Councillors to finally vote on hugely controversial Godley Green Garden Village plans for thousands of homes

Plans for a controversial new 2,000-home 'garden village' in Tameside have been given a final green light after the government announced it would not be intervening.

Manchester United signed off for the international break with a narrow 1-0 win over Luton Town at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.

Plans to build flats for homeless people in a car park in Trafford have been approved just months after they were described as 'ridiculous'. The plans for 12 cottage-style affordable apartments off Shawe Road in Urmston have been given the green light after changes were made, with the new building now further away from nearby properties.

The expansion of the city centre’s skyline is continuing into Cheetham Hill, with a 23-storey tower planned for the area.

A planning application has been submitted for the demolition of the former probation office as part of the huge scheme to reshape Stretford town centre. The site on Newton Street is adjacent to the major mixed-use development across the Stretford Mall and Lacy Street.

FPL managers are gearing up for Gameweek 11 of the Premier League with Manchester United and Manchester City dominating the conversation.

The concrete pavilion at Piccadilly Gardens has long had its critics since its installation in the early Noughties. While plans are afoot to redevelop the rest of the gardens, the fact that the council don't own the hulking structure opposite the bus station means we could well be stuck with it for some time yet.

Councillors have approved plans to build more than 2,000 homes in the Hyde green belt despite thousands of objections from campaigners who asked whether the land was ‘precious’ or a ‘cash cow’.

Neil Wood helped 17 academy players make their first-team debuts at Manchester United during his tenure at the club.

A man was arrested 'to prevent a breach of the peace' at a demonstration for Palestine in Bury.

Local residents in Chorlton have had their say on the 'ambitious' plans to bulldoze its 1970s shopping centre to pave the way for a new 'thriving retail hub'.

Greater Manchester's civic leaders have called for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East.

Former swimmer Becky Adlington has announced that she has had a miscarriage. The double Olympic gold medallist and sports pundit said on Sunday that she and husband Andy Parsons discovered the news when she went in for a routine pregnancy scan at 20 weeks.

From bobs to pixie cuts, layers to extensions – the average woman is said to change their hairstyle up to 36 times in their lifetime.

At the Opera House last Christmas, Jason Manford made his pantomime debut in the villainously camp role of Captain Hook alongside the likes of Britain's Got Talent finalist Ben Nickless and West End star Samara Casteallo.

People who rely on step-free access to use trains in Greater Manchester have been left in limbo as to when the next stage of work will begin to make the region's railway stations accessible.

Plans for a new motorway service off the M56 in Cheshire are set to be approved next week.

A family who has run a pub in Stockport for four generations has handed over the reins to new owners.

The owners of an iconic ballroom dating back more than 100 years say its future as a dance hall is assured, despite a planning application to turn part of the building into a house of multiple occupation (HMO). Fears were raised on social media that The Grand Palais in Swinton would close its doors when the proposals to convert part of the building to a five-bedroom HMO were posted on the Salford city council planning portal.

Dozens of buses serving communities across Greater Manchester have been hit by delays after a horror lunchtime crash opposite the bus station at Piccadilly Gardens.