19 h. ago Plans for hundreds of homes officially tabled in huge Greater Manchester town redevelopment

The scheme would be the first of many housing schemes planned for the area

Politics

47 h. ago Comedian Ross Noble forced to reschedule 'next few shows' due to a kidney infection as he shares snap from hospital bed

The British standup comedian and actor, 48, who is currently in Australia, posted a snap from his hospital bed to announce the news to his 59,600 followers.

Culture

3 d. ago 'We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water. So why do we let them breathe dirty air?'

Parents decry a pollution 'epidemic' as hospital admissions for children with breathing problems soar, while Andy Burnham has defended scrapping Clean Air Zone charges. Jonathan Blades from Asthma + Lung UK says 'children should not be fighting for breath just because they're growing up near a busy road'

Society

4 d. ago Hundreds of CCTV cameras in operation across Greater Manchester are feared to be a 'security threat'

The cameras were banned from 'sensitive sites' within government departments in 2022

Events

5 d. ago Andy Burnham defends scrapping Clean Air Zone charges after parents slam 'epidemic'

The number of children admitted to Manchester hospitals with breathing problems has soared by hundreds in just one year

Society

6 d. ago 'Illegal levels of pollution' choking hundreds of Manchester kids as hospital admissions soar, campaigners say

“We were given inhalers, but sometimes the inhalers weren’t enough"

Events

7 d. ago Doctors find genius way to remove kids' flashing toy from man's insides

A man managed to get a large flashing kids' toy stuck in his bottom - forcing hospital doctors to come up with a genius plan to finally get the "anorectal foreign body" out for good

Politics

9 d. ago Hundreds of crimes committed at churches across Greater Manchester every year

'We cannot allow these precious places to go unguarded and be so exposed'

Events

1 week ago Hundreds turn out at trans rights protest in Manchester city centre

Protesters took to the streets for the second day running

Events

1 week ago Hundreds take to Manchester city streets in trans rights march

The protest comes after the UK’s Supreme Court ruled this week that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex

Politics

1 week ago Annual duck race to return as hundreds of rubber duckies set to descend on Greater Manchester's waters

It wouldn’t be Easter weekend without a bit of quacking good fun, right?

Sport

1 week ago Hundreds of Greater Manchester NHS staff could face 'severance and redundancy' in major reforms

NHS Greater Manchester has been told it needs to cut back its costs by 39 per cent, saving £41m of its £106m 'total cost of people' under the government’s new NHS reforms

Sport

2 w. ago Cocaine hospital stays reach highest ever level amid 14 per cent soar in drug admissions

The rate of people being admitted to hospital in Scotland from drugs use has risen by 14 per cent in 12 months.

Events

2 w. ago Two kids arrested on assault charge after teen left in hospital

Police confirmed that they charged a 12 and a 13-year-old in connection with an assault which left a 13-year-old girl in hospital on Friday, April 11.

Events

2 w. ago A man had 'hundreds of pounds stolen', then police came knocking... with a special guest

'There is no earthly point carrying a warrant card if you don't go around arresting bad people'

Events

2 w. ago Two arrested as police raid house with their boss watching on

'There is no earthly point carrying a warrant card if you don't go around arresting bad people'

Events

3 w. ago Millions of vape users will risk buying toxic products on the black market after ban, survey suggests

Illegal products can often contain nicotine levels higher than the UK legal limit and may harbour cancer-causing chemicals.

Economics

4 w. ago Cabbies fear 'hundreds' of taxis will be 'forced off' Manchester's roads at stroke of New Year's Eve midnight

"It physically cannot be done"

Politics