Police launch investigation after 'sudden death' of 17-year-old girl

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after woman found unconscious at the side of a road later died. The woman is believed to have been hit by a van.

Police are investigating after a gun was fired four times as part of a 'targeted' attack in Leigh.

An Oldham teen whose condition means she lives in constant pain relies on a hundred people a year to keep her alive.

Police are becoming 'increasingly concerned' about a missing man from Stockport.

A paedophile who plied a 13-year-old with drinks and bought her a bra was caught with more than a dozen photos taken up schoolgirls' skirts. Erickson Pascual shared a bottle of wine with his victim in a city centre park when he knew the girl's age.

The Prime Minister will deliver a speech today in Downing Street at 4.30pm.

The Catholic church in Greater Manchester and Lancashire is selling shares it has in oil and gas giants BP and Shell, saying they are 'no longer ambitious enough' over the threat posed by global warming.

A stretch of the M62 remains fully shut this afternoon hours after a man tragically died.

A boy aged 14 has been charged with the murder in Manchester of 14-year-old Nathaniel Shani, police said today. The teenager can't be named for legal reasons because of his age, but is set to appear before a judge at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday.

The Metropolitan Police has said it will speak to the Sunday Times and Channel 4 after their investigation about Russell Brand.

A murder investigation is underway following the death of a 14-year-old boy stabbed in Harpurhey. A boy of the same age is being quizzed by police following the incident in the Manchester neighbourhood on Friday evening (September 15).

A mum who sold her American XL Bully puppy fearing it would hurt her four-year-old son said she's relieved the breed has been banned in the UK. Zara, who didn't want to give her surname, bought the puppy in January 2023 for £2,500.

Officers have launched an investigation into the 'suspicious' death of a man in Wigan. Greater Manchester Police says it was called to a property on Ince Green Lane, in Ince, at around 6.30pm on Monday (September 11).

Police officers and social workers raised fears that more than 500 children from Oldham were being sexually abused last year - the highest in nearly a decade - a Manchester Evening News and Local Democracy Reporting Service investigation has found.

A union has spoken out after a pay deal for striking bus drivers was secured, bringing industrial action to an end.

A 42-year-old man has been arrested amid a police investigation into an alleged assault involving Manchester United great Roy Keane on Sunday.

An Oldham MP has stepped down from Labour's shadow cabinet as he faces a 'testing' recovery from illness. Jim McMahon, MP for Oldham West and Royton, resigned from the position of shadow environment secretary this morning (September 4).

A driver who fled after leaving three people with life-changing injuries in a hit-and-run returned to his smashed-up car to grab suitcases - before flying off to Tenerife. Taylor Moss ploughed his BMW into an oncoming car while attempting to overtake a taxi, before hitting another vehicle.

Passengers on board a car were taken to hospital after a police vehicle crashed into their motor.

The Premier League could be set for a dip in popularity after a new study found Generation Z football fans in the USA are starting to prefer the MLS to other major leagues.