The hidden gem venue in Greater Manchester town that’s a ‘magical place’ for aspiring artists

Tributes have been paid to a beloved firefighter following his sudden death.

It has been nearly 80 years since Stalybridge and Hyde were not represented by Labour in Parliament.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he is aiming to ‘bring immigration down’ to levels seen while Britain was an EU member during a visit to Brexit-backing Bolton.

A new poll has predicted a Labour landslide in Greater Manchester - with the Tories set to lose ALL their seats in the region.

Lying along the Peak Forest Canal and with its flight of locks, aqueduct and access to parks and lakes, the town of Marple is one of Greater Manchester's most picturesque spots.

A free petting farm offering pony rides at pocket money prices has had families flocking to visit during the school holidays.

It is a "nasty crime" which targets pensioners and can shatter lives. In the last year more than £28.7 million was lost nationally to courier fraud. In Greater Manchester there were 21 cases between April 2023 and March this year with £90,673 being stolen.

Two more arrests have been made after one man was shot and another was stabbed in Oldham. Officers were called out to the Royal Oldham Hospital at 8.30pm on Wednesday (May 23) after a man attended A&E with gunshot wounds.

Greater Manchester Police have issued a dispersal order on areas of a Greater Manchester borough over 'selfish and irresponsible people attending the areas for illicit car meets'.

Bolton’s first ever net zero homes are being built as part of a new development in Farnworth town centre. Capital & Centric’s Farnworth Green, which includes 85 one and two bedroom apartments as well as 12 family homes is set to be completed by the end of the year.

Bury is set for its first Food and Drink Festival begins with dozens of stalls across the town centre and entertainment during the first half of the Bank Holiday weekend. The festival will see Bury town centre packed with pop-up food markets, artisan drinks, craft stalls, music and live entertainment between 9am – 4.30pm on Friday, May 24 and Saturday May, 25.

Wigan councillors have installed long-serving community champion and colleague Coun Debbie Parkinson as the authority’s new ceremonial mayor. Coun Parkinson, 67, takes up the post alongside her fellow Standish and Langree ward member Coun Terry Mugan who is her consort.

Celebrate women, girls and non-binary people with the first WOW (Women of the World) Festival taking place in Manchester this month, presented by Factory International and The WOW Foundation.

A ‘generation of new towns’ modelled on areas including Hale will be built if Labour wins the next election, according Angela Rayner. The party’s deputy leader was setting out her party’s plans at the UK Real Estate, Investment & Infrastructure Forum in Leeds on Tuesday (May 21).

A ‘boxer’ killed a man acting as a 'peacemaker' after a fight broke out during a night out, a jury has heard. Brook Marshall-Byrne, 20, is accused of manslaughter following the death of 35-year-old Piotr Ludwiczak. He denies the charge.

Walking arm-in-arm with her dad up to the dank concrete building, she was a world away from her quiet, humble beginnings.

Two possible candidates for Oldham council’s leader have emerged after a week of ‘chaotic’ negotiations between the borough’s political groups.

Two men who were arrested after a huge brawl erupted in the street in Wythenshawe have been released on bail, police have confirmed.

The full result of Greater Manchester’s mayoral election has been revealed — and it shows there is just one suburb where Andy Burnham didn’t win.

There has been a huge increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes recorded by Greater Manchester Police in the months following the Hamas attack, new figures show.