Huge block of flats full of affordable homes planned for Greater Manchester town

Marcus Rashford missed Manchester United's 4-2 FA Cup win over Newport County at Rodney Parade on Sunday.

Town centre regenerations are the biggest developments brought to the forefront this week.

It can be difficult to find a reasonably priced home when house prices are much higher than they were a few years ago. According to Zoopla, you're now looking at an average price of around £244,063 to buy a home in Greater Manchester,

A crime crackdown plan in Rochdale has been approved.

Stalybridge could soon be transformed after town hall bosses approved massive regeneration plans. There are proposals to rejuvenate the high street and town square; repair historic assets; and improve public transport connectivity.

NHS bosses in have pleaded with people to help family members get out of hospital as they deal with hundreds of patients stuck on wards. More than 800 people who are medically fit to go home have been stuck in hospital beds this week in Greater Manchester, as they struggle to get care home placements or for social care packages that would allow them to be discharged.

More than 7,800 new homes planned across Greater Manchester are set to receive a share of a £115m fund. The 92 developments across the city-region which have been selected for a slice of the government's Brownfield Housing Fund have been revealed.

Nine Asda forecourts in Greater Manchester are among more than 80 that are going cashless. The supermarket giant has announced major plans to ditch cash and kiosks at 82 of its petrol stations across the country.

Levelling up minister Michael Gove has been asked step in and order Wigan council to look again at two controversial planning applications which will see 1,000 homes built on green belt land at Mosley Common. Independent Network councillor James Fish, who represents the area, has written to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities asking him to ‘call in’ the applications.

Trafford council is considering closing its town hall one day a week as well as ‘changes’ to the borough’s children and adult services as it prepares to finalise its budget for 2024-25. A meeting of the authority’s executive will on Monday (January 29) consider a review by Trafford’s scrutiny committee chair Coun David Acton of the budget proposals.

A Greater Manchester Police constable is accused of repeatedly providing confidential information from the force's computer system to help his friends’ motor insurance claims company.

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester have been stripping off to produce not one but two cheeky calendars for 2024.

Tributes have been paid to a doctor who looked after patients in Stockport for over four decades. Dr Sikander Malik worked at four GP practices and two hospitals during his 43 years spent working in the borough.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed a further 200,000 people are to receive a Cold Wather Payment following the recent freezing conditions.

Metrolink services across Greater Manchester will be disrupted tomorrow (Sunday) due to works being carried out at Victoria Station. There will also be an early morning network-wide shutdown and Ashton line engineering works taking place.

Asda has announced that it is opening 21 new convenience stores across the UK in coming weeks - including one in Greater Manchester. It follows the opening of 17 stores already this month, in locations including Southampton, Cardiff and Clapham.

A huge demonstration against anti-Semitism will take place in Manchester city centre on Sunday, with many thousands of people expected to take part. Organisers believe it will be one of the city region's largest single gatherings of Jewish people and supporters ever.

He was a red in every sense. A Labour MP, his first constituency was Stretford, and his first sporting love, Manchester United.

Over £3 million in speeding fines were issued to motorists in Greater Manchester in a year, new figures have revealed. Between November 2022 and November 2023, over 30,000 fines were issued after motorists were caught by speed cameras across the region.

A new ice rink that will be one of the biggest venues in the UK is set to come to TraffordCity. The state-of-the-art ice rink will be operated by Planet Ice and will also convert into a multi-use event space, developers say.