A serial rapist who terrorised Greater Manchester and got 13 life sentences was today released from prison

Homes and businesses across Greater Manchester have reportedly been hit by two power cuts. More than 1,000 properties in total are affected by the incidents this morning (March 23), according to Electricity North West.

A local historian is writing to the Pope to protest over an ‘abandoned’ Roman Catholic graveyard which he says has become a ‘drugs den’. The overgrown cemetery - known as Barton Upon Irwell Roman Catholic Graveyard - in the Peel Green area of Eccles has not been used for a burial since 1940.

A driver winds down his window and drops 12p into a metal bucket.

It's 8.20am on a Thursday morning. Students are walking, cars are queueing and parents are panicking as the lights turn green at the junction from 'hell'.

Councils have been setting their annual budgets over the last few weeks. This includes the difficult decision of whether to raise council tax and by how much.

Many of us will have woken up to see our gardens submerged in snow, and found ourselves battling blizzards on the journey to work or school in recent days.

Every Saturday morning, thousands of people lace up their running shoes and set out on parkrun routes across the country.

Forecasters have issued another warning for icy weather in Greater Manchester this weekend. But with a bit of luck we might have seen the back of the snow... for now.

The weather will turn wintry in Greater Manchester tomorrow (Thursday, March 9), with snow forecast to fall across some boroughs.

A restaurateur has branded some former Love Islanders and influencers as 'cheeky' for demanding free food in exchange for 'exposure' - after being inundated with requests on social media.

Snow is expected to fall across Greater Manchester tomorrow as temperatures dip below freezing.

Five Greater Manchester restaurants have been named as some of the best-reviewed for brunch and Sunday lunch in the UK. Bookings site OpenTable collected the reviews for the best 100 restaurants in the UK, with the results being published today.

It is British Pie Week. And while every week should, perhaps, be pie week, this week actually is. So there’s likely some legal requirement, or almost certainly a bylaw, that states that pies should be ingested this week en masse.

A stunning property has come on the market in Greater Manchester which boasts a garden just like the Love Island villa - just without the South African views. The four-bed house is set in the picturesque village of Barrow Bridge in north Bolton and is listed for sale on Zoopla for £750,000.

Greater Manchester, along with the rest of the UK, will see temperatures plummet over the coming week with snow readily on the horizon, the Met Office has said.

Met Office forecasts predict snow to drop across Greater Manchester next week as freezing winds sweep across the country.

Officers have issued an urgent appeal for help tracking down a wanted man in Greater Manchester. Police in Tameside are trying to trace Stuart Mitchell.

Robots will soon be delivering bags of shopping in Greater Manchester to help customers with their 'busy lives'. Small white robots, that travel solo along the pavement, were designed by Starship, offering 'meals on six wheels'.

Hundreds of young people across Greater Manchester are to get free cycle hire, in a new promotion announced by Mayor Andy Burnham. The first 1,000 Our Pass members to sign up for the offer will get 50 minutes free 'bee bike' hire in March, April and May.

A controlling thug who murdered his girlfriend after she questioned him about seeing other women faces a life sentence. Kevin Mannion, 45, stabbed Elinor O'Brien in the groin in a 'rageful and violent attack' after the pair rowed in his city centre apartment.