Life in Greater Manchester's cheapest area - where people 'take the rough with the smooth'

The number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 in Greater Manchester has almost doubled in the space of a week. There were 251 Covid-related hospital admissions in the week ending June 12, compared to 133 the week before - an increase of 89pc.

House prices in the UK are at a record high, with the average home across the country now costing £367,501 according to Rightmove's latest data. This is the fourth month in a row that house prices have risen, with a jump of more than £55,000 in the past two years.

With house prices continuing to soar and the cost of living crisis worsening, it is becoming much more difficult for people to buy their first home. With the average house price in the UK at an all-time high, first-time buyers now need to save up a much bigger sum to get their foot onto the property ladder.

Streets around seven schools in Stockport are to be closed at picking up and dropping off time as part of a new trial. Starting this week streets around a select group of primary schools will be shut to through traffic and parents or guardians parking to drop off or collect their kids in the car.

An NHS trust which runs hospitals and other health services in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and Salford is now the first to have fully electric trucks in its fleet. The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is taking part in a year-long trial which will see two fully electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) used by the NHS group.

A cocaine-fuelled thug who killed an innocent grandad with a single punch was just one of the offenders jailed in our region last week.

The Queen has one of the largest property empires in Europe - with a portfolio worth billions of pounds. But among the castles, estates and palaces she also owns a few places you perhaps wouldn't expect.

House prices are at an all-time high, and coupled with the cost of living crisis, now is an increasingly difficult time to buy. First-time buyers looking to get on the property ladder are now facing an even bigger challenge as demand continues to outweigh supply, meaning that any homes that do become available are being snapped up quickly.

The top five noisiest areas in Wigan for the last three years have been revealed with hundreds of complaints being made by residents in the borough. The Atherton ward claimed the number one spot for noise complaints over between 2019 and 2022 with 70 in total.

More people are choosing to rent amid the UK's cost of living crisis as buying your own home is becoming even more unaffordable. As well as house prices being at an all-time high, the soaring cost of energy bills, food, petrol prices and council tax means people are now much less likely to be able to save up and get on the property ladder.

The cost of renting a home in the UK has reached nearly £1,000 a month as rent prices have risen at the fastest pace in 14 years. The average rent now stands at £995 a month after climbing by 11% over the last year, according to Zoopla.

A Greater Manchester Conservative MP believes Boris Johnson has a fight on his hands to survive as the Prime Minister following a vote of no confidence. Despite winning the poll last on Monday (June 6) the pressure has not been taken off the PM as over 40 per cent of Conservative MPs said they had lost confidence in him.

Nearly 36,000 older people in Greater Manchester are missing out on more than £1,700 a year in pension top-up payments, new figures reveal. Around £70 million is unclaimed across the city-region, with pensioners now being urged to check if they are eligible for the payment which 'could make all the difference'.

As the Jubilee weekend reaches its climax, the Met Office has warned that all boroughs across Greater Manchester could be hit by thunderstorms and bad weather for the whole day. A yellow thunderstorm weather warning has been issued for large parts of England, including the North West and Greater Manchester.

The Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend is expected to get off to a sunny start in Greater Manchester. Highs of 19C are forecast for the region today although some areas could see rain later on.

Children in Oldham are more likely to be born into poverty than in any other borough in Greater Manchester - with families facing heartbreaking cutbacks to stay afloat.

Average petrol prices have exceeded £1.70 per litre for the first time, new figures show. The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts on Tuesday was 170.4p, according to data firm Experian Catalist.

Claims have been made the Metrolink has made Oldham WORSE. A new study analysing how levelling up can be implemented successfully has suggested the town may have been better off if the region's tram system didn’t connect to it.

One of Greater Manchester's highest ranking fire officers has lost an appeal against his dismissal. Assistant County Fire Officer, Dave Keelan, who earned £130,000 a year, was suspended by the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service on November 22nd while an investigation took place into an "internal complaint".

It's a landmark known across Greater Manchester. Soon, a new community will emerge in the shadow of Stockport's famous viaduct.