Today's top Greater Manchester news stories - Thursday, November 25

Ambulance crews were seen sitting outside an emergency department in Oldham as pressures continue to hit the region’s NHS system, the parents of missing student Charley Gadd have today issued an urgent plea for members of the public to help them find their son last seen in Manchester and an inquest heard that the ‘failings’ of a health trust could have ‘contributed’ to the death of a murdered toddler from Wythenshawe.

The country was told that all over-18s will now be offered the booster jab by the end of December in the fight against Omicron, tributes have poured in of a 25-year-old man who died in a horrific street attack in Bolton last night, a mum-of-two has complained that her mouldy house is making her children ill and a man has been jailed for hurling anti-Semitic abuse at a couple in front of two off-duty police officers last year.

Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi's chilling 'journey into radicalisation' was mapped out by an expert at the public inquiry into the terror attack, families visiting the Christmas light show at Dunham Massey have described the experience as 'absolutely awful' after it flooded, and a brave woman has spoken out about the abuse she endured from her evil partner of 17 years.

New Covid-19 rules across England, several 'confirmed or probable cases' of the Omicron variant in Manchester, and grieving relatives dragged from a cemetery as council workers removed headstone tributes

A police cordon is in place this evening outside a convenience store and takeaway amid reports of a 'stabbing' in Trafford, strong winds from Storm Barra battered our region - and damaged roof on Chill Factore, and a man was jailed for 12 years for pretending to be a taxi driver and raping a woman in his flat.

A paediatrician 'truly sorry' for missing signs that a toddler was abused before she suffered a fatal attack from her godmother's boyfriend, terrified children told to 'hide' under their school desks as parents were told they were safe, and the 'so sad' experience of running a stall at the city centre's famous Christmas market after high hopes.

A 90-year-old woman was left languishing in hospital for more than a month amid staff shortages in social care, heating issues which forced Royal Bolton Hospital to turn away emergency and maternity patients have now been fixed and latest figures show at least 33 people died while homeless in Greater Manchester last year.

A top Bolton chef has unveiled his latest creation - a tantalising 1kg pie stuffed with a full Christmas dinner.

Two sisters were jailed after they attacked a lone woman in Manchester 'like a pack of animals', hospitality venues across Manchester have reported a 'flood' of cancellations over recent Covid fears, and an accountant who raped a woman at a party while she thought she was having sex with another man was jailed.

Mayor Andy Burnham has urged Manchester residents not to cancel their Christmas parties, a woman found dead in her front garden in Didsbury has today been named, and a list of injuries Saffie-Rose Roussos suffered are detailed during distressing day of evidence at bomb inquiry.

Five people were assaulted during a rampage which left a pensioner seriously injured in Hyde, people in Manchester reacted to the new face covering rules for shops, and a nurse fought back tears as she described doing all she could to save the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bomb attack at the continuing inquest.

People will be forced to wear masks on public transport and in shops or face fines from Tuesday, the parents of a little girl killed in the Manchester Arena bombing have slammed the response of the emergency services on the night of the attack and Didsbury residents were left 'devastated' after a woman was found dead outside her home.

Heavy showers of snow have fallen over Greater Manchester today, a 92-year-old was seriously injured after a BMW ploughed through her home and a family of four were pulled from a Audi that swerved off the road and landed in a ditch.

Top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include a couple's IVF battle, a huge street ball and a leafy suburb being hit by criminals.

A watchdog is "very concerned" about the safety of people using the services of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust.

Top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include the mum who posed as a single parent to swindle £97,000, plans to turn a disused viaduct into a stunning urban park and the teen who 'could have died' after falling asleep with in tampon in.

Top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include a maniac van driver who tried to force a couple off the M60 by deliberately crashing into them, the sweary posters that have appeared on the big grey boxes which are driving people mad in the city centre and the disturbing images of the Manchester Arena bomber and his family.

A gun threat which sent a school into lockdown, the driver who admitted killing 'truly fab' teenager in a hit and run and the plan to turn around a Piccadilly Gardens grot spot - they’ve all featured in the most read stories of the day from the Manchester Evening News.

Top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include a murder investigation launched after a man in his 20s died following a fail to stop collision in Manchester city centre this morning, how three people were rescued from a barge that got stuck in the Rochdale Canal and how armed police were called to a park after a music video shoot caused panic.

The coroner at the inquest into the death of 17-year-old grammar school pupil Yousef Makki has recorded a 'narrative verdict', ten people were arrested in dawn raids after fans stormed Old Trafford pitch and Manchester city player Benjamin Mendy appeared in court charged with a further two counts of rape.