Cheaper fares, electric buses and buying depots agreed by Greater Manchester's leaders

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy said ”It’s fine, I have had sex with 10,000 women” after allegedly raping a woman three times in his “locked” bedroom, a court heard.

Criticism has been aimed at drivers for blocking cycle lanes in Manchester, with increasing complaints over vehicles blocking the designated spaces.

Ryan Giggs told a jury that he and his former girlfriend 'clashed heads' as a 'tug of war' broke out following a row over their phones, as he denied deliberately headbutting her. The former Manchester United star spent his second day in the witness box at Manchester Crown Court on the eighth day of the trial.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is considering changing road laws so cyclists have to abide by 20mph speed limits or face penalties. Less than a fortnight after vowing to create a “death by dangerous cycling” law that will treat killer cyclists the same as motorists, Mr Shapps said he wanted to stop certain behaviour on the roads.

Police have released a CCTV image of an individual in connection with a theft in Wigan. Officers for Wigan West released the image after an appeal was made following the theft of a bike.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after a string of knifepoint robberies in a park in Bolton.

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

A train line between Manchester and Liverpool is blocked this morning due to emergency services dealing with an incident.

Travellers face a 'weekend of misery' as under-fire rail firm Avanti West Coat issued a 'do not travel warning' and slashed services. "It's going to be a nightmare", said one fed-up passenger as she waited to catch a train at sun-soaked Manchester Piccadilly.

Leaders in Greater Manchester have joined the Mayor of London in condemning Avanti West Coast to cut the number of services to and from the capital. City-region mayor, Andy Burnham, leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig, and London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have penned a letter to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, asking for an urgent meeting to restore the full timetable.

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”.

Council leaders in Manchester have once again made an appeal to the government over plans for the HS2 network in Manchester.

A mum who had to sell her daughter's bike just to pay the bills. A dad who fears he won't able to afford to see his family this Christmas. And the school cook so terrified of her next energy bill she no longer uses her oven.

Manchester could be ‘the best place to live in the country’ once HS2 has been completed — so long as it’s done in the right way, the Mayor has said.

Data shows that a quarter of the city's Bee Bikes have gone missing and not been found since the launch of the scheme last November.

Greater Manchester’s new buses will be painted in an ‘iconic’ Mancunian colour scheme, the city-region’s mayor has said.

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Losing a child to knife crime is every parent's worst nightmare. But for Kelly Brown, it is the reality she lives with every day since her 16 year-old son Rhamero West was fatally stabbed last year.

A huge Radcliffe call centre building which once employed hundreds is to be converted into a warehouse. Plans have been approved for extensive demolition and conversion work to be undertaken at the former O2, Capita and Tesco Mobile building off Dumers Lane in the town.

Negotiations over giving Greater Manchester more powers are going well, but there is 'some doubt' about the future of devolution, Andy Burnham has said. Local leaders were told of encouraging 'noises' from Treasury officials as the city-region bids to get full control of funding like that of Scotland and Wales.