"What are they hiding?" Manchester council row erupts before crucial bailiff meeting

New coroners’ courts to serve three Greater Manchester boroughs are intended to lessen any distress for grieving relatives. The expanded courts and office facilities in Bolton will benefit families and residents attending Manchester West Coroner’s Office.

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester have been stripping off to produce not one but two cheeky calendars for 2024.

Tributes have been paid to a doctor who looked after patients in Stockport for over four decades. Dr Sikander Malik worked at four GP practices and two hospitals during his 43 years spent working in the borough.

The Environment Agency is investigating ‘foul smells’ from a landfill site after hundreds of complaints those living nearby. A meeting of Bury Council heard about concerns about odours from the Pilsworth South Quarry landfill site affecting people living in both Bury and Heywood.

Manchester City Council made more than £7 MILLION by slapping drivers with parking fines across the city last year.

Danny Brown has shared the music video for his recent track ‘Y.B.P.’ and announced a UK and European tour for 2024.‘Y.B.P.’ featuring Bruiser Wolf appeared on the US rapper and singer’s 2023 album ‘Quaranta’, his first full-length solo outing in four years.Brown and Bruiser Wolf star in the new music video as a claymation versions of themselves roaming around their home city, as they reflect on being “young, black and poor being raised in Detroit”.The video was created by UK-based directors and animators Edem Wornoo and Will Child. Check it out below.‘Quaranta’ was released digitally in November and will be available on vinyl from Friday (January 19) via Warp Records.Alongside the video drop, Brown has announced a 21-date tour of the UK and Europe in support of the new album, which follows the previously announced North American tour taking place in March.Brown will kick off the UK leg at John Dee in Oslo, Norway, before stopping off in Copenhagen, Berlin, Vienna, Prague and more.

A data breach at Tameside Council saw more than the personal information of 6,000 staff members leaked on its website.

Heavy snow has fallen across parts of the UK this morning (Tuesday January 16) after temperatures fell below freezing overnight. Residents woke up to a blanket of the white stuff, forcing two Greater Manchester schools to shut.

Tameside Council must make reductions of just under £10m in order to balance the books for the next financial year (2024/25).

First, Julian Alvarez stepped in to fill the considerable shoes of Kevin De Bruyne, and then he was needed to replace the goals of Erling Haaland. With both De Bruyne and Haaland returning, Manchester City are World Champions and have the Premier League title in their own hands.

Sunloungers and blow-up beds have been set up at a former school in Salford for rough sleepers to spend the night. The building, in Swinton, was turned into a 'welfare hub' by Salford council five days before Christmas.

A man was left covered in blood as violence erupted on a tram following the Manchester City and Huddersfield football match on Sunday (January 1).

Manchester United are aware of the interest from Swansea City in assistant coach Eric Ramsay over their vacant managerial position.

A father from Little Hulton has been jailed for injuring another man with a meat cleaver in 'retaliation' for assaulting his 12-year-old son.

Birmingham City CEO Garry Cook has claimed recent results have cost Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney his job.

A 'determined, enthusiastic and tenacious' Greater Manchester Police officer has been honoured by the King.

Billions of pounds have been promised for projects aimed at 'levelling up' the country over the last four years. Various funds have been set up with money earmarked for schemes on the condition that it is spent swiftly and projects are completed by an agreed deadline.

Pep Guardiola was delighted that Manchester City backed up his belief that they still have the fight to win the Premier League.

Manchester City star Jack Grealish cut a frustrated figure after the final whistle sounded at Goodison Park after a tangle with Everton defender Nathan Patterson.

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