Owners of iconic Greater Manchester ballroom speak out after conversion plan fears

Providing more options for special education needs in Greater Manchester is the big story of last week's planning applications.

A vision for a transformed Bury town centre by redeveloping the Mill Gate Shopping Centre and the surrounding 15 acres to include less retail and more housing has been put forward. Bury Council has published an update to its strategy for the town centre shopping complex after it acquired the centre and wider estate alongside joint venture partner Bruntwood in April 2022.

The skies across Greater Manchester were lit up last night as Mancunians celebrated bonfire night early.

The level of alcohol-fuelled crime and disorder during the early hours in Bolton town centre has reached ‘epidemic proportions’ – leading to many considering it ‘no go area’ – councillors have heard.

Almost 190 anti-Semitic hate incidents on Jewish people in Greater Manchester have been reported since the Hamas attack on Israel, according to a charity.

It’s going to be a hard winter for Greater Manchester’s homeless. It always is.

Labour has hit out at the government over a funding miscalculation that means Greater Manchester schools will receive £22m less than they were originally told they would get. The Department for Education (DfE) has apologised for the 'technical error' in the announcement.

Greater Manchester is home to its fair share of haunted locations, from pubs with levitating pint glasses to music venues with reports of paranormal activity. But there’s one place which is particularly creepy, especially at Halloween when ghostly beings come out to play.

Asylum seekers being housed at some hotels in Greater Manchester will have to leave within months as the government seeks to end the costly use of this accommodation. At least two hotels in the city-region - one in Wigan and another in Rochdale - will be closing.

Greater Manchester Police are set to ‘carefully review’ a coroner’s ruling that Yousef Makki was unlawfully killed by his schoolfriend Joshua Molnar.

Water levels are falling across Greater Manchester but flood alerts remain in place after heavy rain battered the region.

House prices might be slowing down across the UK, but unfortunately for tenants, rents are still on the rise. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), house prices are now only a “little changed” from a year earlier, but rent costs have seen another 'record rise'.

Sandbags were scrambled out to residents and flood defences activated as Storm Babet brought torrential rain, driving winds and danger to Greater Manchester.

Bars and restaurant owners across Greater Manchester have spoken of their fears that they 'may not survive' this Christmas if rail strikes go ahead again. It was announced yesterday that rail workers have agreed to keep striking for the next six months due to ongoing disagreements regarding pay and working conditions.

One of the most powerful public officials in Greater Manchester has announced he will be retiring. Eamonn Boylan will step down as chief executive of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) in May.

People who rely on step-free access to use trains in Greater Manchester have been left in limbo as to when the next stage of work will begin to make the region's railway stations accessible.

It has been a week of horror on the roads of Greater Manchester as two people were killed after being hit by buses.

An international drugs boss from Greater Manchester who racked up 'eye-watering wealth' and lived a lavish 'jet-setting lifestyle' has lost an appeal against his conviction and sentence.

The government is being urged to step in to save Greater Manchester's green belt as a controversial plan to build 175,000 homes in the city-region is set to be approved after nearly a decade of delays. The Places for Everyone masterplan for 'housing, jobs and growth' reached a key milestone last week as the final stage of public consultation on the the joint development plan got under way.

There were a total of 15,797 new cases of Covid in England in the week leading up to October 7, according to the latest government figures. It’s the equivalent of 27.9 new cases for every 100,000 people in the country.