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A school is to hold a demonstration next to a busy dual carriageway in a bid to get an extra crossing patrol. Parents, teachers, and pupils from St Matthew's C of E Primary in Stretford will take part next week.

Residents in a Cheshire village feel 'trapped' as a bridge closure had now continued for months. Local politicians and frustrated villagers are demanding urgent repairs to the Hobb Lane bridge, which has been out of action for months after being damaged by HGVs taking the wrong diversion when Daresbury Expressway was closed.

Three men are in police custody after officers discovered several large boxes of vapes inside a van that was stopped by officers following a suspected break-in.

A dad became wedged underneath his car and dragged around 100 metres onto a busy road after thieves stole his vehicle from a petrol station. Kevin Watts became trapped 'underneath the back wheel' of his Vauxhall Insignia after being knocked down by carjackers on Friday, November 10.

For anyone who drives regularly on the M56 or A556 through Cheshire, there is a familiar and sad sight along the roadside - of a gradually decaying old pub. Once The Nag's Head, and more recently the Cheshire Lounge, its car park and fields famously played host to Sunday car boot sales off Junction 7 of the M56 at Bowdon for years.

The busiest road in Manchester city centre will be closed this weekend. Transport bosses have announced that the Mancunian Way will be shut in both directions from 5am on Saturday, September 9 to 7pm on Sunday, September 10.

Stop and search powers have been introduced across a large part of Manchester in an effort to try and prevent 'serious violence'. The powers last for 24 hours, from 9.30pm on Saturday (September 2) until 9.30pm on Sunday (September 3).

A woman has died after being struck by two cars in Stretford.

A construction company has been appointed to undertake Stretford’s King Street transformation. Caddick Construction will carry out the first phase of the town centre’s wider £50million master plan after being appointed by joint-venture partners Trafford council and property company Bruntwood.

A woman was rushed to hospital after being cut from a car following a three car crash on a busy main road. Firefighters, police and the ambulance service were called to Chester Road, on the carriageway heading away from Manchester city centre and towards Trafford.

Councillors have been critical of objectors worried about criminality and falling house prices while approving a 100 per cent affordable housing scheme in Stretford. The 60 homes - 50 apartments and 10 three-bed houses - will take shape at the junction of Christie Road and Chester Road, currently home to DW Motors Manchester Ltd’s vehicle repair centre.

McDonald’s is looking to fill a range of job vacancies in Greater Manchester, and they all come with an amazing benefit. The fast-food giant has opportunities available in front of house and behind the scenes across the region, including in Salford, Trafford and Stretford.

A new zebra pedestrian crossing has been installed on a busy road in Trafford as part of a push to support active travel in the area. However, a video shared widely on Twitter has shown motorists ignoring this as a pedestrian waits to cross it.

Mark Harley Jones of Chester Road, Wrexham was told by a judge at Mold Crown Court today he would spend at least 16 years behind bars for the murder of Kyle Patrick Walley. Jones, 20, failed to convince a jury he was acting in self-defence when he attacked and killed Mr Walley, 19, after they rowed on the night of the Euro final clash between England and Italy in July 21. The Snapchat footage showed Jones and Mr Walley drinking cider and whisky in the victim's Rhosymedre flat.

A man has been left with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car on a busy Warrington road. Police were called out to Chester Road, at the junction with Slutchers Lane, at around 1.50am this morning (October 2).

A number of fire crews were rushed to a blaze near a petrol station in Trafford this evening (August 10). Plumes of black smoke could be seen above the Londis garage on Chester Road, Stretford, just before 8pm.

A ‘landmark’ building could provide shops, a cafe and health facilities for a 950-home garden village and nearby areas. Plans for a ‘distinct’ local centre to serve Woodford Garden Village - an emerging residential development five miles south of Stockport - have been lodged by Redrow Homes.

Millions of pounds are set to be spent on roads in Trafford over the next five years. The borough's council executive will be asked to approve improvements to roads and bridges under the Key Route Network (KRN) highways capital works scheme when it meets next Monday (July 25).

A public consultation has been launched for Trafford residents to have their say regarding modifications to regeneration plans within a popular area in the heart of the borough.

Manchester Half Marathon organisers have revealed the race's new route for 2022, which will see runners take on the city centre for the first time ever. The flat-route event will welcome some 15,000 athletes along its 13.1 mile course this autumn.

Firefighters raced to Manchester city centre after a bus burst into flames. Smoke billowed from the double decker bus during an incident last night.

It won't be long until thousands of runners take to the city streets to compete in the Great Manchester Run 2022.

Shop workers described hearing a 'loud bang' when a pavement 'exploded' in a Manchester retail park today. Emergency services were called to the blast in White City Retail Park in Old Trafford this afternoon.

Just off Chester Road, overlooked by the tower cranes and skyscrapers of Manchester's never-ending building boom, there's a little corner of the city that's steeped in history.

A man is in hospital with 'serious injuries' after being found lying in the middle of a road in the early hours of this morning (February 12).

A Stockport man who died in a ‘serious’ car crash in Cheshire last weekend has been named.

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direct to your inboxA 35-year-old woman remains in hospital in a critical condition after her bike collided with a car in Stretford. The cyclist, whose name has not been released, suffered a severe brain injury following the crash on Chester Road.

Manchester Evening News can reveal.Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes and workplaces in Hazel Grove.Police were called to reports that a suspicious item had been found at a property on Chester Road at around 4.15pm on Thursday, September 10.Law firm O'Neill Patient Solicitors confirmed they were contacted by GMP and told someone in its building had taken receipt of a package the police believed contained a 'suspicious item'.The firm's headquarters are on Chester Road.The law firm

This is the moment revellers ignored lockdown rules and partied in a garden until the early hours of the morning.

A man has appeared in court following an incident in which police deployed a Taser at a petrol station.

Firefighters rescued a woman left trapped in a car after it smashed into a van and a wall.