Residents watch as police recover body of man, 44, pronounced dead in park

direct to your inboxA man has suffered facial injuries after police were called to reports of a group of men fighting with weapons.Officers were called to Ogden Lane in Openshaw at around 4.10pm today (Monday, 15 March) to reports of violence.One man sustained facial injuries during the fight, police said.They are not believe to be serious.An investigation has been launched by Greater Manchester Police.No arrests have been made.A spokesperson for GMP said: "Police were called at 4.10pm to

direct to your inboxResidents in Failsworth have spoken of their shock after a gang of youths reportedly chased a man down their street before pulling him from his car and assaulting him.

straight to your inbox every day for free Fiorentina defender Nikola Milenkovic has fuelled further rumours of a move to Manchester United by admitting club great Nemanja Vidic was his childhood hero.

direct to your inboxPeople living in Greater Manchester have criticised the timing of the Queen's address to the nation today.Her Majesty will deliver a message to mark Commonwealth Day, which this year falls on Monday, March 8.However football fans have hit out at the broadcast scheduled for BBC One at 5pm due to the Manchester Derby.Manchester United will play Manchester City in the Premier League - with kick off at 4.30pm.Both United and City fans have admitted that they won't be tuning in to

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United could be 13 points behind Manchester City by the time Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side take to the field on Sunday afternoon.City play on Saturday against West Ham United, meaning Pep Guardiola's team could be 13 points above United, before the Reds have even kicked a ball.Solskjaer takes his team to west London on Sunday afternoon to face Chelsea - who have top four ambitions of themselves.Since Thomas Tuchel took over as manager from Frank

Wigan.

straight to your inboxWest Ham will be the next side attempting to put a stop to Manchester City's phenomenal winning streak. Wednesday's win over Borussia Monchengladbach extended the run to 19 matches, leaving Pep Guardiola's side fighting strong on all four front heading into the final months of the season.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United welcome Real Sociedad to Old Trafford on Thursday, February 25, in the second leg of their last 32 Europa League tie.A comprehensive 4-0 victory in the 'away' leg of the tie has put United firmly in the driving seat and may allow Solskjaer to shuffle the pack ahead of this weekend's match away at Chelsea.After making light work of the Basque side last week, United are now considered outright favourites for the entire tournament with

Oldham 's housing, will have to fork out an extra £2.78 a month before the parish council and mayoral precepts are added.

direct to your inboxTwo men have been charged with the murder of a man in north Manchester.Police were called to Whitstable Road in Moston just before 4.50pm on Thursday (February 18) to reports that a man had been stabbed. Emergency services attended at the scene and found 39-year-old Alan Murphy in critical condition.Mr Murphy, from Moston, was taken to hospital but sadly died hours later.

direct to your inboxResidents were evacuated and the M67 motorway had to be closed following a huge warehouse fire in Tameside on Sunday afternoon. At the peak of the blaze more than 125 firefighters were scrambled to tackle an enormous fire at a three-storey self-storage warehouse in Denton, causing a huge plume of smoke which could be seen all across Greater Manchester.

Bury. Officers were called to a property in Daisyfield Court, off Bolton Road, at about 6.30pm on Wednesday (February 17) to a report of concern for the welfare of a man.

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester residents will see the amount they pay in council tax towards mayoral functions carried out by Andy Burnham frozen from April.The combined authority agreed that increasing the precept would place a burden on people already struggling through the Covid-19 pandemic.With council tax set by local authorities already expected to rise in the coming years, leaders renewed calls on the government to provide them with more funding.A meeting of the Greater Manchester

direct to your inboxImages have been released of two men police want to speak with after a couple and their son were attacked in a car park at the Trafford Centre on Christmas Eve.Police believe there are 'links' between the men pictured and the Middleton and north Manchester areas of Greater Manchester.Greater Manchester Police said officers were called at 5pm on December 24 last year to reports of a father, mother and son being attacked by three other men.It happened in a car park of the

Manchester city centre shopping centre's car park on November 3, 2018. The 42-year-old, from Hulme, had told her partner, Tony Tulloch, she was going into town to do some shopping that morning.

direct to your inboxThe Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester held a closed meeting with Trafford council this week to discuss policing, following the city-region’s police force being placed into special measures.The meeting came after local calls for Mayor Andy Burnham to set out an action plan to bring Greater Manchester Police ‘up to scratch’ in Trafford.Conservative members of the council criticised the fact that the meeting was held in private and felt members of the public,