Five tower blocks in Hulme and Rusholme will have to have cladding removed

Five tower blocks in Hulme and Rusholme have joined the nationwide list of buildings deemed unsafe following the Grenfell fire disaster in London nearly...

Metrolink Fares to rise in January 2018 but passengers to choose by how much

Fares on Greater Manchester's Metrolink are set to rise in January 2018 but their customers are being invited to have their say on how fares...

The Great Science Share to be held at Manchester City Football Club

Hundreds of primary school children are set to inspire each other and the next generation of scientists at the Greater Manchester Great Science Share. It...

Mayor’s Homelessness Fund awards the first round of grants.

Charities working across Greater Manchester have been given a cash boost as the Mayor’s Homelessness Fund awards the first round of grants. Coffee4Craig, Early Break...

Work begins to remove cladding from nine Pendleton tower blocks

Work have now started to remove the aluminium composite cladding on nine high rise blocks in Pendleton. This follows the announcement on Friday 23 June...

Pensioner dies a day after being hit by a car in Heywood

A seventy nine year old women  who was injured in a collision in Heywood on Thursday morning has died. The women was hit by a...

Manchester bomber made his device from watching You Tube videos

According to reports in this morning's Times newspaper, the device that was detonated in the atrium at the Manchester Arena was built using home...

Cladding to be removed from nine blocks in Pendleton

Salford Council has announced that it will be removing cladding from nine tower blocks in Pendleton in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster...

Reward for Good Samaritan Bianca

A good Samaritan, who stopped to talk to a distressed man, has been awarded by Greater Manchester Police for her brave and calm intervention. In...

Mayoral review set up to strengthen community cohesion across Greater Manchester

One month on from the tragic arena attack Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has announced a review into the way extremism is tackled...