Major £1.4m crime ring cracked after dealer's mum 'caught-red handed' on bed

The creation of a major new high speed rail station in Liverpool, strengthening the city's links with Manchester, has taken a significant step closer.

Coronation Street's Claire Sweeney has shared a major update about her future on the ITV soap. The actress joined the show last year as Tyrone Dobbs' real mum and Evelyn Plummer's daughter.

BBC recently, where he discussed the proposed £1 ticket levy on all gigs arena-sized and above, to help secure the future of grassroots venues and artists.Roden said that he was “very aware it’s a hot topic”, and that he was “embracing the conversation”, but that he believed the levy was “too simplistic”.The report suggests that he thinks support should come directly from the government, and added that while he acknowledges the financial pressures on small venues, he thinks some of them are poorly run.“If the conversation stops being ‘Give me a quid’ and quite aggressive – if it changed to be, ‘What can we do together to help?’, that’s where I think we start to get into that apprenticeship conversation and all those different things that we want to work through,” he said.“We’ve got a list of ideas that we’re currently forming, and I think once we’ve been open six months or a year, we’ll be really able to add something very significant to the grassroots system in Manchester.”2/521.7% of all the shows will be performed by artists over retirement age. 8.6% of all the shows will be performed by artists under the age of 30.

The sight of John Stones being substituted at half-time of Manchester City's FA Cup win over Chelsea felt like de ja vu.

Police are hunting for the criminals responsible for a large cannabis farm following a raid in Bolton. Officers descended on a house in Thicketford Road this afternoon (April 18) after receiving a tip-off from the community.

A police officer climbed over a counter to detain a shop worker who ignored requests to stop hiding bags full of illicit tobacco, licensing papers state. A hearing is set to consider an application tomorrow, (Friday) for Beytoushi Market, Bury New Road, Prestwich to sell alcohol until midnight Sunday to Thursday and 2am on Fridays and Saturdays.

A major UK airport is currently closed to aircraft movements due to a suspicious device found on a flight.

Manchester actress Lesly Sharp and Netflix Fool Me Once star Richard Armitage are set to star in a 'ground-breaking' new ITV thriller, Red Eye plunges viewers into the tension of a "red eye" flight from London to Beijing.

Although Manchester United have conceded at least 20 shots in nine of their last 10 games in the Premier League, Erik ten Hag has played down the problem.

Police today launched a murder investigation after an 18-year-died in hospital two weeks after he suffered serious stab injuries.

A major update to the Eagles UK residency has been announced. The band, who will be performing exclusively in Manchester this summer, were due to be joined by long-time contemporaries Steely Dan for their final tour dates.

Sky internet customers are reporting a major outage in areas of Greater Manchester on Wednesday morning.

Three boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenage boy was killed in a stabbing in Moss Side.

A man wanted on suspicion of the murder of an Oldham mum in Bradford was captured in chilling CCTV footage just moments after the fatal stabbing.

Manchester Airport has announced a new route to Hamburg. Eurowings will operate a service four times a week to the German city, flying on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

A quiet and residential community has been rocked after human remains were found near a nature reserve in Salford last week.

A major Eid al-Fitr celebration will be returning to Greater Manchester next week to mark the end of Ramadan.

A major new road scheme being considered for Heywood town centre to make it more accessible would have the opposite effect and cause gridlock, transport bosses have been warned.

England striker Ollie Watkins will be unavailable for Aston Villa when they go toe-to-toe with Manchester City in the Premier League on Wednesday night (8.15pm). The 28-year-old picked up an injury in the 2-0 win over Wolves on Saturday afternoon and had to be replaced at half-time.

Work has begun on a major £33.6m project on a main route in Stockport.