Why GMP's troubled iOPS computer system could stay in place for another 18 months

Dedicated emergency phone lines have been installed at hospital obstetric units across Greater Manchester so 999 call handlers can warn doctors and midwives of critically-ill women on their way in. The potentially life-saving new system works in a similar way to how A&E departments operate in an emergency case.

Cristiano Ronaldo has thanked fans for voting him as Manchester United’s April player of the month.

Cristiano Ronaldo is now the outright top scorer of goals at home in the Premier League this season.

The UK turns out way more hairdressers than it actually needs, former government Minister Lord David Sainsbury told an audience at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum this week. Not just a few more - but something like 50% more hairdressers than our economy requires. And at the same time, a lack of skilled workers in the technical areas prized by industry is putting off big companies from investing in cities like Manchester's. There are some 11,500 job vacancies in digital jobs across Greater Manchester and 54% of employers across the region cannot fill their job vacancies. Clearly something is going wrong in the way the city's education system provides young people with the skills they need for the world of work, with many further education (FE) colleges equipping them with qualifications that employers don't need and that don't serve the city's wider interests. The question is what to do about it. And at the Science and Industry Museum event there were growing calls for central government to hand control of the whole system of post-16 education over to local leaders like Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

It speaks volumes about the state of Manchester United right now that the team's abject performances have almost been relegated to a side note on matchdays at Old Trafford. United fans are once again planning to protest against the Glazers ahead of Monday's clash with Brentford.

A student police officer today is to stand trial after denying sexually assaulting a woman. Trainee Greater Manchester Police (GMP) constable Ryan Pointon, 28, is charged with sexual assault involving touching the alleged victim’s inner thigh on March 25 last year.

A man and a woman who were found dead in neighbouring flats have been named as David Harry and Monika Eisen.

Manchester United fans have heaped praise onto Cristiano Ronaldo after he joined the Premier League's esteemed '100 goals club' against Arsenal.

Police are investigating after a woman was filmed without her consent and sexualised in voyeuristic TikToks twice in the space of four days. The woman was filmed outside the Puregym in Spinningfields on two separate occasions by a prolific TikTok account posting sexualised videos of women unaware they are being filmed.

Local residents have expressed their shock and sadness after the life of yet another young man was claimed by knife crime following a double stabbing in Ancoats.

The UK’s TV and film studio boom has stepped up yet another notch with the launch of a 1.3M sqft site in Central Bedfordshire.

Paramedics and police officers raced through the city centre on Wednesday evening following a fatal 'double stabbing' in Ancoats. As an air ambulance descended overhead and the roars of the Etihad stadium echoed in the distance, police officers were met with sinister scenes on an otherwise quiet Ancoats street.

A judge has blasted a GMP investigation into a prolific shoplifter who repeatedly targeted an Asda supermarket. Michael Gormley, 31, was spotted time and time again by a security guard at the Harpurhey store entering through the main door, taking hundreds of pounds-worth of alcohol, and walking out via the fire escape.

Police have confirmed a house fire on Easter Monday in which a woman was rescued by a neighbour is being treated as suspected arson. Witnesses said an heroic neighbour banged on the door as flames tore through the house in Bolton in the early hours and helped the woman escape.

Greater Manchester Police has appealed for information in a series of crimes this month, from a shooting, to hit and runs, to burglaries and robberies. They took place across the region - some in broad daylight, others after dark, and while some happened days ago, others remain unsolved after weeks.

Criminals from Manchester and Liverpool plotted to have an enemy "carved up" inside prison. Details of the conspiracy emerged at a court case earlier this week.

High street retailer H&M is reopening its Trafford Centre store, and honestly, if you've been before you won't recognise it. From tomorrow morning (April 14), shoppers will be able to indulge themselves in the newly revamped store, which feels brand new.

Chair of Greater Manchester Police Federation Lee Broadbent has hit out at "decades of cuts" which have "removed the visible and physical deterrent of policing" and have left officers powerless to stamp out problems "at source". Taking a broad look at law and order, Mr Broadbent believes the police have become a purely "reactive" force.