are getting a new place. They’re heading to an old barber’s shop in Sale to bring their sterling hoagies, cubanos, stuffed focaccias, ‘lasandwiches’ and crammed-full bagels to the buzzing Greater Manchester suburb

Hit 9/11 airline musical set to land at Lowry during UK tour

THE West End and Broadway hit musical Come From Away will be coming to the Lowry next year as part of its first ever tour of the UK and Ireland. It will play for a month from December 3, 2024, to January 5, 2025.

Tributes to 'beautiful young lady'

Heartbreak after cops find body near to where 29-year-old left her car

'Bubbly' little boy lost to Strep A

Inquest hears six-year-old died just two days after becoming unwell

Menopause support in memory of Charlotte

BAR STAFF at a pub in Swinton are setting up a menopause support network in memory of a woman who tragically took her own life

'Carnage' as Just Stop Oil protest marches in city

A JUST Stop Oil protest caused ‘carnage’ through Manchester city centre as roads came to a standstill

Firefighters battle fire on industrial estate

AN industrial unit which was doubling up as a church was engulfed by flames after a huge blaze broke out in north Manchester in the early hours of yesterday

Burglary gang jailed after chase

Trio flew from South America to target luxury homes in posh suburbs but were caught in motorway pursuit

A fine mess for driver of Lamborghini

VIDEO footage has captured the moment a man tried to cut off a clamp from a Lamborghini using an angle grinder

Bakerywraps it up after 94 years

Ben Arnold says goodbye to retail fixture which has become district's own little slice of history

Town hall claims 33,000 people NOT counted in census

AT least 33,000 people in Manchester were not counted in the latest census, the council has claimed

Plan to demolish landmark tower

THE LANDMARK Owens Park Tower could be demolished under new plans for Manchester University’s Fallowfield campus. University bosses have unveiled proposals to replace existing accommodation with what they describe as 3,300 ‘new bedspaces’ on the site covering Owens Park, Oak House and Woolton Hall

Grealish: Pep has made me a Champions League winner

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL: CITY 1 INTER 0

Guardiola and his players have finally scaled their Everest!

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL: CITY 1 INTER 0

It will be go, go for Garnacho at the Reds next season

UNITED know more than most the value of youth.

Ten Hag has set Ant new goals after solid first season at Reds

IT is fair to say the jury is still out on Antony after his divisive debut season for United.

Keely left reeling by new record

KEELY Hodgkinson admits she is shocked having lowered her personal best and British record with a brilliant performance in the 800 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Paris.

Salford prove they are in the play-off battle

PAUL Rowley was delighted after his Salford side thrashed struggling Castleford 42-10 to underline their Betfred Super League play-off credentials.

Backlash to 'prison ship' barges plan

FOR years the North has more than played its part in housing those fleeing persecution in their own countries - in fact most of the areas with the highest numbers of asylum seekers are in our region.

Fire chief leads service's inclusive new era

From spending £38 million on new stations to banning the word fireman', change is happening in every corner of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Thousands of passengers taking ride on Forgetrolink

Revealed: 470,000 incomplete Metrolink journeys due to people not 'tapping out' on contactless system

Watchdog witness plea after e-bike teenager's death

THE police watchdog is appealing for information from witnesses after the death of a teenager.

'If you move my bin I'll put an end to you'

Terrifying homophobic threat in neighbour dispute

To me, he is a coward and a disgrace

Rayner slams Johnson over resignation as MP

Canal Street is where I learnt the art of drag

ON a Tuesday night ten years ago in a misty basement on Bloom Street, the likes of Lady Gaga, Blondie, David Bowie and Steps were all booming out to the crowd at club night Poptastic.

Viral gin firm's success that led to bitter fall-out

Details of lengthy legal battle revealed after personal friendship' between business associates turned sour