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Leeds tops the list, as Bristol, Salford and Manchester overtake Birmingham as the worst affected areas for motorists dodging cover

Tom Critchley is urging other cancer patients to take a chance on clinical trials: ‘Do it and hope you get the result that I have’

The Manchester-born author was a frustrated composer who often wrote about music. Now his previously unknown work for strings will find an audience

Barney Davis meets couple who fled Britain for rural France to avoid spiralling costs and mortgage hell

The Prince of Wales joined forces with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to support the work of the Manchester Peace Together Alliance.

Despite fears of a volcanic eruption, UK flights are going ahead

Political comedian Mark Thomas gives a powerful performance in this solo show about a man lost to a cycle of violence and addiction, which is preceded by a sit-down comedy routine about its conception. Writer Ed Edwards wrote the play for Thomas when the two were doing performance workshops with…

Interview: Palmer’s gamble to swap treble-winning Manchester City for Chelsea has paid off in style after earning a regular place in Mauricio Pochettino’s starting line-up and now a first England call-up

Chelsea’s rising star on his ice-cool penalty against Manchester City and the soul-searching before leaving his boyhood club