BREAKING: Cyclist, 19, dead after crash with HGV in city centre as driver arrested

This is the dramatic moment a huge bolt of lightning appeared over the Manchester city centre skyline - as the region was battered by a huge tropical storm.

Fans heading into city centre this evening for the Manchester City treble parade have been warned of delays.

Police are appealing for information following reports of a 'serious sexual assault at a premises in Manchester city centre'.

Four men have been arrested in dawn raids across Salford.

A 'trail of blood' was left outside a Manchester city centre bar after a 'man with a gun' fled a fight which saw someone stabbed in the leg, according to the police. The Lawn Club in Spinningfields has been closed since the incident on Sunday night (June 4) and its licence has now been temporarily suspended.

A man was left seriously injured after being attacked in Manchester city centre. The victim was assaulted outside a venue on Bridge Street at around 4.40am on March 11.

A man who died in his house after suffering serious head injuries in a shocking attack has been described as being a ‘devoted family man’ who will be ‘dearly missed’. Nadeem Butt, 50, was found dead inside his home on Woodlands Street in Cheetham Hill on August 5, 2020.

Fire cover in booming Manchester city centre is set to be bolstered. But to help pay for it two outlying areas would be switched from full time stations to day-time crewing only.

Phillip Schofield fears being spat on in the street and says he is afraid to leave the house after the revelation of his affair with a younger male colleague. In a new interview with The Sun he said he was currently getting by 'hour by hour'.

A woman who passed out in her car in the middle of the road after realising she was too drunk to drive has walked free from court - despite being more than three times the legal limit.

Emergency services descended on Middleton following a crash involving a motorbike and an Amazon delivery van. Police taped off part of Bowness Road, outside Truffet Park, earlier this evening (May 28).

Manchester City teenager Rico Lewis has played a key role in Pep Guardiola's side's Premier League title triumph, and his energy, ability and attitude is helping to reinvent a position.

Police have confirmed that two people have died after they were called to an incident at a lake in East Yorkshire. Emergency services are reminding people of the dangers of open water after also rescuing four people from the lake.

Free Wi-Fi is set to be rolled out across Manchester city centre — with advertising boards set to act as giant routers.

A road in Manchester city centre was blocked off on Monday afternoon (May 22) after a car was left crushed in a smash.

A car was smashed into a drop-off sign outside Bolton's A&E department on Sunday (May 21) as police arrested the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs.

Tampopo will be doing a brand new South-East Asian inspired brunch for the first time, starting next week. And it will be trialling it for half price until the end of June.

A man was taken to hospital after a crash which left a main road in east Manchester closed for around two hours. Emergency services were called at about 10.45am on Saturday following the two car crash on Cheeryble Street off Ashton Old Road in Openshaw.

In the grand scheme of little things that really, really, wind me up, parking in Manchester city centre consistently tops the list. The extortionate prices, the annoying way you now have to pay up front, the constant road diversions meaning you can't get to them... I could go on and on.

The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.