Jailed for four years after £20k of amphetamines found in his house

A Moston dealer has been jailed today after officers uncovered nearly £20,000 of drugs.  Craig Boland aged 31 of...

Manchester city centre bridges to be restored to Victorian splendour

A project to refurbish three historic railway bridges over streets in Manchester city centre will begin this week. The...

A plastic free Bury by 2022

Bury could become one of the first boroughs in the country to go plastic-free, and by 2022. The plans,...

Caring for the hills protects us from flooding, says new Manchester research

A restoration scheme on the hills of the Peak District has the potential to reduce the level of flood risk to the...

Salford City Council agrees new pay for employees

Salford City Council is the first organisation in the north west to officially reach a collective agreement to fully implement the national...

Man arrested after body of women found in a car in Swinton

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a women’s body was found in a car in Swinton last...

22 year old women raped in City Centre

Police are hunting for a man after a 22 year old women was raped in the City Centre early yesterday morning.

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.

GPs prescribe more opioids for pain in poor Northern areas, study reveals

Patients living in poorer areas are likely to be prescribed more opioids by their GPs, according to a study led by University...

Government reveals plans to tackle air pollution

Some wood burning stoves will be banned and restrictions on ammonia from fertilisers could be introduced under proposals introduced by the government...