Brand new hospital theatre set to be built in Greater Manchester next year

Plans for a new train station in Golborne have taken another step towards completion.

Drivers in Rochdale could be fined for "moving traffic offences" around the borough as part of a new scheme due to come into force by summer.

A Wigan artist who creates intricate festive window designs using spray snow has been dubbed the "Bob Ross" of glass art.

Alex Batty - who was missing for six years before being reunited with his grandmother in Oldham - has revealed he wanted to return home to have a better future.

Four North West-based community projects have been awarded more than £1.2 million of government funding aimed at saving community assets. Pubs, museums, cinemas and historic buildings will be kept alive by the funding announced on Friday (December 22).

Hospital neglect contributed to the death of a two-month-old baby, a coroner has concluded. Four alarms on a monitoring machine were silenced and then switched off before baby Louella Sheridan collapsed in a high dependency unit, it has been found.

Work to transform a historic warehouse behind Piccadilly Station into a series of ‘creative workspaces’ is getting underway in a matter of weeks.

Hundreds of new homes for Salford could be approved next week and plans for a new skyscraper in Manchester city centre have surfaced.

A new qualification offering young people an alternative route to university without debt will be launched in Greater Manchester in September next year, the Mayor has confirmed.

Final touches of the £16m refurbishment of Rochdale town hall are being carried out ahead of its reopening next year. Work on the Grade I-listed landmark has been ongoing since 2021.

It’s not long until Christmas Day, which means that New Year’s Eve is just around the corner. Many of us will be thinking about how to say goodbye to 2023 and say hello to 2024.

It's set to be a wet but somewhat mild week across Greater Manchester as we head towards Christmas. While there's a slim chance of snow falling in our area next week, it's the most northern parts of the UK that are more likely to get a dusting.

The Met Office has confirmed there is a 'low chance' of a white Christmas in Manchester this year.

A country pub nestled in the heart of Saddleworth has seen a huge boost to business following an extensive refurbishment in the autumn. The Royal George in Greenfield, underwent a £400,000 update in September which saw the pub close for five weeks.

Filming is underway for a brand new BBC comedy set in Stockport, starring Greater Manchester actress and Netflix star Aimee Lou Wood.

Cases of a highly contagious disease known as the '100-day cough' are spreading rapidly across the nation - and our map shows the hardest hit areas.

Asda will be opening 34 new Express stores across the UK before Christmas - including four in the Greater Manchester area. Eight of the new stores opened their doors to the public today.

The Department of Works and Pensions (DWP) has issued a statement on whether or not new cost of living payments will be announced from next spring.

The English National Opera (ENO) will be coming to Greater Manchester. The globally-renowned company, which is currently based in London's West End, has announced that it is now working with local leaders on a plan to make the city-region its main home by 2029.

Greater Manchester hospitals are more than 90 per cent full, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.