When train drivers will be striking in Greater Manchester this weekend

The iconic Spitfire will fly over the skies of Greater Manchester next weekend (April 26 to 29).

A mix of showers and sunshine are forecast in Greater Manchester today.

A picturesque village in the Peak District will hold its popular food festival once more this May with more than 50 stalls selling local products and tasty treats. Tideswell will host the 13th edition of the annual festival, which will see the streets of the village taken over for one day only.

A 27.5m telecoms mast is set to be built in Salford - despite the council opposing the plan.

Greater Manchester is set for another unsettled day of weather following Storm Pierrick. The storm, named by Meteo France, brought rain and heavy wind to the UK yesterday (April 10).

Stockport’s historic Bramall Hall will host a plant fair next week with some of the country’s most respected specialist nurseries - including RHS medallists - selling flowers, shrubs and more in the grounds of the Tudor building. The Plant Hunters’ Fair will take place on April 17 and will raise funds for Friends of Bramall Hall and Park.

Mae Muller and Self Esteem are set to perform as part of this week’s Club NME event. Grab free tickets here and find all the details below.The legendary Club NME series returned last September with Courteeners playing in London before Blossoms delivered a special show in Manchester earlier this year.On Friday (April 12) Club NME will take over London’s Scala in King’s Cross, with Muller due to deliver a live headline set at the venue.

Actor Simon Bird has been filming scenes for the return of a popular Channel 4 show in Stockport today.

A total solar eclipse will plunge much of North America into darkness on Monday, turning the day skies into night.

Over the coming weeks woodland areas will be transformed with bluebells as these gorgeous purple flowers start to bloom. They usually follow suit once golden daffodils have appeared and signify that spring is well and truly underway.

There's a Manchester derby of sorts on Saturday, but it will be a world away from the billion pound empires that collide when Manchester City and Manchester United lock horns. The biggest game in Manchester won't be at the Etihad or Old Trafford, but down the road at Boundary Park.

A major Eid al-Fitr celebration will be returning to Greater Manchester next week to mark the end of Ramadan.

A popular family-run bakery and deli in Salford has announced it is set to open a new pizzeria later this month aiming to ‘redefine’ Manchester’s pizza scene.

The cost of renting is continuing to soar across the UK - and Greater Manchester is no exception. Rents have now risen by 8.8 percent across the country, with prices up by as much as 20 percent in some areas.

With two weeks off school it can be hard to keep the kids entertained over the Easter holidays. It’s especially tricky when the weather is hit and miss.

It has been another busy month in Manchester's courts.

The M.E.N recently reported on the scale of demand for high school places in Trafford, the only Greater Manchester borough which still has a state grammar school system decided by the 11-plus exam. Here, the M.E.N's Damon Wilkinson writes about how Trafford came to be the only borough in our region which kept a selective school system which defined post-war Britain - but only survives in a few parts of the country today.

Gary Lineker reckons Pep Guardiola might opt to follow Jurgen Klopp in leaving over the next two or three years, despite ongoing dominance at the Etihad Stadium and beyond.

Greater Manchester has woken up to a sunny Saturday morning as we enter the Easter weekend.

Amid the mansions in one of Greater Manchester's leafiest suburbs sits a row of pristine white cottages with a little-known history.