NHS patient obesity study launched in Tameside

One of the biggest patient studies into obesity to be held in the North West gets underway in Tameside this month.

Woman killed after being hit by police car in Royton

A 53 year old woman has died from her injuries in hospital hours after being hit by a police car chasing a stolen car...

Manchester Fashion brand has ‘Kontroversial’ sales approach to Black Friday

Manchester-based, gender-neutral fashion brand, Kontroversial, is using this Black Friday not to spike sales but to raise money for a charity close to its...

Investigation continues into deaths of three people in Failsworth on Monday

An investigation is underway into the deaths of two men and a woman who were found unresponsive at an address in the Failsworth area...

Stockport armed siege comes to an end

An armed siege that the police have been dealing with for most of the day in Stockport has come to an end this evening. The...

Manchester Go Ahead bus drivers ‘bullied and intimidated’ with sack threat in fire and...

The Unite Union has accused management at Go North West of attempting to intimidate workers into signing vastly inferior contracts. Unite expressed outrage at...

Sale mum’s Gladrags and bin bags for Maggie’s cancer charity

Sale mum Louise Wheeler is taking part in a novel fundraising idea from Maggie’s Manchester to help to encourage donations after the cancer support...

Sunak set to dilute net zero commitments

Media reports this morning are predicting that the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is on the verge of diluting a series of measures designed to...

BBC Radio Manchester launches Homelessness Season

A series of special reports on the homelessness crisis in Manchester and how it can be solved are to be broadcast across...

Missed savings and impact of climate and energy costs add up to £2,150 to...

If the UK had shifted away from oil and gas more quickly to technologies including renewables, home insulation, rooftop solar panels, heat pumps and...