Full scale of Greater Manchester town's housing crisis laid bare with 200 applicants for ONE property

Plans for a home that have sparked outrage in Hyde are set to be approved next week.

Two towns in Greater Manchester have been named amongst the 'best areas to live' in the UK in 2024. The Sunday Times has once again released its annual guide of the Best Places to Live, now in its 12th year running, with each location carefully chosen by their expert panel.

A number of fish and chip shops in Greater Manchester have been named in the 2024 list of best in the UK. Fry Magazine's 50 Best Fish and Chip Takeaways and 10 Best Fish & Chips Restaurants have been announced.

One of spring’s most beautiful sights is when lawns are transformed with golden carpets of daffodils. Flowering from February until May, these much-loved golden flowers can be found in woodlands, gardens and parks.

New plans to clamp down on poor housing and rogue landlords will be put into action in Oldham. An extended selective licensing scheme will allow the local authority to hold those renting out homes to higher standards.

Nearly a quarter of all illegal vapes seized in the UK were found in Greater Manchester, a shocking new report has revealed.

A housing developer in Manchester is offering a bargain to potential homeowners concerned by high interest rates.

Dozens of flood warnings and alerts have been issued across the UK as more heavy rain is forecast - with Greater Manchester braced for downpours.

The mayor of Greater Manchester stood outside Ashton Old Baths alongside Tameside’s council bosses to mark the start of a rebirth for the town.

Figures released by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) show that more than a thousand pubs across the UK closed their doors in 2023.

Around 370,000 eligible voters in Greater Manchester are not properly registered to vote, a campaign group has claimed. Analysis by Unlock Democracy, which campaigns for democratic reforms, has found that 1 in 5 eligible voters in the city-region are not registered.

Noel and Sue Radford, famous for being the UK's largest family, have confessed that fame is not their "comfort zones", maintaining they're 'shy' individuals. During a recent book signing in Manchester for their new offering titled The Radfords: Making Life Count, the couple were taken aback by how many fans came to meet them.

One in five Greater Manchester children have not had their full childhood immunisations by the time they get to primary school, new figures show. Health bosses say the trend of declining childhood vaccinations 'needs to be urgently reversed', with the ongoing measles outbreak serving as a 'reminder that these diseases have not gone away'.

Thrill seekers are getting the chance to trail run, kayak and mountain bike their way through spectacular landscapes in Greater Manchester this summer.

'Once a miner always a miner' reads the sign hung on the wall in Derek Doherty's living room. The 66-year-old was just a teenager when he followed his dad and grandad down the pit at Golborne Colliery in Wigan.

Air rifles, luxury jewellery, designer clothes and £10k in cash was seized by police in a major organised crime crackdown across Greater Manchester on Thursday (February 29).

The Body Shop will close another 75 UK stores within the next six weeks, including three in Greater Manchester, it has confirmed. The high street skincare and cosmetics chain tumbled into administration earlier this month.

We're just weeks away from the beginning of spring, hopefully a time when the grey skies give way to blue and the flowers will begin to bloom. Across Greater Manchester, there's a number of beautiful gardens, woodlands and parks to watch as the buds of daffodils, bluebells and tulips burst into action.

A drive to protect children with the MMR vaccine is being stepped up across the north west and Greater Manchester amid rising cases of measles.

Walk around Stockport town centre and it's easy to get a sense of how quickly the area is changing.