The top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include environmental protesters gluing themselves to the M56 motorway - leading to 11 arrests - and the school locked down after a hoax report of a gunman outside.
14.10.2021 - 12:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Plenty of celebrities have made their name in Greater Manchester, from musicians and actors, to sports stars and fashion icons.
But now there's an unlikely rising star making a name for itself - in the shape of a new bin.
It all started when Rochdale Borough Council posted a photo on Facebook this week of one new bin it had installed in Heywood.
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The top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include environmental protesters gluing themselves to the M56 motorway - leading to 11 arrests - and the school locked down after a hoax report of a gunman outside.
An area of Stockport is currently the biggest Covid hotspot in Greater Manchester, according to the latest data.
You can put your brolly and cagoule away for now.
The top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include yobs who attacked police, firefighters and the public in Stockport and the dog-walker fighting for his life in hospital after a hit-and-run collision.
Confirmed cases of coronavirus fell by more than 1,000 across Greater Manchester as a whole in a week, latest official data shows.
Larges areas of Greater Manchester remain under 'flood alert' warnings tonight after days of heavy rainfall.
A man who brutally murdered his estranged wife as one of their two young children slept in the next bedroom and a 'thoroughly good' dad unmasked as a drugs boss were just two of the criminals locked up in the region in October.
Booster Covid-19 vaccines are now being offered at walk-in sites across Greater Manchester this week as the vaccine programme ramps up again for winter.
Greater Manchester is set to be hit by further rainfall tonight and into tomorrow - Tuesday.
Just over 40 per cent of schools in Greater Manchester have been visited for 12-15-year-olds to receive their first vaccine - and all school visits have now been booked to take place by the end of November.
Greater Manchester will be given more than £1 billion to transform the region's public transport system, the government has announced.
Plans to give green businesses in Greater Manchester a boost have been launched.
Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to rise in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs, official figures on Saturday show.
Outgoing Manchester council chief Sir Richard Leese will take charge of the NHS in the region as he becomes chair of a major new health board, it has been announced.
Plans to change Manchester Arena’s premises licence have been approved by the council - despite initial concerns from police and licensing officers.
Trafford has become the country's covid hotspot - and cases are still soaring.
A Greater Manchester Police officer who repeatedly sexually assaulted a young girl has been dismissed from the police.
A Greater Manchester Police officer has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman during a night out in the city centre.
Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to rise in Trafford, with increases also recorded in five other Greater Manchester boroughs.
A Greater Manchester Police officer has denied sexually assaulting a 'vulnerable' woman after a night out in the city centre.