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How Salford Red Devils went from relegation candidates to pushing for a spot in October's Super League Grand Final.

League Two side Oldham Athletic appoint Dino Maamria as their new head coach after sacking Laurent Banide.

Ex-Premier League and Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry is set to be named the English Football League's new chairman.

Tom Bailey's match haul of 10-119 helps Lancashire beat Middlesex - their eighth win in 13 Championship games in 2019 and fifth out of five at Old Trafford.

An inquiry into sex abuse says one runaway victim was penalised for stealing jewellery to survive.

How self-defence classes are taking off in Manchester's Gay Village to fend off hate crime.

A 24-year-old man died in the crash in Bolton and the driver of the second car fled the scene.

Hisham Muhammad denies plotting to attack an Army barracks with a modified drone.

People who flout the barbecue and firework ban on moorland above Oldham could be fined £100.

Opener Keaton Jennings is out for 97 for the second time this season as Lancashire build a 211-run lead over Middlesex.

In the North West of England, about 200 additional beds were open for use on a single night in June.

Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof signs a new contract through to the summer of 2024, with the option of a further year.

Teenage striker Mason Greenwood will start Manchester United's Europa League group game against Astana at Old Trafford on Thursday.

Team news as Wigan host Salford in Friday's Super League Qualifying Final fixture at DW Stadium (19:45 BST).

The centre will provide care closer to home for more than 1,500 patients a year, health bosses say.

The four bars have been a "magnet for anti-social behaviour", a city councillor says.

After the Victorian Society names the 10 sites most at risk of ruin, what happened to previous choices?

Nearly 700 people a day overpaid in the first 10 days of the new system, an FOI request shows.

Manchester City have just one centre-back available for their opening Champions League Group C tie at Shakhtar Donetsk.

John Simpson hits a career-best 167 not out as Middlesex make 337 all out against Lancashire, who are 14-1 at stumps.