Boy, 17, arrested after string of knifepoint robberies in park

A 19-year-old father has been charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter following the tragic death of his 1-year-old son in Ohio.

Slashing and simplifying bus fares is the 'first step' towards a better public transport system, Andy Burnham has said as lower ticket prices are launched. From Sunday (September 4), single fares are £2 for adults and £1 for children while a day ticket for all buses across Greater Manchester will now cost £5.

A plane which circled in the air for more than four hours while its pilot threatened to crash it into the ground has landed safely. US officials say the situation was resolved with no injuries and the pilot being taken into custody.

A woman suffered serious injuries after she fell from a third floor balcony during an alleged 2am assault in a Manchester flat.

The managing director of under-fire train operator Avanti West Coast has stepped down from his role, it was confirmed tonight. Phil Whittingham will leave his position on September 15 to 'pursue other executive leadership opportunities'.

A woman was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after getting stuck in a Metrolink tunnel. Police say the driver lost her way after she had 'too many drinks and followed her sat nav'.

Campaigners and locals have banded together to stop the closure of a 300-year-old pathway alongside the River Irwell in Salford.

It turns out Danielle Fishel knows how to keep a secret for a very long, long time – especially when it comes to who her crushes were during her time as Topanga Lawrence on Boy Meets World!

A man arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a flat in Tameside remains in police custody.

A boy aged 16 from Middleton - and a 35-year-old man from the Ancoats area of Manchester - have been arrested by detectives investigating a shooting in Lancashire, police have revealed.

The family of a missing firefighter have issued a heartfelt plea for help to find him as his little girl celebrates her sixth birthday without her dad.

A man had to be rescued from his home this afternoon after a fire broke out. Residents reported a large emergency services presence in the Royton area around 3pm with smoke seen billowing from a property.

A man who nearly cut off a taxi driver’s nose in a “gratuitous and sadistic” act of violence has been jailed.

Three people were killed and one person arrested after a road crash in the Highlands on Friday.

The Woodhead Pass is blocked this morning after a crash between two lorries.

A woman has been arrested and an investigation launched after a disabled man was allegedly assaulted in the car park of Forest Bank prison. The Manchester Evening News understands the woman works as a prison officer.

Mayor Andy Burnham has blasted Avanti West Coast following the decision to suspend ticket sales and reduce Manchester to London trains to just one an hour. It comes as it has limited its timetable due to an “unofficial strike”.

A man suspected of murdering four people in Ohio who he believed controlled his mind by using “telepathy” has been arrested.