Uber driver and a homeless man team up to retrieve student’s stolen phone

direct to your inboxNorthern are hiring in Greater Manchester and the surrounding areas - with salaries starting from £19,000 to as much as £65,000.The train operator is advertising for a number of different roles with varying levels of experience required.Roles include Train Driver Manager and Customer Service Assistant, and Northern is also looking to fill several roles in its Train Presentation Team.Here are the jobs available in Greater Manchester and nearby.

direct to your inboxTributes have been paid to a “loyal, protective and fearless” police officer and father-of-two who died in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.Police Constable Abbas Uddin, 40 - who served with Greater Manchester Police - passed away on Thursday (January 21).Abbas, from Longsight, developed pneumonia and was taken into hospital around a month ago.His condition continued to deteriorate and he sadly passed away.A well-known community figure as well as a highly

direct to your inboxPolice have urged motorists to abide by road closures after a vehicle appeared to drive around cones only to be become stranded in floodwater.Greater Manchester Police posted a picture of what appeared to be a vehicle stranded in floodwater on the B5158 'Mile Road' between Carrington and Flixton on Thursday morning.The image showed what appeared to be two figures who emerged from the vehicle wading through the water.The road was closed because of floodwater overtopping the

direct to your inbox Police have released the image of a man they’d like to speak to in regards to a robbery that occurred outside of a venue in Manchester’s gay village last month.

direct to your inboxA further three men have been charged as part of an investigation into stolen vehicles across Greater Manchester.Tayub Hasnain, 36, of Shepherd Street, Bury, has been charged with conspiracy to steal motor vehicles and conspiracy to handle stolen motor vehicles.Ibraaz Shafique, 22, of Camberwell Street, Oldham, has been charged with conspiracy to steal motor vehicles, fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to handle stolen motor vehicles.Asif Hussain, 43, of Tonge Moor Road,

direct to your inboxThis is the disgusting moment an Amazon delivery driver appears to do a poo outside a customer's home moments after dropping off a package.The driver was recorded on shocked Darren Passman's CCTV system.Darren, 46, said he cleaned up the mess left behind himself with a jet washer. He told the Manchester Evening News : "He walks around the back of the flat, bends down and does a number two.

direct to your inboxA drug-driver rammed into a police car during a chase - he was bailed from court then drove dangerously again that same day, a court heard. Lee Vesey, 37, led police on a 'high-speed' pursuit through Wythenshawe in February, 2019.

Eccles, this morning (Friday, January 15).

direct to your inboxA driver was caught on Deansgate with stolen taxi plates on his Ford Mondeo - before he led police on a 20-minute high-speed chase. Anas Abuhdaima, 26, initially stopped for officers in Manchester city centre after they pulled him over.

direct to your inboxFrontline medical staff treating Covid patients at Greater Manchester hospitals have been told they must wait 11 weeks for their second doses of the Pfizer vaccine.It was reported last month that the government intended to extend the period between jabs from three or four weeks to as many as 12 to maximise those receiving the first dose amid the rise of a mutant strain.This means the second dose of both the Oxford/AstraZeneca and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines will be within

direct to your inboxA group of charities have written an open letter to the government urging them to provide essential funding for the homeless during the third coronavirus lockdown.The Greater Manchester-based charities, including Coffee4Craig and The Mustard Tree, have written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick on behalf of the Manchester Homeless Partnership organisation.They are urging the government to 'reconsider' a decision made 'not to fund essential accommodation' for the homeless and

direct to your inboxA 'danger' driver with no full licence who led police on an 18-mile pursuit along the M62 motorway has escaped an immediate jail sentence. Shocking video footage of Chantelle Lewis, from Beswick, Manchester, behind the wheel of a Vauxhall Zafira has been released.

straight to your inboxGary Neville and Gary Lineker were among those to heap praise upon John Stones after he opened the scoring for Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-final against Manchester United.City sealed a spot against Tottenham in April's final at Wembley as they aim for a fourth-consecutive campaign lifting the trophy, and took the lead through Stomnes early in the second half at Old Trafford.

direct to your inbox A driver has been arrested after a Transit van drove the wrong way down the A34 Kingsway during a police chase. The police helicopter was drafted in after the vehicle was abandoned on the dual carriageway in Stockport and the driver tried to run from cops on foot.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said that they first spotted a Ford Fiesta driving through Farnworth without any lights on. After initially seeing the car in Albert Road, cops chased it to Balmoral Road and tried to block it in.A passenger 'ran off' according to police but the driver, a man, was arrested.