Oldham Road is being resurfaced in £5m project - different parts will be closed throughout January

direct to your inboxA fire engine had to reverse its way back down a street after newly-installed street filters in south Manchester blocked access towards an ongoing incident. Earlier this month, a series of street filters were installed across Levenshulme as part of a six-month trial by Manchester Council to ease road traffic and improve air quality in the area.

direct to your inboxThis is moment armed police detained a robbery suspect following a police chase that ended in a crash on a major road in south Manchester. The drama unfolded on Wilbraham Road in Fallowfield  late on Saturday night, January 25.

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityClifton currently has the lowest infection rate in Greater Manchester.Only five Covid cases were confirmed there over the week ending January 16.The Salford neighbourhood is one of only two in all of Greater Manchester with an infection rate under 100 cases per 100,000 people in the seven-day period.The latest government figures reveal that the infection rate in Clifton was 84.3 cases per 100,000 people

direct to your inboxA pedestrian has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Tameside.Wellington Road is shut between Oldham Road and Lord Sheldon Way in Ashton-under-Lyne while police investigate.The pedestrian was struck at around 7.50pm this evening.The driver stopped at the scene and the pedestrian was taken to hospital.Police have not said how serious their injuries are.Transport for Greater Manchester are urging motorists to avoid the area.

direct to your inboxPolice investigating a shocking gun battle between three cars racing through a suburb have carried out a series of armed swoops across north Manchester.Officers, supported by armed cops, smashed their way into six address on Wednesday night as they executed a number of warrants.One man, 38, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody being questioned by detectives.

direct to your inbox‘If the water rises another metre, we could be in big trouble.’Some residents in South Manchester say they are 'preparing for evacuation' as the River Mersey reaches the highest levels ever recorded on the waterway and roads become flooded.'Flooding to properties is expected', according to the Environment Agency.Greater Manchester Police declared a major incident on Tuesday evening and the Met Office warns of a 'danger to life' due to fast flowing or deep floodwater.

direct to your inboxFlood alerts are in place tonight in Oldham and Tameside with images showing the River Tame reaching 'extremely high water levels'.Storm Christoph continues to bring torrential rain across Greater Manchester and it is forecast to continue into Thursday morning.

direct to your inboxPolice are investigating a potential shooting in Newton Heath.The shooting is reported to have happened on Briscoe Lane shortly before 1.50pm today (Tuesday).Briscoe Lane is shut while police investigate.No one is reported to have been injured and no arrests have been made.It's understood that a member of the public reported the firearm discharge to police.A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "Police were called at 1.50pm this afternoon to Briscoe Lane to a

direct to your inboxThe re-opening of one of Manchester's main roads following severe flood damage has been delayed.Hyde Road in Gorton became a raging torrent of water after a water main, which was being worked on by United Utilities at the time, suddenly burst at 5am on Friday.

direct to your inbox A road is closed in Oldham due to a serious crash between a car and a motorbike.

direct to your inboxTrafford’s infection rate is currently higher than it has been at any other point since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.As of the week ending January 8, the borough’s infection rate stood at 493.8 per 100,000 people – the highest of any of Greater Manchester’s 10 boroughs.The borough is also the only one of the city-region’s boroughs that is seeing a higher infection rate now than it did during November’s peak before lockdown two was brought in.Over the New Year period

direct to your inboxTwo cars were left abandoned in the road after a head-on crash.Police were called to Cheetham at around 8pm on Tuesday evening.Officers from Greater Manchester Traffic Police found a blue and silver car.The bonnets of both cars were smashed, leaving the inner workings of the car in full view and debris scattered across the road.The drivers left the scene and were later traced by officers, according to a the force.No injuries were reported from the collision.In a tweet, GMP

direct to your inboxA neighbour described the shocking scene after a four-year-old girl was hit by a car.The child suffered serious head injuries following the incident on Charlestown Road in Blackley this afternoon.She was rushed to hospital.

Wigan by the deadly impact of Covid-19. Two other areas in Greater Manchester - Tameside and Rochdale - are also among the ten boroughs in the country with the highest death rates.

Wigan - but police say they are not investigating the theft.

direct to your inbox The old Littlewoods distribution centre in Oldham - once the town's biggest private employer and one of the largest warehouses in the world - is to close its doors today for the final time. At the height of operations the warehouse, which dominates the skyline in Shaw, once employed more than 1,200 staff.