Life in the Greater Manchester village where you pay 12p to get in and out

A debate has erupted in a Greater Manchester borough - over the location of the border between two areas.

In a region as big as Greater Manchester, it can be difficult to know where are the best areas to live. Each year The Sunday Times puts together a comprehensive guide of the Best Places to Live in the UK - and this year it featured three areas in our region.

The Sunday Times has named three Greater Manchester areas in its list of the best places to live in the UK this year. The comprehensive guide, which is released annually, looks at all areas across the UK and assesses the qualities that make up a desirable area to live.

Greater Manchester has a shocking disparity in life expectancy, with children born in some areas predicted to live 10 years longer than in others, figures reveal.

Schools and colleges across the country are set to receive a share of £2.5 billion to upgrade their buildings, and create extra pupil places, the Government has announced.

With pretty boutiques housed in a patchwork of historic buildings along its bustling High Street, Tarporley is a thriving village community in the heart of Cheshire. It has won countless "best kept village" awards over the years, has a Royal connection, and can now add the accolade of being named one of the Best Places to Live in the UK by The Sunday Times.

It’s easy to see why the Lake District is one of the most popular places to visit in the UK. First of all, it’s brimming with natural beauty, with rugged mountains giving way to smooth expanses of tranquil water.

Trafford council appears to have back-tracked on its plan to ‘dispose’ of Altrincham Town Hall following a tide of local protest. A move to sell a 25-year-lease on the historic building to a childcare company has been ditched with community groups now invited to tender alternative bids.

It's 8.20am on a Thursday morning. Students are walking, cars are queueing and parents are panicking as the lights turn green at the junction from 'hell'.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run. The pedestrian was taken to hospital after being knocked down in Middleton on Friday night.

Councils have been setting their annual budgets over the last few weeks. This includes the difficult decision of whether to raise council tax and by how much.

Many of us will have woken up to see our gardens submerged in snow, and found ourselves battling blizzards on the journey to work or school in recent days.

Every Saturday morning, thousands of people lace up their running shoes and set out on parkrun routes across the country.

Forecasters have issued another warning for icy weather in Greater Manchester this weekend. But with a bit of luck we might have seen the back of the snow... for now.

Rank-and-file police officers across Greater Manchester have backed calls for a 17 per cent pay rise this year.

The weather will turn wintry in Greater Manchester tomorrow (Thursday, March 9), with snow forecast to fall across some boroughs.

Snow is expected to fall across Greater Manchester tomorrow as temperatures dip below freezing.

Five Greater Manchester restaurants have been named as some of the best-reviewed for brunch and Sunday lunch in the UK. Bookings site OpenTable collected the reviews for the best 100 restaurants in the UK, with the results being published today.

A serial rapist who terrorised women across Greater Manchester and was given 13 life sentences was today released from prison. Andrew Barlow, formerly, Andrew Longmire, was taken under police escort to a hostel run by the Probation Service.

It is British Pie Week. And while every week should, perhaps, be pie week, this week actually is. So there’s likely some legal requirement, or almost certainly a bylaw, that states that pies should be ingested this week en masse.