Biker, 16, seriously injured after reports of shooting in Salford

Plans for a huge, £53m apartment block towering 26 storeys on Salford's border with Manchester have been tabled.

A woman aged in her 80s was taken to hospital with a head injury after reports of a road traffic collision on a busy road in Oldham.

Virgin Media is down this morning with tens of thousands of people reporting issues with the network.

Horrified onlookers rushed to help a victim who lay injured in the street after a serious assault on Sunday afternoon (April 2). Police and paramedics attended the scene in Failsworth at around 3pm to reports of a section 18 assault.

A young woman has been left with serious injuries following a crash on a major road on the edge of Manchester city centre.

The family of a young woman who had moved to Manchester to 'pursue her dreams' before being found dead in Salford Quays say they are still desperate for answers three months on from her tragic death.

A woman in her 60s has died following a crash in Bolton which left two other people seriously injured, police have confirmed. Darwen Road in Bromley Cross was closed for several hours following the horror smash on Thursday morning.

Police have issued an appeal to help trace a Salford woman who is believed to be missing with her four children.

A gunman opened fire at a home and a taxi office to send a 'powerful message', a court heard. Two gangland shootings happened in Salford and Bury within months of each other with the same gunman pulling the trigger.

The mystery surrounding the ownership of a Roman Catholic graveyard last used in 1940 has deepened after new security gates were fitted. As highlighted by the MEN last week, history enthusiast Craig Ellis voiced safety fears over how the Barton Upon Irwell Roman Catholic Graveyard was easily accessible and was being used as a drugs den.

Salford has beaten Manchester to be named the best city for street food in the whole of the UK. Manchester’s neighbouring city even beat London to the top slot, based on various data collated by food truck makers Diamond Trailers.

The victim of a fatal shooting had previously been jailed for breaking a woman's jaw in a nightclub row in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Zikel Bobmanel was named by his family as the man at the centre of a murder investigation at the weekend.

Manchester United supporters have been left shocked following Finnish businessman Thomas Zilliacus' proposal to buy the Reds.

Inflation in the UK had a shock rise to 10.4 per cent in February - defying expectations that it would go down again following three months of decline.

People living in areas including Salford and Manchester are among the most likely to die from lung conditions, according to new research published today.

A man has been taken to hospital after being found injured 'lying on the grass' following reports of a fight in Rochdale.

Six individuals have been arrested in connection to an explosion of violence in north Manchester last weekend.

Police have issued another 24-hour order to increase stop and search powers following two violent episodes reportedly linked to gangs. A Section 60 order for parts of north Manchester is now in force until 4.15pm on Friday, March 17.

Stop and search powers have been beefed up in north Manchester again tonight following a fight 'with machetes' which could be linked to Sunday's shooting in Collyhurst. Greater Manchester Police says a group of six males were fighting on Tavistock Square, in Harpurhey, this afternoon (March 15).

Foster carers across Salford are to get a £1.6million boost in ther allowance payments. Salford city council says its Foster for Salford team and the Foster Care Association have ‘worked closely’ to ensure carers are ‘prioritised' in the council’s budget decisions ‘particularly through the cost of living crisis’.