Uber to let people book taxis with Greater Manchester cab firms to cope with 'high demand'

People all across Greater Manchester have woken up today with a grim start to the week as overnight rain has left the ground wet and temperatures feeling especially cold.

Yuliia Bihun often wakes in the night. In a confused state, she imagines herself back in Kyiv as bombs and missiles rain down around her.

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

The current invasion of Ukraine by Russia with its appalling loss of life and destruction of cities seems steeped in another era. From the end of the Second World War until 1991 a Cold War, existed between the US and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, in the Eastern and Western Blocs.

With warmer weather and lighter evenings, it's getting towards that time of year when a meal from your favourite chippy is even more special.

If you have ever watched Homes Under the Hammer, you'll know that buying a home at an auction can be a worthwhile investment. Not only can you often bag a property for a price much cheaper that what is currently on the market, but most of the homes require updating and renovating - allowing you to put your own stamp on it and increase the value.

Salford is considered less in need of ‘levelling up’ than all other Greater Manchester boroughs - despite being one of the most deprived areas in the country.

People from every corner of Greater Manchester are being invited to start talking about the future of health and care for themselves and their families. The Big Conversation survey, which launched on Monday, March 28, 2022, is for anyone who lives or works in the 10 Greater Manchester boroughs to take part in.

These photos show the aftermath following a wildfire that emerged across the moorlands in Tintwistle, near Greater Manchester. Derbyshire and Manchester fire crews battled for three hours last night (March 26) against high winds to battle the blaze.

Last Wednesday, Rishi Sunak addressed the rising cost of living in his Spring Statement. Fuel duty will be cut by 5p a litre and the threshold for paying National Insurance will increase by £3,000 from July.

Fire crews are battling a major moorland blaze near Greater Manchester.

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up by over 50 percent in Tameside as cases across Greater Manchester rise. Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.

An LA-style mansion has come on the market in an area of Greater Manchester where you may not expect to find a million-pound home. Based in the small semi-rural village of Bradshaw in Bolton where the average house price is £267,000, according to Zoopla, the five-bedroom home is the most expensive pad currently up for sale in the area - with an eye-watering price tag of £1,500,000.

People in Greater Manchester have been sharing their views on the current state of our bus network.

Heywood is in the running to become home of Great British Railways. The new public body will bring together track and train in a ‘once in a generation’ reform marking the end of a quarter century of fragmentation.

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

A 'big cat' has been spotted in a Cheshire village, close to the Greater Manchester border.

As the Ukrainian conflict carries on, the rising cost of living has only been made worse by the surge in fuel prices.

The number of coronavirus cases in Trafford has doubled in a week as infection rates continue to rise across Greater Manchester.

Greater Manchester's former chief fire officer who quit after the Arena bombing has resigned from his new high profile job. Peter O'Reilly, 55, has left his position as Chief Officer of Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service just six and a half months after starting the job.