Family's desperate plea for help with grandad, 70, missing for four days in Greater Manchester

A family told of their terror after a freak 'tornado' destroyed their home. Gareth and Lyndsey Moody and three of their children were at home shortly before midnight when the extreme weather hit Stalybridge in Tameside.

Two families affected by the tornado that hit parts of Tameside have launched crowdfunding appeals as residents count the cost of the freak storm.

Scores of people have been jailed for drugs offences in Greater Manchester in 2023. Some were part of small operations. Others were cogs in are sophisticated empires with dozens of footsoldiers - or leading from the very top.

Police are asking for the public's help in tracing the family of a man found dead at work.

A man has been charged by police in relation to an incident in Ardwick.

A driver who was arrested after a parent and son were killed in a crash in Oldham has been released on bail, police have confirmed.

It's set to be a cloudy day in Greater Manchester on Boxing Day - ahead of a rain warning coming into force tomorrow.

The royal family marked Christmas Day by attending the traditional festive church service on the King’s Sandringham estate.

Hear the word ‘Ibiza’ and images of a sun-soaked party-island spring to mind - not a town in North Yorkshire and a mediaeval castle. But that’s the nickname that Skipton received this year.

Eleven abandoned rabbits have been rescued after being discovered in cardboard boxes in a park. Among the homeless bunnies are four babies just a few days old.

Police have issued a renewed appeal to help find a missing man who has now not been seen for four days. The last sighting of Anthony, a 62-year-old man from Timperley, was on Tuesday morning.

Christmas Eve weekend is here and it looks to be starting out with characteristically Mancunian weather as the festivities begin. Here is the weather forecast for the weekend, and the weather expected to roll in on Christmas Day and Boxing Day over Greater Manchester.

Alex Batty - who was missing for six years before being reunited with his grandmother in Oldham - has revealed he wanted to return home to have a better future.

Four North West-based community projects have been awarded more than £1.2 million of government funding aimed at saving community assets. Pubs, museums, cinemas and historic buildings will be kept alive by the funding announced on Friday (December 22).

Police have issued a fresh appeal for help to find a missing man from Trafford.

The drab grey Greater Manchester skies were lit up with awesome colour today as rare 'mother of pearl' clouds were spotted across the region.

Work to transform a historic warehouse behind Piccadilly Station into a series of ‘creative workspaces’ is getting underway in a matter of weeks.

Police are continuing to search for a missing teenager who was last seen in Manchester city centre four days ago.

The body of a man found on a playing field has triggered a murder inquiry. Today forensic officers were working on a verge on the edge of sports fields at Broughton Rugby and Cricket Club in Higher Broughton.

Police are searching for a missing teenager from Trafford who hasn’t been seen for two days.