Image of man released after indecent exposure at Greater Manchester shopping centre

A Salford councillor who sparked controversy and calls for his resignation after winning a seat 160 miles away in the Cotswolds has finally revealed when he will give up his seat on the city council - nine months after winning the seat and moving to the wealthy Tetbury with Upton constituency in Gloucestershire.

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.

A man from Wigan who started driving to AUSTRALIA in a truck with only his dog for company found love just a fortnight into his trip. Bobby Bolton, 31, fell head over heels after meeting a 'good looking' French woman on a hilltop in Saint-Tropez.

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.

A man has died after being rushed to hospital from a building site in Partington. Emergency services were called to reports of concern for welfare of the man at the site on Hall Lane on Monday afternoon (January 22).

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.

An 'utterly stupid' drug dealer drove at 100mph in a 30mph zone while trying to escape from the police. Abdulmalik Sayid, 25, passed through 'numerous' red lights and even drove on the wrong side of the road before eventually crashing into two other cars, at the junction of Alan Turing Way and Ashton Old Road, close to the Etihad Stadium in east Manchester.

A man has been injured after being hit by a tram in Manchester city centre.

The Environment Agency is investigating ‘foul smells’ from a landfill site after hundreds of complaints those living nearby. A meeting of Bury Council heard about concerns about odours from the Pilsworth South Quarry landfill site affecting people living in both Bury and Heywood.

A person has died after being hit by a train in Wigan.

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.

Dozens of new affordable homes could be built in Ashton following an application for a three-storey apartment block.

A woman fell to the ground after being hit over the head in broad daylight outside a B&M store near Greater Manchester. Police have today (January 15) released a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to following the 'cowardly attack' on a woman as she walked on a busy town centre street.

Sir Ed Davey has refused to apologise to victims of the Post Office scandal from Greater Manchester.

Police have launched a murder probe after a man's body was discovered inside a vehicle at a shopping centre car park.

The creator of a petition calling for former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to hand back her CBE following the Horizon scandal has said it is 'fantastic' that she has lost her honour.

To outsiders, it was a no-brainer. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the decision to pedestrianise a street in Ramsbottom town centre brought a taste of European café culture to the foothills of the West Pennines.

Sunloungers and blow-up beds have been set up at a former school in Salford for rough sleepers to spend the night. The building, in Swinton, was turned into a 'welfare hub' by Salford council five days before Christmas.

A GP surgery in Wigan has been placed into special measures by the CQC.