Speeding BMW driver went to extraordinary lengths to try and cover up hit-and-run which left gran in 'living hell'...she died months later

New calls have been made for cyclists and users of e-bikes and e-scooters to be banned from using a mobile phone when driving. This has come after a politician's close encounter with a cyclist outside Parliament.

Michelle Keegan ensured to wrap up warm as she headed out in the windy weather in Manchester on Wednesday. After returning from a sun-drenched getaway to Los Angeles, the former Coronation Street actress battled the elements in a knee-length black puffer coat, which had a cosy puffer collar to keep Michelle's neck warm. Michelle's cosy coat was by designer brand Sandbanks, which retail women's jackets for around £725.

A motorist accused of causing death by dangerous driving after speeding through a junction denied he was doing anything unsafe. Ben Trigger said that at the time he collided with 70-year-old Abdelkader Dhrif he believed he had been driving at the correct speed limit.

A bin collector strike, which could see hundreds of thousands of Manchester homes affected, is being decided by vote. Around 200 refuse workers begin balloting today, March 29, on industrial action for a pay rise.

A driver sped down the wrong side of a busy dual carriageway to escape a police chase. The driver was only stopped by crashing into another vehicle.

An uninsured provisional driver who risked getting behind the wheel unsupervised has been arrested in Ashton. Things got worse for the driver, whose vehicle had already been seized for the previous offences, failed a roadside drugs test for cannabis and was later detained.

Calls have been made to decrease the national speed limit to 64mph on motorways, and to ban millions of people from driving on a Sunday.

Two men are in hospital in a serious condition after a BMW smashed into a building during a police chase.

James Blake has shared a new one-hour composition, ‘Wind Down’ – you can hear the new track below.The new “soundscape” has been created by Blake in collaboration with the adaptive sound wellness app Endel – who have previously collaborated with Grimes – with the aim of helping their users “move gently towards a good night’s rest”.‘Wind Down’, which is available on Endel’s range of apps, joins the company’s growing range of sleep and relaxation experiences, which combine Endel’s “signature elegant visuals and sounds with evidence-based insights on what prepares us for a better night’s rest”.“In approximately two hours, Wind Down traces an arc from wakefulness to sleep based on scientific input from SleepScore Labs, which partnered with Endel on this project,” a press release adds.“Wind Down lets me explore the more ambient side of my music and create a project to support people in a new way,” Blake said in a statement about ‘Wind Down’, which you can hear above.“It’s mesmerising to hear how my music blends with the science-based sounds of Endel’s AI and I think we’ve invented something not just beautiful or even meaningful, but truly practical.” Blake, who recently collaborated with Monica Martin for a new rendition of the latter’s track ‘Go Easy, Kid’, will tour in the UK and Europe in April and May.

This is the damning footage showing a gun-toting thug hanging from the window of a BMW as a petty rival gang feud spilled out onto the street. An innocent member of the public was caught up in the mindless violence - narrowly escaping with their life as a bullet hit their car.

Two thugs launched a vicious attack on a taxi driver leaving him in a serious condition in hospital. The suspects assaulted the driver, aged in his 60s, and tried to steal his taxi in the terrifying robbery on Cleveland Road in north Manchester. They also stole his phone.

A man was left seriously injured after violence broke out at a pub in Tameside. Officers investigating the alleged assault have now issued images of a man they would like to speak to.

Elvis Presley was a very smart man - especially when it came to music. The King of Rock and Roll would not have been able to achieve 18 number one songs if he was not an expert in his craft.

A sex worker stabbed a customer in the stomach after he grabbed his money back during a fumbled encounter.

Speed limits on all roads across Manchester could soon be cut to 30mph.

Stay-at-home mum Emma Thomas is walking her three-year-old daughter to nursery.

A Greater Manchester man has been arrested after their car boot was found full of containers of allegedly stolen diesel, Lancashire police say.