Horror crash between convertible and blood bike closes city centre road

A pre-inquest review has opened into the death of a prisoner at Strangeways who may have died after taking spice.

The number of patients admitted to hospital with Covid-19 has jumped in the biggest rise since the peak of the last wave of infection, sparking fears that a new wave could be upon us in time for a potential "twindemic" of both coronavirus and flu.

The trial of Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been adjourned again after a second juror has tested positive for Covid.

Hundreds of people gathered in Manchester city centre this afternoon to protest against soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis as part of a day of national action for an anti-poverty campaign.

The trial of Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been adjourned until at least Tuesday next week after one of the jurors tested positive for Covid.

A campaign to encourage organisations to do more to combat the cost of living crisis will be hosting another rally in Manchester city centre this weekend as part of a national day of action - with a former Coronation Street actor stepping up to speak at the event.

A 'hugely naive' businesswoman who sold illegal 'self-defence kits' including CS gas and a knife designed to protect women from would be attackers has narrowly avoided jail. Renea Thorn-Jones, 21, set up an online business called Brat Boutique advertising 'self-defence kits' for £11, which included a CS gas canister and a concealed knife stored within a key.

Singer Matt Goss swapped the microphone for dancing shoes as made his debut on Strictly with pro dancer Nadia Bychkova. The eighties heartthrob, who shot to fame in the band Bros, was beaming after he and his Strictly Come Dancing partner performed the quickstep to Sir Duke, but not everyone was happy.

Fleeting through towns on the guided busway and flying past snaking queues of cars in the bus lane was still not enough to get to Manchester within 45 minutes on the V1. The infamous purple bus that goes from Leigh to Manchester via Atherton, Tyldesley and Salford was launched back in 2016 and has come under fire in recent months.

Hundreds of items of children's jewellery containing a chemical which can cause cancer were seized from a shop in Strangeways. A businessman and the company he runs have now been fined thousands of pounds after the trading standards raid.

A man who drove from Fallowfield to dump rubbish in a Salford street has been branded "selfish" and utterly irresponsible by council bosses.

A former Afghanistan vet who got sucked into crime is now going back to prison to help stop the cycle of ex-servicemen getting put behind bars. Darren Wright - who spent 11 years in prison for kidnapping as part of a gang - is targeting prisons in the next stage of his mission to help ex-soldiers train as HGV drivers.

Police have urged those attending a vigil tonight (Friday) in memory of a teenager killed in a motorbike crash to 'pay their respects in the right way'. Mckenna Leigh, 16, died following the smash in Tameside on Saturday afternoon (September 17).

A man was taken to hospital after a crash between a tractor and a car in Bury this morning.

Temperatures are dipping, leaves are falling and the knitwear has been dusted off in Manchester this week. I’m all for it - I much prefer layering up with a blouse and sweater vest or funky jacket, and it seems the people of Manchester agree!

People are being encouraged to come together in the city centre on Monday to mark the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Space for up to 10,000 people at three different locations is being set-up to view live TV coverage from 9am onwards.

A woman who claims she was raped by Benjamin Mendy's alleged 'fixer' denied in court she'd made up her allegation because she was 'embarrassed about what had actually happened'. The complainant alleges she was raped by 41-year-old Louis Saha Matturie, who prosecutors have described as the Manchester City player's 'fixer', in March last year after her birthday party.

A woman was raped by Benjamin Mendy's co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie just hours after celebrating her birthday, a jury has heard.

Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of raping a young woman after prosecutors announced they had dropped the charge. The Manchester City defender denied sexually attacking Woman Seven at his Cheshire mansion in July of last year.

A woman who says she was 'frightened' after waking up to find Benjamin Mendy having sex with her denies she was having a 'great time' hours after the alleged rape. The Manchester City defender, 28, is currently standing trial at Chester Crown Court.