Greater Manchester

An Oldham mother has launched a High Court compensation claim worth more than £1 million against the NHS, alleging that medical errors at Royal Oldham Hospital left her son with permanent brain damage.

A pioneering conservation project using satellite collars could transform how threatened landscapes are managed in Lancashire

Anthony Englishby handed two-year exclusion order and suspended prison sentence following thefts in Stockport

The development of a new rail line between Liverpool and Manchester can “balance up the economy of the country” and provide better economic growth than anywhere else in the UK, Metro Mayors will argue today.

Metrolink (KAM), operator of the UK’s largest light rail network, is recruiting new tram drivers for its upcoming training programmes, with the next cohort beginning on Monday 2 June 2025.

NHS Blood and Transplant has launched an urgent appeal for blood and platelet donors across Greater Manchester, warning that four Bank Holidays in six weeks have put pressure on supplies.

Essential safety improvements on the M60 motorway between junctions 16 and 18 are set to last until August 2025, National Highways has announced.

Landmarks across Rochdale and Bury have been lit in red, white and blue to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Essential engineering work to ensure a Victorian-era tunnel remains safe will result in a reduced tram service on the Bury line this weekend.

Five retired Greater Manchester Police officers, aged between 73 and 81, have been arrested as part of a serious investigation into the sexual exploitation of a girl in the 1960s.

Streets were closed as patriotic residents across Greater Manchester joined in the VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations, donning union flag outfits and hats.

Four Iranian nationals, including a man arrested in Rochdale, can now be held in custody and questioned until Saturday (10th May) as part of a counter terrorism investigation, following the granting of warrants of further detention.

A 71-year-old man has died after being struck by a car while crossing a road in Salford.

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.

A 60 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving following a major collision on the M62 near Birch services that left one person seriously injured.

The upcoming Manchester Remembers charity football match, due to take place at Gigg Lane on 14 June 2025, has been cancelled. Organisers have also announced the permanent closure of the Manchester Remembers Foundation.

Five men have been sentenced to a combined 34 years and six months in prison following a major investigation into a Chadderton-based county lines drug operation that trafficked heroin and cocaine worth an estimated £750,000.

It’s been a tumultuous month-or-so for Manchester’s taxi drivers.

A serious collision on the M62 this afternoon has resulted in the westbound carriageway being closed between junctions 19 and 18, causing widespread traffic disruption across Greater Manchester.

The number of School Streets in Greater Manchester is set to increase to 60 in the next year as part of a wider programme to boost the number of children walking, wheeling and cycling to school.

A councillor has blasted Oldham Council over ‘dog fouling mayhem’ after an FOI revealed zero dog owners have been issued fines so far in 2025.

Parents in Manchester were fined £1.4m for taking children out of school during term-time in the last three years, a study found.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested following a dangerous high-speed police pursuit that began on the M60 near Bury and ended in Salford.

Greater Manchester is set to enjoy the warmest day of the year so far today (Thursday 1 May), with temperatures peaking at 26°C in parts of the region.

Greater Manchester Police has issued a statement following the broadcast of Channel 4’s harrowing documentary Groomed: A National Scandal.

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.

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