IT experts 'brought in from abroad' to solve chaos at four of Greater Manchester's biggest hospitals hit by technical glitches

A man accused of killing David Aubert following an assault in Manchester city centre has appeared in court. Jonathan Adamson, 24, appeared in the dock at Manchester Magistrates’ Court this morning wearing a grey jumper and matching tracksuit bottoms.

A top government adviser has warned that Greater Manchester cannot rely on 'handouts' from London and must raise money itself to fund some of its plans. Sir John Armitt, who is the chairman of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), made the comments in Manchester on Monday (June 13).

With house prices continuing to soar and the cost of living crisis worsening, it is becoming much more difficult for people to buy their first home. With the average house price in the UK at an all-time high, first-time buyers now need to save up a much bigger sum to get their foot onto the property ladder.

Streets around seven schools in Stockport are to be closed at picking up and dropping off time as part of a new trial. Starting this week streets around a select group of primary schools will be shut to through traffic and parents or guardians parking to drop off or collect their kids in the car.

An NHS trust which runs hospitals and other health services in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and Salford is now the first to have fully electric trucks in its fleet. The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is taking part in a year-long trial which will see two fully electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) used by the NHS group.

Stretford has been chosen as one of five towns to get a huge chunk of money toward improving its high street.

A cocaine-fuelled thug who killed an innocent grandad with a single punch was just one of the offenders jailed in our region last week.

The Queen has one of the largest property empires in Europe - with a portfolio worth billions of pounds. But among the castles, estates and palaces she also owns a few places you perhaps wouldn't expect.

House prices are at an all-time high, and coupled with the cost of living crisis, now is an increasingly difficult time to buy. First-time buyers looking to get on the property ladder are now facing an even bigger challenge as demand continues to outweigh supply, meaning that any homes that do become available are being snapped up quickly.

The top five noisiest areas in Wigan for the last three years have been revealed with hundreds of complaints being made by residents in the borough. The Atherton ward claimed the number one spot for noise complaints over between 2019 and 2022 with 70 in total.

Thursday is set to bring a mixed bag of weather for Greater Manchester as we head for the weekend.

A Greater Manchester Conservative MP believes Boris Johnson has a fight on his hands to survive as the Prime Minister following a vote of no confidence. Despite winning the poll last on Monday (June 6) the pressure has not been taken off the PM as over 40 per cent of Conservative MPs said they had lost confidence in him.

Nearly 36,000 older people in Greater Manchester are missing out on more than £1,700 a year in pension top-up payments, new figures reveal. Around £70 million is unclaimed across the city-region, with pensioners now being urged to check if they are eligible for the payment which 'could make all the difference'.

A hospital has issued an urgent warning asking people only to visit A+E in an emergency as they are "overflowing" with patients. Bosses at the Royal Bolton Hospital say there are currently four times more people in their accident and emergency department than they have space for.

As the Jubilee weekend reaches its climax, the Met Office has warned that all boroughs across Greater Manchester could be hit by thunderstorms and bad weather for the whole day. A yellow thunderstorm weather warning has been issued for large parts of England, including the North West and Greater Manchester.

The Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend is expected to get off to a sunny start in Greater Manchester. Highs of 19C are forecast for the region today although some areas could see rain later on.

House prices have gone up for the tenth consecutive month, with the average house price in the UK now at £269,914 according to Nationwide. But whilst it is becoming more and more difficult to find a reasonably priced home, auctions are usually one of the best ways to get you in with chance of bagging a bargain property.

The Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours List 2022 has been released - and features a host of incredible people from across Greater Manchester. There's a variety of amazing additions to the honours list this year, showcasing the very best the region has to officer.

A 'ground-breaking' feat of engineering which transformed steam rail is now on display at a Greater Manchester museum. Visitors to Bury Transport Museum can now get up close to the iconic 60009 Union of South Africa LNER locomotive engine.

Doctors and nurses across four of the region’s major hospitals say they are ‘losing patients in hospitals’ as a huge IT failure tips over into more than a week of chaos. ‘Waiting times are rising’, staff are doing ‘longer shifts’, and staff are ‘unable to track their patients as they move through the hospitals’ because the electronic systems continue to crash.