The Manchester drugs empire that has come crashing down

A farmer says he has been left ‘in limbo’ over plans for a major link road to tackle congestion which has dogged commuters between Wigan and Bolton for decades. Farm buildings in the Hindley area of Wigan, where Brian Lee grew up, were demolished in the late 1990s after they were compulsorily purchased by the council. But the road has never been built.

Shamima Begum has lost an initial bid to challenge the removal of her citizenship at the Supreme Court.

If the mobile phone image had been taken just a few inches to the side, Robert Hart's killer might now be sitting in jail. Instead, almost 10 years on, no-one has ever been brought to justice.

A Greater Manchester pub has gone viral on TikTok thanks to its unique location right beside the runway at Manchester Airport.

The first public parole hearing for a prisoner serving a long-abolished indefinite jail sentence is due to take place. And the case, being held today, will be closely watched by the family of a Greater Manchester man who has spent 12 years in jail for stealing a mobile phone.

A father and son arrested at an airport as they were due to fly to Dubai face lengthy jail sentences for a series of drugs and firearms offences.

A father and son arrested at Manchester Airport before they were due to fly to Dubai face lengthy jail sentences for a series of drugs and firearms offences. Asim Tufail, 52, and his son Junnaid Tufail, 23, both from Northenden, were both exposed by the law enforcement infiltration of the EncroChat communications network.

A new inquest is to be held into the tragic case of Victoria Agoglia. The High Court has quashed the verdict of an original inquest.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag saluted centre-back Jonny Evans after he produced a solid showing in Saturday's 2-0 win over Everton at Old Trafford.

More than £300,000 has been raked in by Tameside Council in the last three years from bus lane fines alone.

Shakar Hussain knows first-hand what it's like to fall on hard times. Shakar, 49, originally from Pakistan, came to the UK aged 10. He grew up in Cheetham Hill before his family settled in neighbouring Crumpsall.

A drug dealer from Greater Manchester who police said 'ran an organised crime group' has been jailed for 23 years after two multi-million pound cocaine smuggling conspiracies were smashed.

Erik ten Hag insists managers are duty-bound to adjust to players amid Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's criticism of portions of the Manchester United dressing room.

Firefighters wearing breathing gear tackled a significant blaze at Forest Bank prison in Salford. Crews spent an hour getting the fire under control.

A ‘10 year’ saga that has dominated Greater Manchester politics is set to finally be resolved. The saga centres around a plan to build 165,000 homes in the region; bring in ‘significant growth’ in the core urban area from Port Salford to the Etihad; address the GM north-south divide in jobs and housing; and support existing ‘economic drivers’ in the south.

Portfolio management is a huge factor in every successful business.

Four people - three men and a boy aged 17 - have been charged after a police investigation into a suspected drugs line between Manchester and Somerset.

Rasmus Hojlund and Lisandro Martinez are at the Etihad Stadium as a show of support for Manchester United teammates.

When Louis Junior Otway was led from the dock, convicted of killing innocent law student Aya Hachem, he shouted just two words.

Manchester United lost the Premier League title without knowing in October 2011.