BREAKING: Cyclist killed in suspected hit and run at busy junction

This year's Great Manchester Run is just around the corner, but there's still plenty of time to apply if you haven't already.

Broadway’s Mrs. Doubtfire will unplug the vacuum cleaner and hang up the apron earlier than expected: The musical, which has been posting middling box office numbers during the industry’s crowded spring season, will end its run at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on May 29, producers announced.

Emmerdale star Samantha Giles has admitted that she doesn't watch the ITV soap as she is too busy.The 50 year old, who is best known for taking on the role of Bernice Blackstock in the soap, made the admission at the Pride of Manchester awards on Tuesday evening. Speaking exclusively to OK!, Samantha candidly explained: "It's terrible, I'm in the show, and I don't really ever watch it, which is awful. "You know what it's like, it's that time when you're either putting the kids to bed, or you're getting dinner or whatever, but I know that it's very close to coming to a head," she added.

This is the moment a brazen fly-tipper in a brightly-coloured Hawaiian shirt was caught dumping rubbish near a busy Tameside road. Charles Sutcliffe took money to remove waste on behalf of others, Tameside Magistrates Court heard.

A BBC actor was killed in a crash after a speeding driver "lost control" and crashed into a tree, an inquest heard. Reiss Jarvis suffered multiple "unsurvivable" injuries as a result of the smash in Delph, Oldham.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess Of Cambridge (aka Kate Middleton) attend the official opening of the Glade Of Light Memorial at Manchester Arena on Tuesday (May 10) in Manchester, England.

A dad-of-two stabbed his ex-partner to death before killing himself after being left "destroyed" by their break-up, an inquest heard.

Firefighters tackled a car fire outside a Home Bargains store yesterday.

A young man in his 20s has died after being hit by a car in south Manchester. The emergency services were scrambled to Princess Road in Manchester just before 2.30am yesterday morning (May 7) to a report of a road traffic collision involving a vehicle and a cyclist.

Mentality. Weak character. They need to get over it.

A new inquest into the death of a teenager who died while being chased by police in a stolen car is set to take place later this autumn. A jury at Manchester South Coroner’s Court, in Stockport, heard details about the death of Kyle Hudson, 16 earlier this year.

An evil dad who murdered his infant son to get revenge against his former partner for ending their relationship has been jailed for life.

A young family have been left homeless after a fire gutted their Greater Manchester home and killed all three of their pet dogs. Chelsea Stewart and her two sons managed to escape the blaze as it tore through their house in the early hours of April 25. The cause was found to be a children’s Segway toy left charging in the kitchen.

Emmerdale's Reece Dinsdale has announced his return to Coronation Street — 12 years after his character was killed off the cobbles.Taking to Twitter earlier this week, Reece, 62, who played Joe McIntyre on the ITV soap, tweeted: "I start #Corrie for real tomorrow. Proper grown-up meeting with the script team over in Manchester.

Jade Akoum could be forgiven if she was consumed entirely by rage - she has had to endure tragedy and pain only few can imagine: the loss of her younger brother Yousef Makki, the talented Manchester Grammar School pupil stabbed to death aged just 17; the death of their mother Debbie from a 'broken 'heart'; and a burning feeling of injustice.