Measles cases rising across Greater Manchester as MMR vaccine drive stepped up

Plans for a home that have sparked outrage in Hyde are set to be approved next week.

A number of fish and chip shops in Greater Manchester have been named in the 2024 list of best in the UK. Fry Magazine's 50 Best Fish and Chip Takeaways and 10 Best Fish & Chips Restaurants have been announced.

A free service to control rats in homes is to be introduced by Bolton Council. The decision was made after the authority said that since charges were introduced for domestic pest control, there had been a ‘noticeable decline’ in requests for rodent treatments at the same time problems with rats were getting worse.

A housing developer in Manchester is offering a bargain to potential homeowners concerned by high interest rates.

Patients are being warned to expect long delays in hospitals across Greater Manchester. Four of the region's NHS trusts, which run eight A&E departments in total, have issued alerts to the public online today (March 12).

Dozens of flood warnings and alerts have been issued across the UK as more heavy rain is forecast - with Greater Manchester braced for downpours.

Pensioner's in Greater Manchester have been issued a reminder on unclaimed Pension Credit.

A rescue operation was launched after a hiker suffered an injury in a fall at a remote beauty spot. Paramedics and volunteers from Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were scrambled to the foot of Birchen Clough in the moors above Dovestones Reservoir.

The potential regeneration of Heaton Park’s ‘jewel’ is the plan that will capture the imagination of many this week.

Around 370,000 eligible voters in Greater Manchester are not properly registered to vote, a campaign group has claimed. Analysis by Unlock Democracy, which campaigns for democratic reforms, has found that 1 in 5 eligible voters in the city-region are not registered.

One in five Greater Manchester children have not had their full childhood immunisations by the time they get to primary school, new figures show. Health bosses say the trend of declining childhood vaccinations 'needs to be urgently reversed', with the ongoing measles outbreak serving as a 'reminder that these diseases have not gone away'.

People from Bury and Manchester were among 11 interviewed in a nationwide investigation into illegal streaming services. The scam includes providing access to Premier League football matches.

When Richard Midgley's daughter was moving up to secondary school in 2022 she applied to five places, but didn't get in any. The family, of Bowdon, later discovered they were just four metres outside the catchment zone for their first choice, North Cestrian in Altrincham.

Air rifles, luxury jewellery, designer clothes and £10k in cash was seized by police in a major organised crime crackdown across Greater Manchester on Thursday (February 29).

Parents in Manchester have responded to the news that fines are increasing for taking kids out of school.

A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer has admitted sexually assaulting a young girl while on duty. PC Dean Dempster, who served with GMP in the Oldham division, today (Wednesday, February 28) pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child under 13 last year.

Walk around Stockport town centre and it's easy to get a sense of how quickly the area is changing.

A crocodile and a wild cat are among the ‘dangerous’ animals being privately kept in Greater Manchester, it has been revealed.

An acclaimed chef from Stockport is set to represent the North West in the latest series of The Great British Menu. The BBC’s ultimate culinary show returned to television screens a few weeks ago, and follows a group of top chefs as they go head-to-head to secure a place at the illustrious Great British Menu Banquet.

Six bank branches around Greater Manchester are set to close this year with some being the last branches available in their respective areas. Around 250 banks are set to close, or have already shut, as financial services continue to be stripped away from UK high streets.