Greater Manchester

Uber drivers going on strike this week claim they’re ‘hanging by a thread’ after the company confirmed it takes nearly half of some fares.

Following damage to overhead Metrolink lines in Manchester City Centre, near to the Deansgate-Castlefield stop earlier today, repairs have now been completed and services will be resuming as normal on Wednesday morning.

During the investigation in 2024, Pelikan had been identified making his way from Manchester to Bradford, attending a business premises known for supplying blank-firing firearms and weapons.

A revised service pattern will be in place on Metrolink for much of the remainder of the day, while engineers repair damage to an overhead line.

A man has been arrested after a police operation uncovered a stash of weapons and drugs at a property in South Manchester.

A man has today (Tuesday 29 April 2025) been sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to a serious assault that left a Salford man with devastating injuries.

A power outage in Manchester city centre is causing significant disruption to Metrolink services.

The high street in Shaw, Oldham, is surprisingly busy for a Tuesday lunch time. Workers dodge into discount bakeries for a spot of lunch, mums with prams linger at charity shop windows, pensioners make sharp beelines for the town’s homely cafés.

Hundreds of surveillance cameras are still in operation across Greater Manchester – despite the government deeming them a security threat for Whitehall.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is reinforcing its commitment to tackling stalking offences as it supports this year’s national stalking awareness campaign.

A taxi driver feared for his life as a thug attacked him after flying into a rage when his Uber fare was cancelled.

This week, Marks & Spencer, one of the UK’s largest and most recognised retailers, faced a significant cyber attack.

Protesters gathered in Denton have reignited calls for MP Andrew Gwynne to resign following the ‘Trigger Me Timbers’ WhatsApp scandal.

A cherished local postie is fighting for change in Royton, which has been left with no high street banks for almost a decade.

The UK’s three biggest food delivery companies have signed up to a new charter aimed at making the streets of Greater Manchester safer for all who use them.

A Greater Manchester MP has been banned from entering Russia after being ‘sanctioned’ by Putin’s government.

Voters in Greater Manchester were busy last year, with elections for councillors, the mayor, and MPs all taking place.

Salford Central will re-open to passengers next week following major works to modernise the station.

Iconic moorland stone landmarks from which panoramic views stretching to the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales can be enjoyed are set to be refurbished.

People are being encouraged to plan their journeys ahead of the Manchester Marathon weekend, which is expected to be the busiest day of the year on Bee Network trams.

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham calls for devolved powers on taxis to fix a broken national taxi system

Officers seized 800 plants during the raid in Tameside at the weekend, as part of our commitment to tackling drugs supply in the area

At around 4am on Monday 15 July, Sebastian Jones launched a violent attack against a 41 year old man in Oldham town centre after a night out.

A Greater Manchester Police detective has been formally dismissed from the force and barred from ever returning to policing after being convicted of two counts of sexual assault.

Seven candidates will battle it out at next month’s by-election to become Rochdale’s newest councillor.

The three-week-long action, called Operation Machinize, began with three warrants on 3 March, which resulted in the recovery of 150 cannabis plants, the arrest of three individuals, and the detention of two individuals by Immigration Enforcement.

Seven people have been arrested and a crossbow recovered following a serious disturbance in Salford on the evening of Monday 14 April 2025.

On Tuesday 19 September 2023, Greater Manchester Police were called to reports of a burglary on Brandlesholme Road, Bury.