Greater Manchester Police in contact with Foreign Office amid disappearance of three children 'thought to be with their dad'

A water attraction loved by generations of kids is still a much missed despite closing 20-years ago.

Funding of over a million pounds has been given to Greater Manchester to commission independent advisors who will support victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence - including LGBT victims, children and young people, as well as victims of stalking and harassment.

Nurseries are at 'breaking point' in Greater Manchester in the cost of living crisis, with owners facing a 'mass exodus'.

There’s no hope in John McDonald’s eyes. “I haven’t eaten in three days,” he says, glancing down at the floor. “I’ve been on the streets since my mum and dad died four years ago.”

Housing plans that ‘threaten the whole identity’ of a Rochdale village have sparked outrage among green belt campaigners. Proposals for 450 new ‘family homes’ in Norden and Bamford have long been included in Places for Everyone (PfE) - the region’s controversial joint development plan, now awaiting government sign-off.

The major increase in the energy price cap could risk ‘deaths’ amid yet more financial pressure in what is already a cost of living crisis, warns one Greater Manchester health boss. The fears come as financial campaigner Martin Lewis has highlighted that families with medical needs will be disproportionately impacted by the soaring energy prices.

On a sunny Friday in the lead-up to the busy August bank holiday weekend, Bury market is full of friendly faces. But it only takes a mere mention of this week's announcement - yet ANOTHER devastating announcement - on the rising energy price cap for anger and fear to begin to show.

A property in Rochdale has had a huge amount of interest after it was put on the market earlier this week. Andrew Kelly, one of the largest independent estate agents in the borough, listed the four-bed home in Hall Fold, Whitworth for sale on Tuesday, August 16 - and ever since it has been swarmed with attention.

This map shows the homes across Greater Manchester at risk of flooding.

It's not often that you see patrons of a restaurant eating sand from a fake beach and sniffing each other's rear ends, but this is business as usual for Alfie's Island Café. Located on a large site in Timperley, the dog-friendly space is the creation of husband-and-wife duo Tony and Tania Golden - former owners of Central Bark Café.

The Met Office has warned of a possible 'danger to life' from flooding in an updated thunderstorm alert issued on Monday. The Greater Manchester region is braced for storms and heavy rainfall today as the recent heatwave comes to an end in spectacular style.

More patients at Manchester's hospitals faced long waits for A&E and ambulance services in July than any other month on record, new figures show. Last month in Greater Manchester, almost 1,751 people endured more than 12 hours of waiting in A&E for a bed on a ward, after medics decided they were unwell enough to be admitted to hospital.

If you live in or around Manchester, you'll have heard of Heaton Park.

Greater Manchester boasts several prestigious towns and villages that are renowned for attracting some rather wealthy residents. From Premier League footballers and TV stars to esteemed businessmen and women, certain parts of our region have become hotspots for the rich and famous.

House hunters looking to buy in Greater Manchester can now expect to pay around £236,876 for a home, according to Rightmove's latest average house price data.

Leaders in Greater Manchester have joined the Mayor of London in condemning Avanti West Coast to cut the number of services to and from the capital. City-region mayor, Andy Burnham, leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig, and London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have penned a letter to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, asking for an urgent meeting to restore the full timetable.

‘Not enough vaccines, test results delayed for days, and people cancelling Pride plans’ - monkeypox fears are building as the number of cases in Greater Manchester are on the rise.

Greater Manchester is set to sizzle in almost 30C temperatures this week as another heatwave sweeps Britain.

If Greater Manchester Police was a Premier League football team, they're a few points adrift of safety and facing relegation. The board sacked Ian Hopkins mid-season and in came the policing equivalent of Sam Allardyce.

A serial domestic abuser who threatened to kill his partner and held a knife to her throat was one of the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week.