People urged to check if they have 50p coin that has sold for hundreds on eBay

Residents in a sleepy seaside town say they feel "like prisoners in their own homes".

A Greater Manchester Fire Service has slammed 'thoughtless and irresponsible' people who started a fire in a moorland with a disposable BBQ. It is the latest in a series of fires on moorland around Oldham in recent weeks, as temperatures have risen.

Two people have been taken to hospital after being rescued from the sea at Blackpool. Police say a large search and rescue operation was launched after a 'number of individuals' got into difficulty near Central Pier during Monday's heatwave.

As the school summer holidays near, many families are looking forward to days out and trips abroad. But on the streets of Harpurhey - one of the most deprived areas in the UK - the looming summer break is being viewed with anxiety and dread.

People are still swimming in the Salford Quays today - despite the tragic death of a teenager less than 24 hours ago. On Sunday afternoon young men were pictured jumping into the water from a bridge just yards from where a 16-year-old boy drowned.

Cabinet Office Minister Kit Malthouse has warned transport services face “significant disruption” due to the heatwave as he urged people to avoid travelling on Monday and Tuesday. After chairing a meeting of the Government’s Cobra committee, Mr Malthouse told the BBC: “Obviously the transport providers are messaging people that they should only travel if they really need to on Monday and Tuesday.

Casa Amor challenge creates complete and utter carnage. Some may say their Love Island viewing only starts when Casa begins, as the previous four weeks just melt into a distant memory.So far, Casa Amor has caused huge cracks in Andrew Le Page and Tasha Ghouri's romance as the new Casa girls told him he's being "played" and "taken for a mug".

Boris Johnson's senior ministers have been urged to quit after another sleaze scandal engulfed Downing Street.

People have been urged to wear masks again in crowded and enclosed spaces, amid fears that hospitalisations from coronavirus could hit an 18-month high. The warning, which came from senior health official Dame Dr Jenny Harries on Sunday (June 3), came just days after it was reported that Manchester's hospitals were among those seeing a huge influx in positive admissions from the virus.

The new girls set to get the Love Island boys’ pulses racing have not been officially announced, but we have a sneak look at them and they include a pal of Geordie Shore favourite Charlotte Crosby and a dead ringer for previous islander Molly Smith. At the end of Friday night’s episode viewers were given the first glimpse of the new girls heading to the villa as the original girls have moved to Casa Amor.

Passengers trying to fly to Manchester Airport have been forced to fork out hundreds of Euros after being left stranded in Prague. Those desperate to fly back to the UK told the Manchester Evening News as many as 120 people were stuck in the Czech capital after their Ryanair flight left without them.

Health chiefs are being urged to reopen the minor injuries unit at Altrincham Hospital as soon as possible to allay "local suspicion and rumour" that it may never happen. The facility closed in November 2021 because of a shortage of emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) and services there have been suspended ever since.

Prince Charles’ office has denied there was any wrongdoing in the heir to the British throne accepting bags full of cash as charity donations from a Qatari politician.

Police in Wigan have arrested six people following raids that uncovered money laundering as well as numerous drugs. Greater Manchester Police conducted warrants at four addresses in the Marsh Green area.

Attempts to resurrect a stalled seven-storey apartment block development have failed because ‘many investors’ bought ‘off-plan’ flats there before they were built, councillors have heard. When given planning permission in 2014, the development at 4-14 Great Moor Street was was described as an apartment block offering ‘world class facilities’ for 140 university students.