NHS staff absence at 10 per cent as public sector workforce hit by Covid, isolation and other illnesses

A couple were left terrified after a man 'threatened to stab' them both in an unprovoked attack as they walked down the street.

There's a reduced service on the Metrolink on Boxing Day due to covid-related staff shortages.

"This year of all years has been particularly challenging for me working in the NHS both emotionally and work pressure wise, but it's important for us to work through Christmas as people fall sick all year round."

Manchester United have officially confirmed the appointment of former FC Toronto assistant coach Ewan Sharp as the club's new assistant coach and analyst.

When your child is unwell, a trip to A&E seems like the safest option to ensure they are promptly treated.

Staff shortages, elective operations at risk, wards at capacity, and Omicron cases rising - just a handful of the difficulties facing Greater Manchester hospitals, according to NHS bosses.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has spoken out on the recent Covid-19 outbreaks that have seen postponements sweep through the Premier League in the last week.

Here in the UK, we're incredibly blessed to have access to phenomenal healthcare services.

Andy Burnham is being urged to fund a ‘dedicated policing team’ to ramp up security on Greater Manchester’s trams and buses.

Ralf Rangnick has recently added two new faces to Manchester United's coaching staff.

Bouncers were viciously attacked by a group of men after they refused to let them into a city centre bar last weekend.

Lateral flow tests have currently run out to order on the government's website.

A coroner has slammed NHS services in Greater Manchester for a 'catastrophic collision of failures' which she said contributed to the death of an anorexic 44-year-old woman.

NHS teams in Greater Manchester say they are facing a ‘mammoth’ ask to deliver the Omicron booster jab programme, with medics voicing alarming concerns that the rollout will 'break general practice'.

Dean Smith has warned his Norwich City players they will need to produce “eight out of ten” performances at least if they’re to stop Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday.

A Manchester MP's bid to open up cannabis treatments on the NHS has been blocked by Tory backbenchers in the House of Commons.

The Wonder Stuff have announced a 10-date run of UK shows for next June, commemorating the belated 30th anniversary of their acclaimed third album, ‘Never Loved Elvis’.The tour will kick off in Cardiff on Wednesday June 8, leading a slate of shows that’ll take the Stourbridge alt-rockers through Leeds, Bristol and Nottingham that week.

Steve Coogan has again been spotted in Greater Manchester filming scenes for the new BBC drama about the paedophile Jimmy Savile.

Greater Manchester has taken the next big step towards taking buses under public control after calling for operators to run services in Wigan and Bolton.