Local News from Sunday, May 4th, 2025

A large emergency services response was seen in Ramsbottom on Sunday evening, 4 May, after a man’s body was tragically discovered in the River Irwell.

A man's body has been recovered from the water in Rochdale, following a large emergency service presence.

Emergency services are currently on scene of an incident at the Rochdale canal.

A woman has died after being struck by a car in a shocking incident on Whitworth Road, Rochdale, which police are now treating as murder.

A Workers Party councillor in Rochdale has raised serious concerns regarding Thursday's by-election in Balderstone & Kirkholt, citing multiple issues that call into question the integrity of the electoral process.

Residents on Daisy Street, Rochdale came together on Saturday 3 May for a VE Day street party organised by the New Pioneers Spotland Community Centre.

At Spotland Community Centre, there’s a café doing more than just serving food, it’s aim is to help people feel less alone.

Officers from GMP Bury are appealing for information following the theft of a rare commemorative boat from a van parked at The Millgate shopping centre in Bury.

Five men have been arrested, including three in Greater Manchester, as part of a counter-terrorism operation investigating a suspected plot to target a specific premises.