'Buses block my shop while drivers go to the chippy - that's just the beginning'

Audio systems to announce approaching stops will be installed on buses in a move welcomed today by disability groups and charities. The Department for Transport announced local bus services in Britain will provide audible announcements and visual displays to improve accessibility.

ITV's Sharon Marshall has been forced to apologise after seemingly confirming a Coronation Street exit on her weekly segment.

The Issa Brothers, who own Asda, are 'considering an £8bn takeover of sandwich giant Subway', according to reports.

Coronation Street's Beth Sutherland actress Lisa George has hit back at a social media user after they mistook her for another soap star. Lisa, 50, who has played Beth since 2011, enjoyed a night out with former co-star Katie McGlynn, who played Sinead Tinker on the cobbles until 2020.Taking to Instagram, Katie shared a radiant selfie and red carpet snap with Lisa at the Manchester Film Festival.

Buses will start turning yellow in Greater Manchester from today (March 24), six months before the new Bee Network is finally launched. The first publicly controlled buses will be rolled out in Bolton, Wigan and parts of Bury and Salford from September with the whole network to be franchised by 2025.

It won't be long before we're in the midst of the transfer window once again and it looks set to be another expensive one for Manchester United.

Manchester United are planning moves for Chelsea duo Mason Mount and Christian Pulisic during the summer window, according to reports.

People living in a south Manchester suburb have spoken of their shock after waking up to find a building engulfed in flames.

With the likes of Jay-Z's champagne, Jon Bon Jovi's wine and Kendall Jenner's tequila on its shelves, this little shop in Alderley Edge has every bottle of celebrity wine and spirit that you could possibly imagine. And, given its location at the heart of Cheshire's Golden Triangle, its customers include celebrities, footballers and VIPs too.

In the dead of night, immigration enforcement officers swooped on a Greater Manchester abattoir. Two men were arrested for working illegally following a raid which began at 11pm on Thursday (March 16), while the business owner could be fined as much as £40,000.

Residents thrown out of an unsafe tower block just days before Christmas have been given less than a fortnight to collect their belongings.

Coronation Street fans rejoiced as Kevin Kennedy and Angela Lonsdale reunited for a night out after leaving the ITV soap 20 years ago. Police sergeant Emma, played by Angela, arrived on the cobbles back in 2000 and left in 2003 after being offered a promotion in Newcastle.

A woman was rescued from a canal by firefighters who got into the water to save her. Emergency services were scrambled to the scene in Leigh, Wigan, on Thursday afternoon and she was taken to hospital by paramedics.

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More than £10,000 of booze has been seized from a shop which had previously been banned from selling alcohol. When officers attended Ramiro’s Off Licence, St Helen’s Road, last year they found the huge haul of beer, wine and spirits, despite them being stripped of their licence after an earlier illegal tobacco sting.

Sofia Kourtesis has shared a new single – listen to the openhearted and upbeat ‘Madres’ below.The track marks the Peruvian artist’s first new music of 2023, following the release of her Manu Chao collaboration ‘Estación Esperanza’ in January last year.“This song is about my mother, her mother, my sisters who are mothers, my brothers who are mothers, and all the LGBTQIA+ members who are mothers to their communities,” says Kourtesis. “Madres has no gender.

The developer behind plans to build 75 flats at a Tesco car park in Manchester has appealed local councillors' decision to refuse planning permission. The Didsbury development dubbed Blackbird Yard will now be revisited at an inquiry with a government-appointed inspector set to make the final decision.

A butchers shop which started out life as a market stall is now the proud owner of the 'best pie in the UK' title. SJ Bebbington Butchers in Chester won the 'best cold pie' category at the Golden Cleaver Awards, which take place in Harrogate every year, CheshireLive reports.

Greater Manchester is expected to face a 20-year wait for HS2 trains after the latest delay to the controversial rail link with London was confirmed by the Government.

A popular pizza restaurant has confirmed it will close its doors for good, prompting fans to launch a petition to save it. The owners of Croma on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury confirmed the news in a statement and said the last service would be on Wednesday, May 10.