Another 144 ‘high quality’ new homes planned for Stockport town centre - and they’re all ‘affordable’

The former Ritz Cinema car park in Stockport town centre is to be sold off for housing. The authority's economy and regeneration scrutiny committee is recommended to back disposal of the land when it meets on Thursday night.The Fletcher Street site is currently used as a surface-level car park but council bosses say their vision for the site is as a’ high- quality residential development in this important town centre location’. A report set to go before the scrutiny committee says it would bolster regeneration of Town Centre West, the 4,000-home ‘urban village’ driven by the borough’s Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC).

The Met Office has issued a further yellow thunderstorm warning covering Greater Manchester this week.

Exclusive private members club Soho House has revealed its Manchester opening will now be in "late 2023". But membership applications have now officially opened - and have shown for the first time the price you're looking at paying to become a member.

A warning over possible thunderstorms has been issued for parts of England - including Greater Manchester on a massive day of events for the region.

Pulling plans to build two new platforms at Piccadilly station is a 'decade lost for the North of England', Andy Burnham has said as he pushed back against the move at a meeting of mayors, council leaders and rail chiefs today (June 7). Building platforms 15 and 16 has been seen as key to unclogging congestion on railways across the region – but the proposal was withdrawn last month.

A Stockport college has revealed plans for a ‘specialist’ new teaching block boasting convertible classrooms and an outdoor ‘student square’. Aquinas College, in Heaviley, has submitted proposals for a two-storey building at its base in Nangreave Road, just off the A6.

A plan to cut 24-hour cover at Sale Community Fire Station has come under attack from Trafford's Liberal Democrat group. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is this week launching a public consultation on proposals for a ‘day crew model’ at both Sale and Offerton in Stockport on the grounds that they are the third and second lowest risk areas respectively in the city region.

A new opening date for Co-op Live, the £365m indoor arena being built in by Manchester City's Etihad Stadium, has been announced.

Proposals for more than 65 homes on land around Saddleworth’s new high school are to go before councillors. The housing development would neighbour the new £27.5m Saddleworth School site, which opened in March last year.

It was the kind of overnight success story every small business owner dreams of. Aaron Darke set up Salford-based Zymurgorium gin company shortly after leaving university in 2012.

Manchester will be making its case for an underground station at Piccadilly in Parliament next week with the backing of business leaders from across the country. MPs will be looking at the latest HS2 plans which would see high speed rail arrive in the city centre on '15-metre high concrete stilts'.

A construction company has been appointed to undertake Stretford’s King Street transformation. Caddick Construction will carry out the first phase of the town centre’s wider £50million master plan after being appointed by joint-venture partners Trafford council and property company Bruntwood.

Police have issued an appeal for help to find a missing man from Stockport.

Real Madrid will be given preference ahead of Manchester United to sign Harry Kane if he leaves Tottenham Hotspur this summer, according to reports.

England Lioness boss Sarina Wiegman took to Boldmere St. Michaels to release her 23-player squad selection ahead of the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this coming summer.

The Europa League final between Roma and Sevilla takes place tonight.

Plans have emerged for a 106-home development on the site of a demolished business park in Wigan.

Manchester City will look to sign Bayern Munich defender Alphonso Davies if he leaves the German side and could rival Real Madrid for his signature.

Images of Manchester United's home kit for the 2023/24 season have yet again been 'leaked' after the shirt was spotted in a New York-based Adidas store.

Bury’s former post office building is set to be transformed into ‘high end’ apartments. The Crompton Street building, which is a striking example of 19th century Queen Anne style architecture, is the subject of plans which would see it converted it into 16 apartments.