Bright blue office block with quirky name be built on former college site

Brooke Vincent delighted Coronation Street fans by reuniting with her former co-star before joking she was "the one that got away". Over the weekend, the actress enjoyed a night out with former co-star and friend Sacha Parkinson.

A former police officer has admitted sending images of an injured suspect to his wife.

Regarded by many as the UK's top rollercoaster, Nemesis at Alton Towers has recently had a complete facelift and has reopened under the new name, Nemesis Reborn.

Nearly 100 people have objected to a proposed four-storey extension above a shisha lounge and office building in Salford.

Nursery owners face an anxious wait after planners delayed making a decision on giving permission for a 15-storey tower next door.

Former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has returned to the world of football, having been a director at Salford City FC for most of this season.

A public appeal has been launched after a woman was approached by an unknown man 'impersonating a police officer' in Urmston last weekend.

The Smile headlined the third night of the BBC 6 Music Festival last night (March 9), alongside the London Contemporary Orchestra – check out the video below. The COVID-formed, loose experimental band, comprised of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, alongside Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, played a lengthy set at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse, the main body of which saw them joined by the classical orchestra.

No trams are running from Rochdale due to a broken down car blocking the tracks. Metrolink services are not operating between the town centre and Freehold, affecting all stops to Oldham too, because of the blockage that was first reported this morning (March 10).

A fugitive who was caught at Manchester Airport coming back from South America has been charged with murder.

Gossip have teamed up with Alison Moyet to perform a cover of Yazoo‘s ‘Situation’.The Arkansas band were headlining BBC’s 6 Music Festival, which is currently taking place across Greater Manchester until Sunday, March 10.Midway through their set, Gossip began performing Yazoo’s ‘Situation’, with vocalist Beth Ditto introducing Alison Moyet on stage: “Please put your hands together for one of the icons of my life!”It is Moyet’s first live performance in over a year, as Moyet recently graduated from the University of Brighton in 2023 with a degree in Fine Art.Watch Gossip and Moyet perform ‘Situation’ here at around 44 minutes 20 seconds.NME spoke to Gossip in January, where Ditto opened up about Gossip’s reunion: “Well, I was doing a record with Rick Rubin in Hawaii.“I really wanted Nathan to play on that record because I was going to do a solo record. There was one day Nathan was playing something.

It was the night before Christmas when PC Helena Stone decided to get behind the wheel of a car, despite being too drunk to drive. Now, after being caught red-handed by her Greater Manchester Police colleagues, she has received a ban from driving and from ever serving in the police again.

A man was treated for minor injuries after a car involved in a collision with another vehicle mounted a pavement and crashed into a building. The drama happened on Hyde Road in east Manchester on Friday afternoon.

Experts are looking into how a stream near a popular park in Stockport turned a strange shade colour. The watercourse, close to Bruntwood Park in Cheadle, was seen having turned a bright, almost luminous shade of blue.

A Manchester City fan group wants the club to consider more safe standing in the South Stand as work on the North Stand expansion continues.

A man given a 'warning shot' by police was caught by the same officer weeks later. Charles Harris, 22, was stopped by an officer who informed him nitrous oxide was illegal.

Plans to partially demolish a church and replace it with five new homes in Sale have been submitted to Trafford council. If approved part of Sale United Reformed Church will make wake way for two new detached houses. Part of the old Sunday school hall will also be demolished to allow its conversion into three more homes.

A residential street in Gorton was cordoned off throughout Tuesday evening (March 5) with a taxi inspected by officers following a reported attack.

Paul Weller has announced a UK headline tour for later this year – you can find all the details below.The former Jam frontman is due to hit the road in the autumn in support of his 17th solo album ’66’, which will be released on May 24 – the day before his 66th birthday (pre-order here).Kicking off in Cheltenham on October 17, the stint also includes stop-offs in Brighton, Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, Llandudno, Liverpool and other locations throughout that month and into early November.The tour is set to conclude with a performance at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London on November 8. Weller will be joined on the run by special guest opener Liam Bailey.Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT next Friday (March 8) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

There was rush hour chaos on Thursday evening (February 29) after a crash caused major traffic in Stockport.