TUI plane makes emergency landing after 'three or four loud bangs' heard with passengers left screaming

Stroke and heart attack sufferers have been left waiting over an hour in recent months for ambulances. As waits continue to stretch well beyond 999 response targets, patients tell painful stories of being stranded in agony, while paramedics say they are struggling to keep up with ever-soaring demand.

Harry Maguire admits he fell below standards at Manchester United last season.

Paul Scholes has made a funny joke about Robbie Savage after son Charlie put in a fantastic performance for Manchester United against Melbourne Victory on Friday.

The 10 Greater Manchester councils are gearing up their response to the red warning for exceptional heat early next week, which could see the mercury burst through 40C barrier in the region. The Met Office, along with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), has upgraded its warning for Monday and Tuesday next week for much of the country, including Greater Manchester from amber to red, warning of ‘extreme heat’.

Two people were checked over by paramedics after a crash involving four vehicles in Bolton.

A deputy headmistress who taught at a controversial 'spiritual' school has escaped jail over a lunchtime drink driving smash after revealing she was getting treatment for a severe alcohol problem. Hayley Copplestone, 40, tested more than four times the alcohol limit after her BMW veered onto the wrong side of the road and crashed into an oncoming Nissan Juke at 1pm.

A man was taken to hospital with what are believed to be serious burns to his face after a fire inside a flat. Emergency services raced to the Tonge Moor area of Bolton late on Wednesday night.

A family-of-three said they have been ‘abandoned’ in Turkey after their TUI flight to Manchester was delayed when the pilot and flight crew told passengers they needed a rest.

A woman has been detained under the Mental Health Act after a fire broke out at a flat in Rochdale. Emergency services were called to the scene in Albion Street, Castleton, at about 11.30am on Sunday (July 3).

Tens of thousands of properties in Cheshire are at risk of being rendered uninhabitable by flooding within 30 years a new report has found.

Tributes have been paid to an ‘amazing dad’ who 'fought tooth and nail to make himself better' before he was found dead after a long mental health battle. Darren Mchugh, 39, sadly died on Sunday, June 12.

A TUI flight from Manchester issued an 'emergency' alert this morning shortly after taking off. The flight - TOM5GM - has since been circling over the north west for more than two hours as it looks to return to Manchester Airport.

Attempts to resurrect a stalled seven-storey apartment block development have failed because ‘many investors’ bought ‘off-plan’ flats there before they were built, councillors have heard. When given planning permission in 2014, the development at 4-14 Great Moor Street was was described as an apartment block offering ‘world class facilities’ for 140 university students.

A pub which wishes to extend use of a car park area for an outside faces opposition from neighbours. A Bury Council licensing hearing is to be heard this week to decide on the request by The Major Hotel, Bolton Street, Ramsbottom.

There are plenty of professional sportsmen who in their younger years were avid lovers of both football and cricket.

Andy Burnham says he is 'confident' bus companies will agree to slash fares by the end of the summer as he fast-tracks plans to cap tickets at £2 per ride. The mayor said single journeys on all buses in Greater Manchester will cost £2 for adults and £1 for children with day tickets for all operators available at £5.

A family had their holiday ruined by four cancellations in 48 hours, with police having to intervene on the third occasion. Ian McStein was due to depart to Crete from Manchester Airport at the end of May, but was instead met with a chaotic 48-hours of cancellation after cancellation.

A number of Manchester United supporters are urging the club to complete deals to bring Ajax duo Jurrien Timber and Antony to Old Trafford this summer.

Residents have turned out in force to register their opposition to controversial plans to build 450 homes on one of the last remaining parcels of farmland in Salford. This was after property giant Peel put its £54m plan for the new estate at Hazelhurst Farm, next to the East Lancashire Road at Worsley, on display.