Major road works set to begin on busy Greater Manchester road lasting months

The Met Office has warned warned Greater Manchester to expect a 'damp and drizzly' weekend. Following days of sunshine, showers and cloud returned on Friday (June 28).

When Nic Gorton received the keys to her first home, it was a moment of pride. The single mum finally had her foot on the housing ladder and was optimistic about the future.

Our canals and waterways make for a scenic day out no matter what, but there's something new luring visitors this summer.

Police swooped at a school in Salford and arrested a man on suspicion of 'communication with a child', Greater Manchester Police has said.

The road from Manchester to Marple is littered with political signs popping out from the gardens.

You can’t beat a visit to the park when the weather’s nice. Luckily when it comes to parks, gardens and green spaces there are loads to choose from in Greater Manchester.

Oldham has seen one of the biggest increases in car parking costs across the UK in the last two years. The council has doubled its fees since 2022, making it the third biggest increase among local authorities.

Former gang leader Daniel Gee has been arrested in Greater Manchester after more than a month on the run. The former Merseyside gangster, who turned his own estate into a 24 hour drug trading zone, absconded from Kirklevington Grange prison in North Yorkshire on May 27.

Police have issued a new image of Daniel Gee showing the fugitive smiling following his arrest. The former Merseyside gangster, who turned his own estate into a 24 hour drug trading zone, absconded from Kirklevington Grange prison in North Yorkshire on May 27.

Four people have been arrested in the grounds of Rishi Sunak's home today.

Temperatures will soar to highs of 26C in Greater Manchester today - as a heat health alert kicks in for much of England.

NHS hospitals in Greater Manchester have paid out more than £181m in damages over cerebral palsy claims in the last 11 years. The figures come as one of the region’s hospital trusts will pay out nearly £30m after ‘accepting their negligence led to a baby girl suffering catastrophic injuries’ in court last week, according to a family’s lawyers.

Across Greater Manchester are dozens of amazing parks, gardens and green spaces which are just waiting to be explored. While some are always on your radar - think Heaton Park or Fletcher Moss - there are others you might not have heard of.

NHS waiting lists and the number of people stuck in A&E for over four hours rose across England in April - and now you can see how they have grown at your trust over the last 13 years.

The rail service from Bolton’s smaller towns has been branded a ‘disgrace’ after four of them were included in the top 10 worst train stations in the UK. Over the four weeks leading to May 29, Kearsley train station had a staggering 81 per cent of services delayed or cancelled.

Most motorists will have roads they love and those they hate driving on. But whether it's due to design, congestion, or even their perilous nature, some of the UK's roads are more infamous than others.

It's good news for Manchester this weekend, as the weather is set to be largely sunny and dry with temperatures warming up.

His fringe English Democrats party is perceived by the political mainstream to be far-right, even fascist, but Leigh and Atherton candidate Craig Buckley is at pains to argue: “I’m no racist neo-Nazi.” The 38-year-old factory worker is bidding to upset the political applecart in a constituency that turned blue for the first time in more than 100 years in 2019.

The yellow Bee Network buses, surging past rush hour traffic, are perhaps the most obvious sign of Greater Manchester’s dance with devolution.

A taxi driver has reportedly been taken to hospital after a crash on a major road in Bury.