'Frankly a national outrage': Greater Manchester leaders and London Mayor hit out at decision to cut trains to and from capital

A Manchester woman who was forced to travel to Piccadilly station and buy a train ticket to London in person after Avanti services were marked as 'sold out' online has blasted rail bosses.

A woman who dropped to five stone during her anorexia battle could soon be crowned Miss England.

Both of the candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister launched stinging attacks on Andy Burnham during a hustings event in the city tonight (Friday)

The boss of scandal-hit train firm Avanti's parent company has been awarded a £1m share bonus while passengers suffer chaos on the railways and strikes continue, it's been revealed.

Work will begin on a new CYCLOPS junction in South Manchester next week. The busy Brooks Bar junction in Whalley Range, sees five lanes of traffic crossing and is a route into many areas south of the city.

Rishi Sunak has accused Andy Burnham of 'failing' to get a grip on crime in Greater Manchester - and has pledged to give councillors greater powers to hold mayors to account if he wins the race to Number 10. The comments come as Mr Sunak, who is trailing rival Liz Truss in the polls, heads to Manchester for a Tory hustings event on Friday.

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.

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.