Costa Coffee rendezvous to sell Rolex was a trap to lure pensioner

A venue that was once at the cutting edge of Manchester's club scene played a huge role in the success of the legendary Hacienda and the dance music revolution that followed.

A teenage boy had "everything to live for" before he was "butchered like an animal", a court has head.

Cameroon coach Rigobert Song has denied the suggestion that he has fallen out with Andre Onana after he was dropped for the crucial Africa Cup of Nations win over Gambia last week.

The next academy player to make their debut for Manchester United will be the 250th youngster to achieve that dream after progressing through the youth ranks.

Three masked thugs robbed two men at knifepoint as they washed their off-road bikes outside a Texaco petrol station in Salford. Daniel Bebro, a 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons and an unidentified man approached the group after filling up their car with petrol.

Fire crews were called to a main road in Wigan after a derelict hotel went up in flames. Emergency services rushed to Bolton Road following reports of a building fire on Tuesday evening (January 23).

A businessman is going to battle with his own council over a difference of opinion regarding his shop front.

The former chief executive of Greater Manchester’s failing mental health trust was still being paid his £196,000 CEO salary for months after resigning and finishing his duties at the helm. Over the four-month period, the incoming chief executive officer was also being paid the same six-figure salary by the trust, the Manchester Evening News can exclusively reveal.

In life and in death, Margo Vaughan was different. When she is taken to her final resting place today (Tuesday) it will not be in a black hearse but a Salford Van Hire vehicle.

Jadon Sancho has admitted a return to Borussia Dortmund was 'always on his mind' during his time with Manchester United.

The Traitors ' Paul Gorton has been the TV villain that fans love to hate on the BBC One competition, fully embracing his role as a devious traitor before becoming the latest contestant to be banished from the show. However, the Manchester-based business manager nearly didn't make it on the show after a serious injury put him in hospital just four weeks before filming started in Scotland. Paul, 36, told OK! in an exclusive interview that he worried about his place on the show after a game of football left him with a collapsed lung.

A man has denied murdering a university graduate who was stabbed to death. Raami Mohamed, 21, pleaded not guilty to murdering 22-year-old Badri Issa in Moss Side.

He was a red in every sense. A Labour MP, his first constituency was Stretford, and his first sporting love, Manchester United.

Raw chicken thighs were served to 30 people at a health and safety event hosted by Manchester United last year, a food hygiene report has revealed. The football club was slammed by inspectors, who found the food served was 'unfit for human consumption'.

Passengers rushed to help an injured child after they were hit by a bus on a busy man road in Stockport on Monday afternoon (January 15).

A thief posed as a delivery man before pulling out a knife and threatening a woman for her engagement ring.

A 'cruel and calculated' fraudster who pressured and threatened an elderly man into handing over more than £400,000 in a vile con lasting three years has been jailed.

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.

A new mum said her husband watched football while she was in labour - because he was 'bored'.

The slightest thing could cause James Riley to see red. Whether his girlfriend didn’t clean to his exacting standards, if a meal was undercooked or overcooked, or if she accidentally spilt a drink, he was prone to an outburst. Ellie Moxham said it was like treading on eggshells around him, as he undermined and criticised her.