Costa Coffee to close permanently in Greater Manchester town centre

Heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected to hit parts of the UK and Greater Manchester over the weekend. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for Greater Manchester, for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

A café in Bury has unveiled a massive breakfast challenge that includes 34 items. The 34,000 calorie meal by the Gusto Deli in Walshaw includes a plateful of sausages, fried eggs, black pudding, beans, mushrooms, bacon rashers and hash browns.

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Rent costs are continuing to soar across the UK in the midst of the crippling cost of living crisis. According to Zoopla, the average UK rent has hit £1,126 this month which now takes up more than 28 percent of average earnings.

Andy Burnham needs to be handed more extensive powers to bring about substantial change in Greater Manchester, according to a new study.

Thousands of people in one Greater Manchester borough have put their name to a petition to leave the region entirely.

Going out for a couple of alcoholic beverages after work or over the weekend can turn out to be a pretty expensive occasion if you don’t keep an eye on your pursestrings.

Greater Manchester is set to feel more mild, as temperatures struggle to top 20C for the remainder of the week. A mixed bag of weather is forecast for our region, with rain predicted to fall every day expect for Sunday.

Parts of Greater Manchester have been hit by a huge power cut this morning.

Eid al-Adha is right around the corner as mosques across the country get ready to host the special prayers.

Staff working at a mental health unit experienced ‘racism’ both from patients and fellow colleagues, a new review has revealed.

Over the coming months, the makeup of a small suburb of Greater Manchester on the border between Wigan and Salford could become drastically different.

The weather really hasn't been able to make its mind up in recent weeks. From hot sunny days to thunder and lightning without a moments hesitation.

A manipulative bully who vowed his ex-girlfriend would be the ‘next Katie Piper’ is amongst those who have been jailed in Greater Manchester this week.

Five-year-olds in Britain are, on average, up to seven centimetres shorter than children in other wealthy nations, new data has revealed.

The importance of the railway station in the history of the Stockport suburb of Cheadle Hulme should not be underestimated. Its arrival in the mid-19th Century set into motion the village’s transformation from a collection of small hamlets into a suburb of nearly 30,000.

After the Bank of England raised interest rates to a 15-year high of five percent this week, it is not just mortgage holders who are bearing the brunt. Many tenants across the country have now been left fearing their rents will rise drastically as landlords are faced with increased costs.

Bus and tram tickets are to be launched cutting the cost of travel in Greater Manchester for many users by 20 per cent from September. The Bee Network starts on September 24, when the city-region becomes the first to bring bus services under local control since 1986.

The average cost of a home is continuing to rise across Greater Manchester as the property market remains hot. In the last year, house prices in the region have gone up by 6 percent, with the average house selling for £230,046 in April.

Plans for a 160-home town centre ‘village’ have been submitted – with bosses aiming to transform five undeveloped sites in Bolton town centre. Developers Capital & Centric say Neighbourhood Bolton will be ‘the first of a new type of residential community’.