At least three killed as train derails in Alps

Manchester United have opened talks to sign Matthijs de Ligt from Juventus, according to reports.

Police have issued an urgent appeal for help finding a girl who is believed to have travelled around 140 miles from home. Alisha was reported missing to Greater Manchester Police on Monday (June 20).

Comedian Joe Lycett has revealed that a fan who attended one of his stand-up gigs called the police because they found one of his jokes offensive. The 33-year-old funnyman revealed he'd been questioned after police received the complaint about a joke that involved the phrase "giant donkey d***."

Airline and holiday provider Jet2 has issued an urgent warning to all customers. If you're going away you'll probably know about the chaos we've been seeing at airports like Manchester and Dublin.

Tributes have been over the past week to a number of much loved people who have passed away in Greater Manchester.

Levels of coronavirus have risen this week in the UK, with an estimated 1.4 million people in private households estimated to have had the virus last week. Infections were likely to have been caused by the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the Omicron variant, the Office for National Statistics has said.

The UK has been treated to an unusually hot sunny spell this week, bringing temperatures in excess of 30C to some southern areas.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are set to play Delamere Forest in Cheshire this week, having stunned a Cannock audience in Staffordshire on Sunday. The former Oasis rocker will play the open air gig as part of the Forest Live 2022 series this Thursday, June 16.

A cocaine-fuelled thug who killed an innocent grandad with a single punch was just one of the offenders jailed in our region last week.

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School buses for students with special needs have been suspended as operators cancel their Manchester council contracts due to rising costs. Seven routes which serve schools in the city have been not been running since the Easter holidays – and they will not resume before the summer term ends.

A Nevada woman who accused footballer Cristiano Ronaldo of rape, has had her civil lawsuit dismissed by a LasVegas judge on Friday in part as a punishment for the alleged conduct of her lawyer.The woman, Kathryn Mayorga, had been trying to claim damages after she alleged the footballer raped her while in Las Vegas in 2009. US District judge Jennifer Dorsey made the decision to throw the case out on Friday, after the woman’s lawyer Leslie Mark Stovall was found by her to have used “purloined” confidential documents, which had tainted the case beyond redemption.The Manchester United player has never disputed that he slept with the woman, but instead has always maintained that it was consensual sex and that a confidentiality agreement currently in place means the pair cannot talk about it publicly.

Friends of a hero teenager who lost his life trying to save his mum from a knife attack have set up a fundraising page to support his family. Jakub Szymanski, 15, died in hospital following a horror double stabbing in Miles Platting on Thursday evening (June 9).

A cocaine fuelled thug celebrating a friend's birthday killed an innocent grandad after his group had been thrown out of the Printworks. Callum Crosbie killed 60-year-old bricklayer Kevin Wood with a single punch.

It's been nearly 30 years since the nation caught a glimpse into the lives of six students living in Manchester.

Netherlands centre-back Matthijs de Ligt issued a glowing assessment of international team-mate Frenkie de Jong amid Manchester United's interest in his services.

Netherlands and Juventus centre-back Matthijs de Ligt waxed lyrical about the managerial qualities of new Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag.