'Compo cash made me an alcoholic - I slept with a bag of cans like it was a teddy'

After years trapped in a relationship with an abusive monster, Tanya Taylor felt she had no escape.

Manchester City youngster James McAtee believes the prospect of imminent promotion to the Premier League supports his summer decision to turn down La Liga interest and join Sheffield United.

Manchester City are in a thoroughly luxurious position at the minute when it comes down to their attacking options.

Manchester United fans took their chance to try and convince Declan Rice to join the club this summer.

Manchester United returned to winning ways on Wednesday evening with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at home to Brentford.

Two men were chased through a Tameside town centre by a gang of five before having cash and a Stone Island jacket stolen. Three teenage boys have been arrested after two men were targeted by robbers in the early hours.

Virgin Media is down this morning with tens of thousands of people reporting issues with the network.

Town halls across Greater Manchester have paid out £1.1 million on consultants to help try and obtain Levelling Up funding.

Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City's experience of winning the Premier League and fighting a close title race counts for nothing, as the Blues enter the final two months of the season.

Roadside Attractions has nabbed North American rights to the drama Dreamin’ Wild, telling the true story of musician brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson, slating it for release in theaters nationwide on August 4th.

A man died after being crushed by a digger at a waste recycling plant, an inquest opening heard. John Graveson was was so severely injured that he had to be identified by his fingerprints, the court was told.

Schools and colleges across the country are set to receive a share of £2.5 billion to upgrade their buildings, and create extra pupil places, the Government has announced.

Voters have been warned to ensure they have the correct ID before local elections.

Andy Cole has told Manchester United to forget about pursuing Frenkie de Jong this summer given the player’s reluctance to swap the Nou Camp for Old Trafford.

A musician had more than £5,000 worth of equipment stolen from his car, while he was at university.

Emma Willis has used just one word to described her husband Matt Willis after his reunion with his former bandmates was revealed. It was announced on Thursday (March 23) that Busted will be reuniting to bring out a new album and head out on another arena tour.

Martin Lewis is urging the millions of people in the UK who receive a regular payslip to check it straight away as they could have lost out on thousands.

A local historian is writing to the Pope to protest over an ‘abandoned’ Roman Catholic graveyard which he says has become a ‘drugs den’. The overgrown cemetery - known as Barton Upon Irwell Roman Catholic Graveyard - in the Peel Green area of Eccles has not been used for a burial since 1940.

Actress Ellie Leach is best known for playing Faye Windass on long running soap Coronation Street. Faye landed on the cobbles in 2011, when she was adopted by residents Anna and Eddie Windass. She had a rocky start on the show when she fell pregnant aged just 13 and struggled to bond with her newborn daughter, Miley, who she eventually gave up to the custody of the baby’s dad, Jackson, and his family.The teenager later endured an early menopause storyline which left her unlikely to conceive again, an issue which could affect up to 1 in 100 young women.

Formal offers to acquire Manchester United are expected as early as Wednesday this week following a series of meetings over the last fortnight.