Students preyed on by callous thieves during month-long crime spree

An Everton fan group has announced its plans to protest the points deduction their club has suffered during Saturday's match between Manchester City and Liverpool.

Strictly Come Dancing fans have said they are 'horrified' as the latest celebrity to leave the competition as leaked. Fans who couldn't wait until Sunday evening (November 19) to find out who was the latest couple to leave the competition have been sharing their thoughts on the latest dance-off and elimination.

Protestors targeted Starbucks and Pret A Manger during another pro-Palestinian march in Manchester city centre. Activists demonstrated outside city centre branches of the cafes during this afternoon's march.

The University of Manchester is giving students the chance to apply for crucial help with the cost of living. In recent years, everyday expenses have soared and according to Russell Group analysis, some students are living on average just £2 per week over the destitution line in the UK despite some working.

Greater Manchester Police is 'good' at tackling serious and organised crime, inspectors have concluded - but there is still room for improvement. The police force has been praised for freezing bank accounts and confiscating assets of criminals in the city-region.

A dealer was caught selling heroin and crack cocaine to an undercover police officer during an investigation into a drugs ring known as the 'Eggy Line'. John Jones appeared in Liverpool Crown Court for sentence today after pleading guilty to a raft of offences, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Three ‘key players’ of a Rochdale-based crime gang have been jailed after detectives uncovered a £20,000 cannabis farm. Mohammed Qabir and Darren Newey travelled to Accrington in Lancashire to set up and run the cannabis factory.

Kym Marsh has taken to social media with a cryptic message after having to deliver 'bad news' during her return to Morning Live this week. The actress took to Instagram on Saturday night (November 4) with a typed-out message while appearing to enjoy a girls' night out.

Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft has said she'd be 'sobbing at home' if it wasn't for the show and her dance partner Johannes Radebe. That's because away from the glitz of the BBC One contest and performing in the ballroom every Saturday night, the 57-year-old sports star has been grieving a huge loss.

The man accused of setting up the shooting that killed Ashley Dale in Liverpool has told the jury at his trial "I had no authority to send anyone to anyone’s house and I didn’t."

A vile grooming gang who treated one of their victims like a ‘piece of meat’ were among those jailed in Greater Manchester this week. Brothers Mohammed Ghani and Jahn Shahid Ghani were two of the five men handed lengthy jail terms for their role in the sexual exploitation of two girls over a number of years.

A pornography-obsessed pervert left a young woman traumatised by performing a sex act on himself in front of her on a bus. Luke Morrissey, 20, later admitted he was enacting a fantasy when he performed what a judge described as a 'revolting' act on a Megabus between Birmingham and Manchester.

A student police officer has been sacked after claiming to be sick whilst he was flying back from holiday. PC James Lanigan was due to attend a training course in June 2022 but was in fact flying back from Bulgaria, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

England football star Alex Greenwood had to be taken off the field on a stretcher after a scary head injury during a match against Belgium. She collided with Belgium player Jassina Blom while trying to head the ball in the first half of the Nations League game. While Jassina was able to carry on playing with a bandaged head, Lioness Alex needed immediate medical attention on the pitch, including being put into a neck brace.

Here are your Manchester United headlines for the morning of Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

Former captain Gary Neville has questioned Manchester United's recruitment process in midfield, describing it as 'all a little bit strange'.

Amanda Abbington appeared distracted from Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night (October 28) as she declared 'I love you' to a pal. The actress would have been due to return to the ballroom this weekend after missing last weekend's show due to "medical reasons".

Five knife-point robberies have taken place at shops in north Manchester. Police believe the same person has committed each crime and have issued a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to.

Plans for a residential tower in Manchester city centre have been drawn up again as the developer looks to turn it into student housing instead. One of the four blocks in the Downing development on First Street would accommodate 555 students if approved.

New data has revealed that students are skiving at a North West school once every seven days on average. The primary school near Ormskirk which had an unauthorised absence rate of 14.7 per cent last year has suffered the highest level of truancy in the county.