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A father and son have been jailed for 'horrific' sex assaults on two girls.

As far back as he can remember, Sacha Lord ‘never wanted to be a gangster’. Before the Parklife boss and Manchester night time tsar was advising Andy Burnham or calling for lower VAT for the city’s restaurants and bars, he was a self-confessed ‘nerdy kid’ from Altrincham who went to Manchester Grammar School.

A new coffee shop has opened its doors within one of Manchester's most historic buildings. CoffeeLab has taken up residence inside Colwyn Chambers on the corner of York Street and Mosley Street.

Sacha Lord has opened up about his experiences in Manchester’s music and nightlife scene, from being shot at to meeting his musical heroes, in his debut book. Tales from the Dance Floor, a tell-all account of his career spanning three decades, will be released in April but readers can pre-order it now..

A cosy pub can be found on its own island less than an hour away from Manchester.

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms is in place across the UK, with flood alerts in place near Greater Manchester.

A Greek coffee shop chain is hoping to breathe new life into a ‘remarkable’ forgotten building just off Piccadilly Gardens.

The life of a teenager murdered by her parents in an 'honour' killing was being remembered this week on what would have been her 37th birthday.

Whether you regularly enjoy a night out in Manchester's clubs, or even if they're a long distant memory, everyone has one place that feels like a second home.

A "cheesy as hell" night club with cheap drinks and sticky floors was the place where many Mancunians loved to party in the 1990s.

Manchester’s Warehouse Project has beaten some of the most renowned nightclubs across the globe to be named the ‘world’s favourite’. The club, at Mayfield Depot in Piccadilly, scored highest over a range of social media stats, coming just ahead of London venue the Printworks.

The latest phase of a huge new housing development at a former RAF airfield has been given the green light. The seventh phase of Omege South has been approved by Warrington Council which will include the building of 183 homes and 12 apartments on the former RAF Burtonwood airfield site.

Manchester has always been one of the top places in the UK for a big night out.

Big Brother star Kate Lawler is potentially one of the most famous people to come out of the Channel 4 show.She appeared on the reality television series two decades ago, back in 2002, alongside This Morning icon Alison Hammond and the late great Jade Goody.The star, who celebrates her 43rd birthday today, went on to win her series and was cemented as a Big Brother icon from then on.READ MORE: Davina McCall left 'dying' of shame after suffering wardrobe mishap on dog walkThe first female BB winner went on to pursue a career in presenting and DJing, but what else has Lawler been up to since her milestone achievement?Read on to check out more about Kate’s career and love life since her television debut.Kate appeared on the series back in the early 2000s and managed to rake in an impressive average viewership of 5.8million fans per episode, which earned it the title of most watched series in the show’s history.The finale episode, in which Kate took home a whopping £70,000, was watched by more than 10m people.The series skyrocketed her career and the young star was only just getting started.Previously a part time model, Kate now had the world at her fingertips and became a DJ on Capital FM until 2003.She also presented Channel 4’s RI:SE throughout 2003 and in 2005 competed in Celebrity Wrestling under pseudonym The Brawler.In 2006, Kate entered Love Island 2 and was the top third female of the series, before she went on to continue her presenting career.She has worked for rock radio station Kerrang! and Virgin Radio before settling into a career as a DJ touring Europe and Japan.The former Big Brother resident also has a monthly residency at Manchester nightclub Sankeys whilst also writing for OK! and New! magazines.The

A peadophile who sexually abused a young girl over several years and took indecent images of her has been jailed. Raymond Hughes, of Thurston Close in Great Sankey, was banged up for 11 years and four months on Wednesday (June 22).

It's been almost 30 years since Sankeys burst onto Greater Manchester's nightlife scene and became a clubbing institution. The world famous nightspot first opened its doors as Sankeys Soap in June 1994 - named due its residence in Beehive Mill which once manufactured soap - by promoters Andy Spiro and Rupert Campbell.

A family have paid tribute to a 'cherished' dad-of-two who was found dead in Warrington.

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A mum has offered to PAY someone to take her teenage daughter off her hands after discovering she'd left a plate festering for so long it had 'grown into Cousin Itt from the Addams Family'.Denise Sankey shared a stomach-churning snap of the towering grey mouldy mass that grew after 19-year-old daughter Liv Taylor forgot her dinner in the microwave for a week.Pet shop owner Denise was left tearing her hair out at the discovery and is now desperate to find her teen daughter a 'nice boyfriend' - but concedes Liv is single because 'no one would put up with her'.The horrified mum-of-four said the wiry-looking mould mass resembled The Addams family's hirsute relative Cousin Itt - or a dead grey cat.