John Scheerhout

Council workers put a smattering of lights on the threadbare spruce ahead of a Christmas lights switch-on event.

The living tree has had a sign erected telling people of the big switch-on only it is so threadbare that people have asked 'what will they switch on?'

The living tree has had a sign erected telling people of the big switch-on only it is so threadbare that people have asked 'what will they switch on?'

The journalist insisted no version of the manuscript he produced contained names of the royals alleged to have questioned the skin colour of Harry and Meghan's son Archie

Now key members of the gang have been jailed after police found they shifted drugs worth at least £1.4m to the holiday island and the south west

Christopher Kirby has been jailed for 27 months but will be out before Christmas because of time served on remand

Among the dodgy medicines seized are powerful pain killers, sedatives and erectile dysfunction tablets

As the sun rises over the city, the homeless are curled up in sleeping bags on the pavement. In a few hours, thousands will visit the festive markets just yards away. The M.E.N. spoke to people waking up on the streets as temperatures plummet

Ricky Lee, 31, Christopher Gresty, 56, and his son Louis Gresty, 25, from Salford, have been jailed

Prolific dealing trio Ricky Lee, Christopher Gresty and Louis Gresty were caught after police used a hack to mine incriminating data from EncroChat's servers in northern France