Metrolink passenger arrested and hauled off tram in middle of Manchester

A teenager suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car in Trafford. Police were called out to Manor Avenue, in Sale, at around 8.40pm last night (April 6).

Officers made four arrests following a drugs bust at a block of flats in Wigan on Wednesday morning (April 5). Three men and a woman are in custody to be questioned in relation to the supply of Class A drugs.

Police can take up to 18 months to make an arrest after becoming aware that a child is at risk of online sexual abuse, according to a report.

A teenager has been taken to hospital following a stabbing in Oldham. Two men are currently in custody following the incident on Littlemoor Lane yesterday (April 3).

A passenger on board a Jet2 flight to Manchester that was forced to make an emergency landing in Newquay has died, it has been confirmed.

Manchester is home to the biggest NHS trust in the country, employing more than 28,000 people in the region. Today, the mammoth organisation's new leader is starting - a former nurse who worked at three Greater Manchester hospitals.

A motorcyclist died in hospital after a collision with a BMW on a main road. The 29-year-old, who had been rushed to hospital with serious injuries, died a short while after the crash on Friday (March 31).

A man has been arrested on suspicion of robbery at a convenience shop in Wigan last night.

Two men have been arrested after a taxi driver was forced to pull over, before being 'grabbed from behind' and robbed in Oldham.

Police have arrested two more men following the death of 32-year-old Zikel Bobmanuel last weekend.

A man was arrested in connection with a reported rape at a property in Longsight.

It won't be long before we're in the midst of the transfer window once again and it looks set to be another expensive one for Manchester United.

A man has been arrested by police investigating a spate of robberies near to the old Toast Rack building in Fallowfield.

A significant amount of arrests and warrants took place during a day of action in Rochdale yesterday (March 21). This coincided with hundreds of cars being stopped for checks leading to more arrests as Operation AVRO made its mark on the town.

Allowing bicycles on board Metrolink trams would 'cause major problems', a committee of councillors was told as transport bosses revealed plans to use a quiet siding as an off-network testing site for a 'soft trial'.

Rail passengers are hitting out at the government's move to extend the contract of troubled train operator Avanti - despite the Secretary of State admitting there is 'still more work to be done to bring [Avanti] services up to the standards we expect'.

There are public transport warnings this evening (March 18) as a vehicle is blocking a Metrolink track causing disruption.

Six individuals have been arrested in connection to an explosion of violence in north Manchester last weekend.

The shocking extent of crime and anti-social behaviour on Greater Manchester's bus and tram network is laid bare by new figures showing a combined rise in incidents of more than a third.

Three men have been arrested after police stormed homes in south Manchester amid fears they were being used for cuckooing.