"The North is retaking control": Andy Burnham leads celebration over legal win for bus reform

Greater Manchester will formally oppose the latest high-speed railway plans in Parliament which have been described as 'severely suboptimal' and 'deficient'. The current HS2 proposal would see a 52-mile extension of the high-speed rail network from Crewe to Manchester with stations at Piccadilly and the airport.

Roxy Music have announced details of 2022 tour dates in the UK and North America – get tickets here and see the full list of dates below.The shows later this year will mark the first time that Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson have been together on stage since the ‘For Your Pleasure’ tour in 2011.The new tour dates will mark the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut album, which they will be celebrating throughout 2022 with a vinyl reissue series which will see the band reissuing all eight of their studio albums.The band’s 2022 shows will begin in Toronto on September 7 to kick off a run of 10 North American shows.UK dates in Glasgow and Manchester will then follow, with the tour wrapping up in London at The O2 on October 14.Tickets for the three UK shows go on sale on Thursday (March 31) at 9am BST – grab yours here. For North America, tickets will be available from 10am local time next Monday (April 4).See a trailer for the tour and the full list of dates below.SEPTEMBER7 – Toronto, Scotiabank Arena9 – Washington DC, Capital One Arena12 – New York, Madison Square Garden15 – Philadephia, Wells Fargo Center17 – Boston, TD Garden19 – Chicago, United Center21 – Austin, Moody CEnter23 – Dallas, American Airlines Center26 – San Francisco, Chase Center28 – Los Angeles, The ForumOCTOBER10 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro12 – Manchester, AO Arena14 – London, The O2 Discussing Roxy Music’s self-titled debut album ahead of its 50th anniversary, NME said: “After being fired as a ceramics teacher for singing in the classroom, Bryan Ferry, a fine art grad from County Durham, auditioned to sing in the London prog-rock band King Crimson.

Greater Manchester Police has clawed back about £5m from the contractors who built its discredited iOPS computer system, Andy Burnham has said. The Greater Manchester Mayor revealed the figure during a heated Q&A where he was forced to deny a suggestion he had shirked responsibility for the IT scandal at GMP.

Schools in Manchester have been warned of a sixfold increase in energy costs. Manchester council, which supplies energy to most schools and academies in the city, issued the warning days before its current contract with Gazprom ends.

People on benefits, the disabled and those who cannot afford a car have been forgotten in Rishi Sunak 's Spring Statement, Mayor Andy Burnham has said. The Greater Manchester mayor welcomed the measures announced by the Chancellor today (March 23), saying they will 'clearly benefit many people'.

People in Greater Manchester have been sharing their views on the current state of our bus network.

It's a feeling many of us are all too familiar with. The frustration and anxiety that comes with waiting at a bus stop, wondering if you'll make it to work on time.

co-hosted the show with Brown last year and will do the same this year with actor Anthony Mackie, is nominated for three awards including video of the year.Mickey Guyton, Breland and Cody Johnson are each triple nominees.Carrie Underwood, who has won a record 23 CMT awards, is nominated for video of the year and collaborative video of the year for her duet with Jason Aldean, “If I Didn’t Love You.”Other nominees for video of the year include Guyton, Johnson, Taylor Swift with Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, and Cole Swindell and Laney Wilson.Online fan voting for the CMT awards, which will also livestream on Paramount+, begins Thursday and runs through April 11.As usual, the show’s nominees are heavy with genre-blending collaborations.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Kane Brown is the leading nominee for the 2022 CMT Music Awards, which celebrates the best in country music videos.Brown's four nominations for the fan-voted awards show, airing live from Nashville on CBS April 11, include the top honor of video of the year along with male video of the year, both for his hit “One Mississippi,” CMT announced Wednesday.Kelsea Ballerini, who co-hosted the show with Brown last year and will do the same this year with actor Anthony Mackie, is nominated for three awards including video of the year.Mickey Guyton, Breland and Cody Johnson are each triple nominees.Carrie Underwood, who has won a record 23 CMT awards, is nominated for video of the year and collaborative video of the year for her duet with Jason Aldean, “If I Didn't Love You.”Other nominees for video of the year include Guyton, Johnson, Taylor Swift with Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, and Cole Swindell and Laney Wilson.Online fan voting for the CMT awards, which will also livestream on Paramount+, begins Thursday and runs through April 11.As usual, the show’s nominees are heavy with genre-blending collaborations.

“One Mississippi” singer Kane Brown scored a leading four nominations to lead the fan-voted field for the 2022 CMT Music Awards, which will be handed out next month. Kelsea Ballerini, Mickey Guyton and first-time nominees Breland and Cody Johnson are next with three noms apiece.

A councillor in Oldham who has tendered her resignation after just 10 months in the job is understood to have cited the cost of living crisis as one of her reasons for quitting.

Andy Burnham says he has been 'careful' about the commitments he has made after setting out his post-pandemic vision for Greater Manchester.

Bus passengers could soon be travelling across Greater Manchester for no more than £2 a ticket in a new era for public transport, it will be announced today.

A major conference is being held today to debate the political future of the North of England under the Government’s levelling up plans.

A legal victory ruling in favour of Mayor Andy Burnham's decision to go ahead with major bus reform could finally give Greater Manchester's passengers the London-style transport system they've been waiting for.

Greater Manchester is 'in the lead' to run local bus services in the way the government wants the whole country to, the Transport Secretary has said.

Andy Burnham has called for an investigation into the influence of Russian money in British politics.