"It's getting ridiculous now": Shop workers battling against children as young as nine 'running riot' in Stockport despite stark warning from police

An air ambulance landed in Platt Fields park on Sunday afternoon after a child was left hurt following a 'suspected ride malfunction' at the fairground. Emergency services rushed to the south Manchester park, in Fallowfield at around 4.15pm (April 17).

A teenage boy has been seriously injured after being knifed when an argument erupted at a children’s birthday party.

After releasing her debut album last year, American pop star Madison Beer is finally back on the road.

There's no such thing bad publicity, goes the old cliché.

Stockport is undergoing an enormous transformation with £1billion being injected into the town - but it may not look like much has changed yet. During a quick walk around the town centre on Thursday lunchtime, I counted a total of 13 boarded up shops.

Bruno Fernandes can follow in the footsteps of a Manchester United hero this afternoon at Goodison Park.

Dan Walker only announced his BBC Breakfast on Monday but his seat had already been filled... sort of. The presenter announced the news that he was quitting the early morning news programme after six years on social media earlier this week.

Joy Division, Sex Pistols, New Order and more bands integral to the city’s musical history, the BPA promises to “celebrate and preserve British popular music and other aspects of popular culture, recognising its pivotal influence on the world stage.”The BPA’s first exhibit will come in the form of ‘Collection’, launching on May 19. A statement describes it as “a distinctively Manchester-flavoured exhibition, underlining why the city is the perfect home for the British Pop Archive.

A popular plant-based, fast-food restaurant is set to make its northern debut in Manchester later this month. Already well established in London and Brighton, The Vurger Co. will open in the heart of Manchester's Northern Quarter on April 23.

The government has today issued new rules on how long people with Covid need to isolate for.

Dua Lipa, Craig David and One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson are among the well-known acts taking to stages across Manchester this April. And there are still limited tickets available for last-minute gig goers to snap up.

Fontaines D.C. have added extra dates to their 2022 UK and Ireland headline tour – see the new dates below and pick up tickets here.The band’s tour, which will come after the release of their third album ‘Skinty Fia’ in April, kicks off at Hull Bonus Arena on November 7, with dates also lined up in Manchester, London, Glasgow and Dublin before the jaunt wraps up at Belfast Ulster Hall on December 7.After tickets went on sale for the tour this morning (March 30), the band have now added three more dates to the run.The five-piece will now play Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse on November 12 as well as the initial date the previous night, as well as an extra gig at London’s Eventim Apollo on November 25 and a second show at Dublin’s Vicar Street on December 1.Pick up tickets for the gigs here and see the full updated schedule below.NOVEMBER 20227 – Hull, Bonus Arena8 – Leeds, O2 Academy11 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse12 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse (new show)15 – Stockton, Globe Theatre17 – Glasgow, O2 Academy19 – Swansea, Arena21 – Birmingham, O2 Academy24 – London, Eventim Apollo25 – London, Eventim Apollo (new show)28 – Edinburgh, O2 Academy30 – Dublin, Vicar StreetDECEMBER 20221 – Dublin, Vicar Street (new show)3 – Galway, Leisureland5 – Limerick, Live At The Big Top6 – Derry, Millennium Forum7 – Belfast, Ulster HallAlong with last week’s news of the tour, the band shared the brand new single and title track from their forthcoming new album.

Police have issued parents with a stark warning after children as young as NINE have been caught 'running riot' in Stockport town centre. The message was shared to Greater Manchester Police's local Stockport page warning of an surge in anti-social behaviour in recent weeks.

On the edge of Stockport the River Tame meanders through a huge stretch of woodland, sheltering a waterfall and even an inner-city farm. The Reddish Vale Country Park spans 161 hectares, a green corridor connecting the surrounding areas of Denton and Woodley.

Two vehicles have been seized by Greater Manchester Police officers during separate incidents in Eccles and Stockport. In Eccles, a driver of a Volkswagen Golf failed to notice a marked police car behind him when he went through a red light on Barton Lane.

Neighbours have told of their shock after a teenage boy was stabbed in north Manchester.

A Tesco delivery van tipped over in the middle of a road in Westhoughton, Bolton on Monday evening. Residents living nearby reported hearing a 'huge bang' before looking out of their windows and seeing the branded supermarket vehicle overturned in the road.