Two vehicles seized in separate incidents in Eccles and Stockport

A Stockport firm is one of two armoured vehicle manufacturers to secure a significant expansion to a multi-billion pound contract with the British Army.

Stockport is undergoing an enormous transformation with £1billion being injected into the town - but it may not look like much has changed yet. During a quick walk around the town centre on Thursday lunchtime, I counted a total of 13 boarded up shops.

Eight people have been taken to hospital after a crash involving three vehicles in Middleton. The collision took place on the A669 Oldham Road at around 10.30pm on Sunday.

As spring has now sprung and we are graced with lighter evenings, you may be looking for new beauty spots to watch the sun go down. There is a 'secret' lake just outside of Stockport in Levenshulme, that locals flock to so they can unwind from the day.

Bus drivers had to change route this afternoon and police were called out after objects were being thrown at passing vehicles. Services along the guided busway between Manchester and Leigh were forced to divert from their usual route from around midday today (April 6).

Millions of motorists have a safety feature in their cars that they know nothing about.

Shop workers have described groups of youths causing havoc in Stockport town centre, riding bikes into shops and throwing items around. This came after police issued a stark warning to parents following a surge in anti-social behaviour involving kids as young as nine around Merseyway Shopping Centre.

Armed police seized drugs, a stolen car and cash during the latest raids in an operation into the criminal use of encrypted mobile phones. Two alleged class A drug traffickers, aged 35 and 38, were also arrested during the operation in Oldham and Rochdale at 5am today.

Police have arrested six people and a number of stolen vehicles were recovered in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Salford.

There are queues stretching more than four miles after a seven car pile-up on the M56 during rush hour. The multi-car crash happened on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway in Wythenshawe at around 4.30pm today.

A man was assaulted after a car smashed into seven other vehicles in south Manchester.

Police have issued parents with a stark warning after children as young as NINE have been caught 'running riot' in Stockport town centre. The message was shared to Greater Manchester Police's local Stockport page warning of an surge in anti-social behaviour in recent weeks.

Sections of the Eccles Metrolink line will shut over Easter due to 'essential maintenance. From Monday 4 to Friday 29 April, planned engineering works will take place on parts of the line, Transfort for Greater Manchester have said.

An amateur gamer from Eccles has taken first place at a FIFA 22 tournament. Hassan Baz has been named the FIFA championship after showing off his skills at the TalkTalk Future Fibre City Clash.

Police in Salford made an arrest on Monday evening (March 28) after a vehicle pursuit ended in a crash. Traffic officers said a white Ford Fiesta "made off" from a special response team on Madamswood Road in Little Hulton.

A man was attacked on an Eccles street on Sunday afternoon. Two people, a man and a woman, have since been arrested on suspicion of assault.

A major road between Manchester and Sheffield will reopen tomorrow after a landslide forced it to shut - but not all vehicles will be able to use it. Vehicles have been banned from the A57 Snake Pass for more than five weeks after the road took a battering from storms Eunice and Franklin.

On the edge of Stockport the River Tame meanders through a huge stretch of woodland, sheltering a waterfall and even an inner-city farm. The Reddish Vale Country Park spans 161 hectares, a green corridor connecting the surrounding areas of Denton and Woodley.

Police have arrested four people in a crackdown on a multi-million pound money laundering ring.

Five people have been arrested while cars and drugs have been seized as part of a major crackdown on crime in Rochdale. More than 30 vehicles were targeted during the operation last week, as neighbourhood officers targeted those who use the borough's roads to commit crime, including dangerous driving and drug dealing.