Six-year-old girl runs up £900 bill on iPad pony game
A Cheshire mother is warning parents about the dangers of free download games after her six-year-old daughter ran up a £900 bill on her iPad
£885m award for Manchester University graphene research
A "wonder material" first developed at Manchester University shared in the largest financial prize ever awarded for research excellence.
Laboratory in Buxton develops projectile vomiting robot
The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) in Buxton has created a robot that is able to accurately simulate projectile vomiting.
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Laboratory in Buxton develops projectile vomiting robot
The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) in Buxton has created a robot that is able to accurately simulate projectile vomiting.
Read the full storyComputer tells world when you raid the cupboards
We're meant to be watching what we eat but the lure of those chocolate biscuits in the cupboard is just too great. So how can you beat that urge? Computer scientists at the University of Manchester think they have the answer.
They've attached a small computer, ironically known as a Raspberry Pi, to kitchen cupboards that will shame you into leaving those snacks alone. It'll even send a tweet letting the world know what you're gorging on.
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Research into snake venom could save lives
Report finds West Coast rail franchise process 'flawed'
An accumulation of "significant errors" by the Department for Transport resulted in a "flawed" West Coast rail franchise process
Read the full storyBackground to West Coast 'fiasco'
The Department for Transport initially gave FirstGroup, rather than Virgin Trains, the contract for a new 13-year West Coast franchise
Read the full storyTransport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin will update MPs on the West Coast rail franchise fiasco
Due to what he described as "unacceptable mistakes" by Department for Transport (DfT) officials, Mr McLoughlin was forced to scrap the West Coast franchise bidding process.
In August, the DfT announced that transport giant FirstGroup, rather than Virgin Trains, had won the contract.
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson criticises civil servants over West Coast mainline
Salford scientist Dr Sean Barrett killed in Australia
by Andy Bonner
Family and friends pay tribute to Dr Sean Barrett from Salford who died in an Australian car crash
Read the full storyMuamba launches Hearts and Goals campaign
Fabrice Muamba launches defibrillator campaign
Fabrice Muamba has helped launch a new heart campaign today. The former Bolton Wanderers footballer suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch in March.
He joined Bolton Wanderers, and heart charities, to launch the Hearts & Goals campaign.
They aim to make life-saving equipment more accessible around the country.
