'Danger to life' alert in place across Greater Manchester amid yellow 'sudden flooding' warning

Officers has issued an urgent appeal for help tracking down a wanted man in Greater Manchester. Police say Topu Rayhan is wanted in connection with sex offences.

The clock is ticking towards a bumper bank holiday weekend in Greater Manchester and attentions are turning to what weather could be in store. Either the red or blue half of the city will be celebrating FA Cup success tomorrow evening (May 25).

After two days of almost non-stop rain, things are about to change in Greater Manchester. The region is set for a much drier day today (May 24), according to the Met Office.

A teenage boy has died after being hit by a car on a busy Oldham road. Emergency services raced out to Rochdale Road, near the junction with King Street, at around 8.10pm on Tuesday night (May 21).

When the weather decides to play ball, nothing beats a day out at the park.

A boutique bowling and entertainment venue is to open in Trafford this summer featuring state-of-the-art lanes, shuffleboard, ping pong, and disco toilets.

Persistent rain is set to fall on Greater Manchester with a weather warning in force for the region. A yellow warning remains in force until midday today (May 23), with the Met Office suggesting roads, railways and power could all be affected at some stage.

Wigan councillors have installed long-serving community champion and colleague Coun Debbie Parkinson as the authority’s new ceremonial mayor. Coun Parkinson, 67, takes up the post alongside her fellow Standish and Langree ward member Coun Terry Mugan who is her consort.

A ‘generation of new towns’ modelled on areas including Hale will be built if Labour wins the next election, according Angela Rayner. The party’s deputy leader was setting out her party’s plans at the UK Real Estate, Investment & Infrastructure Forum in Leeds on Tuesday (May 21).

When it comes to waterparks Manchester is seriously lacking. The new Therme attraction is now being built near The Trafford Centre, but that's not expected to open until 2025.

Greater Manchester is braced for heavy rain this week before conditions turn drier at the weekend.

Police have issued a warning on open water swimming on what could be Greater Manchester's hottest day of the year so far.

Police patrols have been stepped up in Greater Manchester after two terror suspects appeared in court accused of plotting an Islamic State-inspired gun attack against members of the Jewish community in the North West.

A well respected senior teacher was unfairly sacked and discriminated against for 'trade union reasons', a tribunal has found.

A new Islamic school, regeneration around a train station and a new Lidl are some of the significant developments put before Greater Manchester this week.

Mum-of-three Gemma has been skipping meals so her youngest son can keep going to football training every week. It costs £5. Despite her sacrifices, she says the price of food, council tax and bills continuing to rise means she's continuing to struggle.

Andy Burnham has said three men were arrested on suspicion of terrorism arrests in Bolton and Wigan as a 'preventative move'.

It's almost the school holidays once again and there are some treats in store for families this May half term.

It's set to be a warm week in Greater Manchester - with temperatures climbing to 22C.

Campaigners have hit out after dozens of small nails were found strewn across a popular cycling route used by cyclists, families and children.