65 m. ago Missing teenager last seen in Greater Manchester town centre EIGHT days ago

Police say 'extensive enquiries' are ongoing

Events

17 h. ago A £25m project could bring more than 700 new jobs to a Greater Manchester town

The major scheme is about to get underway and should be completed by July 2026.

Economics

19 h. ago Funeral parlour in Greater Manchester town could be set to be demolished

Plans have been lodged to build almost 30 apartments on the site

Politics

21 h. ago Covid variant: Symptoms you need to look out for as doctors issue warning

A new variant now spreading across Europe and multiple other continents could leave people with a host of unpleasant symptoms - that don't feel like classic Covid

Events

23 h. ago Crayon brainteaser leaves people baffled but there's an 'obvious' answer

It's important to keep your mind active throughout the day and one way to achieve this is by challenging yourself to a brainteaser – so why not give this crayon one a go?

Politics

29 h. ago 'Underrated’ commuter town near Manchester named amongst UK's property hotspots in 2025

The area has been picked out for its affordability, commuting, school ratings, quality of life and local amenities

Politics

44 h. ago The ‘lovely’ seaside town near Greater Manchester where people ‘don’t want to leave’

The seaside town was once named one of the UK's best places to live

Politics

52 h. ago The Peak District town with country walks and old pubs holding a major festival this summer

It's a town full of Georgian architecture, beautiful walks and charming pubs, and every summer famous faces descend upon it for a major arts festival

Politics

63 h. ago ‘We are disappearing’: Britain’s first trans judge on Supreme Court defeat – and why she’s challenging it

Victoria McCloud was publicly promoted as a symbol of diversity in the justice system, but this year it changed her legal sex overnight. The Independent Pride List 2025 winner tells Emma Henderson how vulnerable trans people are leaving Britain and why she’s taking on the Supreme Court ruling in an even higher court

Events

2 d. ago Cheese factory 'chemical spill' leaves 17 people injured as hazard team respond

Emergency services were called to the site after the alarm was raised in the early hours of Saturday, June 7.

Events

3 d. ago 'Overlooked' seaside town named north west's cheapest where you can buy a three

'There’s genuinely something for everyone here - from first-time buyers and families to investors'

Politics

3 d. ago The seaside town named one of UK’s most affordable 90 minutes from Greater Manchester

It's brimming with old-fashioned seaside charm

Politics

4 d. ago Usain Bolt will be in town to open JD Sports biggest ever store in Greater Manchester

JD have gone big for the new look Trafford Centre store

Sport

4 d. ago The affordable Greater Manchester town where homes are 'flying off the market'

House sales were up by a staggering 88 percent in the last year in this part of the region, Rightmove says

Politics

4 d. ago I love the graffiti I see in Paris – but tagging is just visual manspreading | Alexander Hurst

Call me a middle-class ‘bobo’, but inspired street art has nothing in common with sprayed-on assertions of ‘me, me, me’Among the layers of life in Paris that energise me, I might list: peeling back the city’s music scene all the way to figuring out where, and when, the musicians go to jam together; the unassuming flair of even a basic brasserie; the way one can pivot, in the span of a week, from an art gallery opening to a friend’s concert to another friend’s restaurant to discover his Corsican-influenced menu, and end it by lingering on a terrace, “remaking the world” with others who challenge you – calmly – to see something a different way.Among the things about this city that exhaust me are the people who cram their way into the Métro without letting you step out first (seriously, what neurons are misfiring in the heads of these people?), and the sheer prevalence of tags. It’s when you leave Paris for a bit and come back that you realise how many tags there are. How swaths of a c...

Politics

4 d. ago This stunning seaside town is the home of the battered Mars Bar

Stonehaven is a haven for foodies and day-trippers

Politics

4 d. ago Fact check: More people leave than arrive on current youth mobility schemes

Current schemes, which are mainly with countries with smaller populations, might not accurately predict how future schemes will perform.

Politics

4 d. ago Inside Ryanair flight from hell as scared passengers 'thrown against the ceiling' in storm

A plane journey from hell saw a pilot forced to abandon a journey due to extreme conditions – leaving nine people injured, including a two year old and a member of staff

Events

5 d. ago 'I own the UK's most haunted hotel and this is why people leave in the middle of the night'

My Haunted Hotel is now available to stream on Prime Video

Politics

5 d. ago US remains ‘completely committed’ to Nato says secretary general ahead of Ukraine military aid meeting – Europe live

Mark Rutte comments on absence of US defense secretary Pete Hegseth from meeting about defence of UkraineMeanwhile in Cologne, Germany, the biggest evacuation since the second world war is under way after the discovery of three unexploded bombs dropped by allied forces 80 years ago.About 20,000 people are having to leave their homes and businesses, while hotels, a care home for elderly people and a hospital are being evacuated. Three bridges over the Rhine have been closed and rail traffic has been halted or diverted. Continue reading...

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