Main road shut after building front collapses onto street in Storm Isha winds

Celebrations will be held in the city centre this weekend for Chinese New Year, as thousands welcome the Year of the Dragon. Already trees across the city have been adorned with red lanterns ahead of the big event, also known as Lunar New Year.

A main road in Oldham was cordoned off on Sunday evening (January 28) amid reports of a person being struck by a car.

Multiple people were left hurt after a crash between a bus and a bin lorry in Tyldesley in the early hours of this morning.

A flight to Manchester Airport was forced to abort its landing and divert to the East Midlands amid strong winds on Wednesday (January 24).

Firefighters have begun a second day at the scene of a blaze at a former hotel in Wigan. Crews were called out to Bolton Road, in Ashton-in-Makerfield, shortly before 7pm last night (January 23) after a fire broke out at the derelict former Rockleigh Hotel.

Fire crews were called to a main road in Wigan after a derelict hotel went up in flames. Emergency services rushed to Bolton Road following reports of a building fire on Tuesday evening (January 23).

A mum has told of her mid-air flight terror in the midst of Storm Isha as passengers screamed and vomited in fear.

New video shows pilots having to abort landings as they battled gale-force winds whilst attempting to land planes at Manchester Airport during the peak of Storm Isha.

Passengers travelling from Manchester to Dublin spent 11 HOURS on board their Ryanair flight after they were diverted 500 miles away due to Storm Isha.

Thousands of people - including dozens in Greater Manchester - remain without power this morning (Monday) after Storm Isha wreaked havoc.

A BBC reporter was caught up in a 'terrifying' aborted landing attempt in the fierce Storm Isha winds.

Almost 8,000 homes in the north west of England are without power according to Electricity North West. The operator says that 7,899 homes have been hit with power cuts as Storm Isha continues to batter the nation.

Scots have been braced for some extremely windy and wet weather as this weekend comes to a close thanks to Storm Isha.

Drivers have been issued with an 'amber severe' travel alert amid Storm Isha, with National Highways providing a full list of high-risk roads likely to be affected.

Forecasters have been tracking the path of Storm Isha as it approaches the UK.

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.

Greater Manchester is set to be battered over the next few days as a 'danger to life' warning has been issued for the region. A yellow weather warning will be in place from midday on Sunday, January 21 to midday on Monday, January 22 and covers the entire county.

Storm Isha is set to batter Greater Manchester and the rest of the UK this weekend.

English Teacher have announced their debut album ‘This Could Be Texas’ and shared new single ‘Albert Road’.The Leeds four-piece will release their first full-length record on April 12 via Island, and the new track follows previous singles ‘Mastermind Specialism’, ‘Nearly Daffodils’ and ‘The World’s Biggest Paving Slab’.Speaking of the album, vocalist Lily Fontaine said: “I want this album to feel like you’ve gone to space and it turns out it’s almost identical to Doncaster.

A decade-long campaign to bring in safety measures on a road in Oldham where parents 'live in fear or their kids' has finally succeeded. Under Lane, which connects the Saddleworth village of Grotton to Mossley via Lees road, has long caused anxiety because of daily speeding incidents.