Family and colleagues have paid tribute to Wythenshawe-born Lance Corporal Jamie Webb, killed in an insurgent attack on his patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, this week.

Olympic boxing champion, Nicola Adams has thrown her weight behind a bid to get more girls into sport, donating £3,000 she won on TV's Family Fortunes

The Olympic gold medalist handed over the cash to the Us Girls initiative at an event at Royal Oak and Baguley boxing gym attended by pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe.

A man was lucky to escape serious injury after being shot in the leg by an airgun as he walked through woods in Wythenshawe.

Police say the 21-year-old man was walking through the woods at the junction of Brownley Road and Crossacres Road in Wythenshawe at about 10.30am on Wednesday 20 March when he was shot.

A man has been charged with manslaughter following the death of an off-duty Wythenshawe police officer in Stockport.

Gareth Francis

PC Gareth Francis, 28, was walking home from a night out when he was attacked in Castle Street, Edgeley, in the early hours of January 20.He was taken to hospital with a serious head injury but died later.

Westley Holland, 20, of Laburnum Way, Stockport, is due to appear before Stockport Magistrates on Thursday.