Asda to open 21 new stores across country including one in Greater Manchester - full list

New coroners’ courts to serve three Greater Manchester boroughs are intended to lessen any distress for grieving relatives. The expanded courts and office facilities in Bolton will benefit families and residents attending Manchester West Coroner’s Office.

NHS bosses in have pleaded with people to help family members get out of hospital as they deal with hundreds of patients stuck on wards. More than 800 people who are medically fit to go home have been stuck in hospital beds this week in Greater Manchester, as they struggle to get care home placements or for social care packages that would allow them to be discharged.

Former Manchester United footballer Jesse Lingard was all smiles as he launched his latest restaurant venture in Wilmslow. Caribbean restaurant Jerk Junction has become a much-loved institution in Manchester, and is now spreading its wings to Cheshire too.

More than 7,800 new homes planned across Greater Manchester are set to receive a share of a £115m fund. The 92 developments across the city-region which have been selected for a slice of the government's Brownfield Housing Fund have been revealed.

Nine Asda forecourts in Greater Manchester are among more than 80 that are going cashless. The supermarket giant has announced major plans to ditch cash and kiosks at 82 of its petrol stations across the country.

Manchester City have announced the signing of Claudio Echeverri from River Plate.

Trafford council is considering closing its town hall one day a week as well as ‘changes’ to the borough’s children and adult services as it prepares to finalise its budget for 2024-25. A meeting of the authority’s executive will on Monday (January 29) consider a review by Trafford’s scrutiny committee chair Coun David Acton of the budget proposals.

A Greater Manchester Police constable is accused of repeatedly providing confidential information from the force's computer system to help his friends’ motor insurance claims company.

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester have been stripping off to produce not one but two cheeky calendars for 2024.

Tributes have been paid to a doctor who looked after patients in Stockport for over four decades. Dr Sikander Malik worked at four GP practices and two hospitals during his 43 years spent working in the borough.

Footballing legend Eric Cantona has announced new UK and European tour dates including a gig in Manchester. It follows his debut sold-out tour last October, which included a date at Manchester's Stoller Hall.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed a further 200,000 people are to receive a Cold Wather Payment following the recent freezing conditions.

Metrolink services across Greater Manchester will be disrupted tomorrow (Sunday) due to works being carried out at Victoria Station. There will also be an early morning network-wide shutdown and Ashton line engineering works taking place.

The Environment Agency is investigating ‘foul smells’ from a landfill site after hundreds of complaints those living nearby. A meeting of Bury Council heard about concerns about odours from the Pilsworth South Quarry landfill site affecting people living in both Bury and Heywood.

Fresh calls are being made for another 'Awaab's Law' to help tenants in private rented accommodation. It's one of a number of 'urgent' recommendations being made today (January 19) by a cross-party committee of MPs as part of a new report.

Over £3 million in speeding fines were issued to motorists in Greater Manchester in a year, new figures have revealed. Between November 2022 and November 2023, over 30,000 fines were issued after motorists were caught by speed cameras across the region.

Dozens of new affordable homes could be built in Ashton following an application for a three-storey apartment block.

It may be winter but it doesn’t have to stop you from exploring the stunning countryside we have right on our doorstep. Landscapes can be transformed thanks to frosts and low lying mists, while the crisp, cool air can leave you feeling invigorated.

A new ice rink that will be one of the biggest venues in the UK is set to come to TraffordCity. The state-of-the-art ice rink will be operated by Planet Ice and will also convert into a multi-use event space, developers say.

A drug boss who thought he was ‘untouchable’ is now facing 16 years in prison. Daniel Buckley, who made a staggering amount of cash through cocaine dealing is amongst those locked up in Greater Manchester last week.