Royal Mail delivery lorries will run on vegetable oil in Greater Manchester

A major IT failure is has been affecting hospitals across Greater Manchester since early this morning, resulting in patients being 'sent home from waiting rooms'.

Residents in one part of South Manchester feel ‘cut off’ from wider society as vital mail deliveries fail to arrive for days and even weeks, according to neighbours.

New images show how an ageing corner of the city centre will be transformed into a laboratory building.

A Netherlands-inspired 'care village' which will allow residents to move between homes has been given the green light by Wigan Council.

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms covering parts of Greater Manchester has been issued by the Met Office.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in Greater Manchester this week.

Most of the time when a cheap house comes on the market it is being sold at an auction, rather than on the traditional property market. Although this can be a great way to snap up a bargain home, you can often find that the final sale price turns out to be much higher than the guide price you anticipated.

A new public square in Rochdale has been given the go-ahead. The Station Square project will transform the area leading to the town centre's train station.

A leading barrister is set to be appointed to assess the cases of three women who have accused Greater Manchester Police of unjustified strip searches while in custody.

Five flood alerts were in place across the region on Sunday (July 23) after a long spell of heavy rain battered Greater Manchester.

The whole sweet shop experience has somewhat died a death over recent years.

GMP has refused a request by a relative of a TV journalist for a criminal investigation into her death. Teresa McMahon. 43, who worked for Granada Reports, was found unresponsive at her flat in Salford in the summer of 2021 and tragically later died.

A £2.5bn transformation of one part of Salford has moved a step closer. Groundbreaking plans, the first part of a wider project that will change the face of Salford Crescent forever, have been unveiled.

It’s a Wednesday lunchtime and the rain is coming in sideways. Nevertheless, here at a world-famous market in Greater Manchester, the winding pathways and narrow streets between stalls are packed out - it takes more than a bit of bad weather to deter these seasoned shoppers.

Despite having lived in Old Trafford for more than two years now, I have a confession to make. I am afraid to say that I have not really made much of a conscious effort to explore the nature and greenery that surrounds me.

Greater Manchester is bracing itself for a stormy weekend. After a day of unseasonably strong winds today (Friday) a yellow warning for wind has been issued covering the south of England and Wales whilst rain warnings have been issued in Scotland.

A multi-storey car park is being closed for the weekend while major building work takes place at a Greater Manchester hospital. Tameside Hospital is subject to a £20 million redevelopment project at the emergency department.

Two major Greater Manchester events have been cancelled with the region expected to be hit by heavy wind and thunderstorms this weekend. The Met Office is predicting rain throughout the weekend, while thunder and lightning is expected on Saturday (July 15).

Manchester’s most abusive restaurant Karen’s Diner is safe from closure, its owners have said, after some of the brand’s original restaurants in Australia went into liquidation. The first Karen’s Diners were in Aussie cities including Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Taxi drivers in Bury have protested rises in licence fees which they say makes it ‘increasingly hard’ for them to operate. Taxi trade leaders say fees charged in the borough are higher than those in Wolverhampton, where many drivers register and then work in Bury.