"Committed paedophile" Ian Naude was said to have joined the police for access to vulnerable girls.

Nial Healey threatened to smash the victim's "head off every wall" if she screamed for help.

Residents in Little Hulton are warned to keep doors and windows closed as crews tackle the blaze.

Manchester City and France full-back Benjamin Mendy has surgery on the cartilage in his left knee.

Paul Price was left in a coma after the suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena that left 22 dead.

The woman was sat in a parked car with a friend when they were threatened by two men armed with a gun.

Hashem Abedi's extradition to the UK is "only a matter of time", Libya's prime minister tells the BBC.

Wales forward Gil Dudson signs for Super League club Salford Red Devils following his departure from relegated Widnes Vikings.

Randy Agyemang wanted to highlight the plight of those who sleep rough

Children aged 11 and 14 manage to escape two abduction attempts in Greater Manchester.

The move is an "invest to save" scheme as potentially invasive plants "could cost millions" to remove.

Harrop Fold high school in Salford featured in the TV series Educating Greater Manchester.

Oldham sign West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Alex Palmer on a seven-day emergency loan.

The 75-year-old man was knocked down in the centre of Manchester on Tuesday.

The regional airline's board says it is in discussions about a potential sale of the company.

Officers are called to flats in Manchester and arrest a man after a suspicious package is found.

BBC presenter's husband gives his first interview after she died from breast cancer in September.

The fund set up in the wake of the bombing in Manchester has given away more than £20m.

England's all-time leading goalscorer Wayne Rooney says it will be "strange" playing at Wembley in his farewell appearance for the country.

A referee has been suspended for three weeks for deciding a Women's Super League kick-off with a game of rocks, paper, scissors instead of a coin toss.