Three people arrested of suspected number plate cloning in Rochdale

More people are going into hospital with Covid, and more people are contracting Covid in hospital, according to a Salford health boss. The Government’s decision to scrap free lateral flow tests has been slammed by councillors as they received concerning statistics showing Covid hospital numbers rising.

Wigan has seen a dramatic rise of young people with eating disorders following the Covid pandemic.

“The airport is telling us there will be a delay due to the severe lack of staff…it’s out of our hands," the captain of the delayed 8.05am Ryanair flight from Manchester Airport to Dublin bemoans.

Tributes have been left over this past week in memory of loved ones in Manchester who have recently passed away.

The government has issued new rules for who will be able to get free Covid-19 tests from today, April 1, as free mass PCR and lateral flow testing is brought to an end. The free testing will continue to be available to a number of groups - and will mostly require those people to have symptoms already, apart from a small list of scenarios where asymptomatic testing will be given.

A Middleton college is working with local police after a random stop and search exercise uncovered 18 out of 25 people carrying drugs. Officers from the Middleton Neighbourhood Team carried out their operation in the area around Hopwood College's Middleton campus and Hopwood Woods earlier this month.

Manchester City's decision to loan Julian Alvarez back to River Plate has been explained by the South American club’s technical secretary.

Bros legend Matt Goss is preparing his big return to Manchester for a fan meet and greet for the first time in seven years - and he can't wait. The now-solo star will be back at music store HMV in the city, where adoring crowds of thousands famously greeted him back in Bros' 1980s heyday.

With recent hikes in energy prices and rising inflation, there’s never been a better time to save money and tighten the purse strings.

A Manchester City football coach is to tackle two epic charity challenges in a matter of months as part of the club's drive to help youngsters with mental health issues.

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'.

A gas incident in London has forced an aquatics centre to close. A number of people are currently being treated for breathing difficulties after the incident at London Aquatics Centre in Stratford.

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.

A plane carrying more than 100 passengers has crashed into a mountain in China, with smoke being seen terminating from the site of the incident.

Tributes have been left this week to remember loved ones in Manchester who have recently passed away.

Coronavirus infections have continued to increase in England, Wales and Scotland, though the trend is “uncertain” in Northern Ireland, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In England, around one in 20 people in private households are estimated to have had the virus in the week to March 12, or 2.7 million people – up from one in 25, or 2.1 million people, in the week to March 5.

A charity has warned Greater Manchester residents are ‘beyond breaking point’ as the cost of living crisis worsens.

Five men were arrested while high-value jewellery, a samurai sword and £2,000 cash have all been seized in a string of dawn raids across Rochdale. Officers carried out warrants across the borough this morning (March 16) as part of a major crackdown on class A drug supply across Greater Manchester, Cumbria and North Wales.

Uber will let people in Greater Manchester book taxis with local cab firms as part of a new app.