Middleton investment boost as £150,000 community facility opens

An innovative community facility that will help to reduce social isolation and boost residents’ mental and physical wellbeing has been launched in Middleton. The new...

Salford City Mayor gives seal of approval on ground-breaking eco-homes

Greater Manchester’s largest Passivhaus-targeted, affordable housing scheme, Greenhaus, has been endorsed as a benchmark for new sustainable development in Salford by City Mayor Paul...

Attacks on swimmers and watersports enthusiasts have to stop before someone is seriously hurt...

Attacks on swimmers and watersports enthusiasts have to stop before someone is seriously hurt or drowned, Salford Watersports Centre has warned. Groups of youths...

Skin cancer death rates in men risen dramatically in the last 50 years

Skin cancer death rates in UK men have more than tripled since the early 1970s, according to new analysis released today by Cancer Research...

GMP officers honoured for bravery at the 2022 National Police Bravery Awards

Three GMP officers havereceived bravery awards for successfully arresting a man carrying a firearm in the Harpurhey area of North Manchester in March 2021. PC...

Finalists announced for Northern Gamechanger awards

The finalists for Manchester’s newest awards programme have been announced today – with 40 local individuals and businesses in the running to becoming an...

Union announces two more days of rail strikes for August

RMT will take a further 2 days strike action this Summer in a row over job security, pay and working conditions. The strikes on August...
The family of the woman who died after a bus crashed into a bus shelter in Piccadilly Gardens on Sunday have paid tribute to her

Tributes paid to Joyce killed in Piccadilly Gardens after heading home from seeing Top...

The family of the woman who died after a bus crashed into a bus shelter in Piccadilly Gardens on Sunday have paid tribute to...
Paul Brierley aged 44 of Hendon Street, Leigh, has been jailed for the manslaughter of 57-year-old Paul Ologbose from Leigh

Jailed for six and a half years after his punch outside a Leigh nightclub

Paul Brierley aged 44 of Hendon Street, Leigh, has been jailed for the manslaughter of 57-year-old Paul Ologbose from Leigh. Brierly appeared before Manchester Crown...
Suella Braverman has been knocked out of the Conservative leadership race, leaving five candidates to head into the next round

Suella Braverman knocked out of Tory leadership race

Suella Braverman has been knocked out of the Conservative leadership race, leaving five candidates to head into the next round. Rishi Sunak topped the poll...