What NHS hospitals do if wards get too hot as Greater Manchester suffers more than 1,000 overheating incidents

A serial domestic abuser who threatened to kill his partner and held a knife to her throat was one of the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week.

From reservoirs to botanical gardens - online Reddit forum asked where people's top places to visit in Greater Manchester are... but is yours on the list?

The story of Ornella’s Kitchen begins 1850 miles away in the charming seaside village of Castel Di Tusa on Scilly's north coast. Located around 60 miles east of Palermo and 90 miles west of Messina, this tiny village, home to around 1000 people, is famous for its tuna fishing nets and delicious produce.

The number of kidnappings in Greater Manchester has risen by more than 70 per cent in a year. Latest Home Office figures show there were 579 such crimes recorded in 2021 - a massive 73 per cent increase on the 334 for 2020 and the highest number in the last decade.

Householders believed they were tradesmen who could be trusted to carry out work on their property. But these rogue traders left innocent members of the public out of pocket.

The number of first, second, booster and spring booster doses of the Covid vaccination delivered across Greater Manchester has now reached six million.

Greater Manchester’s new buses will be painted in an ‘iconic’ Mancunian colour scheme, the city-region’s mayor has said.

A sharp fall in the number of anti-Semitic incidents so far this year across Greater Manchester was reported today by a charity.

Police hunting a gunman in Lancashire have tracked down the car used by the suspect more than 60 miles away in Tameside. Detectives are investigating a shooting in Heysham, near Morecambe, on Monday.

Readers have been sharing their memories of a lost Greater Manchester plane that housed a restaurant.

Stockport, home of the Hat Works, Robinsons Brewery and Strawberry Studios, has undergone quite the transformation in recent years. Increased investment and interest in the market town has brought with it a slew of new and exciting businesses - from French bistros and trendy coffee shops to live music venues and buzzing food markets.

Plans to bring buses in Greater Manchester back under public control are progressing as leaders agree to buy new electric buses and bus depots. The Bee Network - the name given to the new London-style integrated public transport system - is set to be rolled out across the region by the end of 2024.

The percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 decreased in England, Wales, and Scotland, although rates remain high. Infections decreased in all English regions and age groups, except for in the North East, where the trend was uncertain in the latest week of figures available from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), ending July 20, 2022.

Waits of '40+ hours for a bed' and scarce spaces in hospitals are unfolding at one of the region's A&E departments. Emergency department staff warned patients that there were 'no beds/cubicles in A&E due to no movement' in the Royal Bolton Hospital.

It was already Europe's largest video arcade and now it's just got even bigger. Arcade Club Bury is packed with hundreds of retro and modern machines loved by young and old.

A pensioner who cut his wife's throat then tried to kill himself in a failed suicide pact has walked free from court after his spouse's sibling said he'd 'suffered more than enough' already. Peter Higson said he would have been 'very unhappy' if his 73-year-old brother-in-law Graham Mansfield were to be jailed for the killing of his sister Dyanne Mansfield.

It is a well known fact that house prices are rising all across the UK, with the average cost of a home now £369,968 according to Rightmove. July is the sixth consecutive month that house prices have reached a new record high as a result of huge buyer demand and a low stock of properties available on the market.

New Order, Manchester classics and 90s summer jams”, according to an official announcement.“He swings in for pizza quite a bit so we asked him if he fancied Djing, He said…He’d absolutely love to,” the post reads.Burnham’s set is due to begin at 8pm BST, and it will also be airing live on Mixcloud (via Mixmag). You can check out the announcement post below.A post shared by R A M O N A (@ramonamcr)Back in 2020, Andy Burnham participated in a charity DJ battle against Liverpool Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram.

Rising costs are hitting households from the poorest to the wealthiest, with more misery to come, a leading economic think tank warned. The latest inflation figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rose to 9.4% in June, up from 9.1% in May.

Ten ambulances were spotted queueing outside a Greater Manchester A&E on the hottest day on record. Photos show ambulances waiting in line at Royal Oldham Hospital yesterday, while another eight vehicles queued for Fairfield General Hospital.