New homes, shops and places to have fun - the plan to make a town centre great again

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.

The M.E.N recently reported on the scale of demand for high school places in Trafford, the only Greater Manchester borough which still has a state grammar school system decided by the 11-plus exam. Here, the M.E.N's Damon Wilkinson writes about how Trafford came to be the only borough in our region which kept a selective school system which defined post-war Britain - but only survives in a few parts of the country today.

Plans for a solar farm at a landfill in Greater Manchesterwould power nearly 3,000 homes, the developer has said. The Whitehead site at Astley, on the border of Wigan and Salford, will be used to generate 10m watts of electricity, if the plans are given the green light.

Vampire Weekend have released a new single ‘Mary Boone’ and announced a UK and European tour for the end of 2024. Read on for all the details.‘Mary Boone’ is the fourth and final single to be shared ahead of the release of their fifth studio album ‘Only God Was Above Us‘, which comes out on April 5.

Greater Manchester, with its rich industrial legacy, has seen numerous railway stations become lost to time. Early expansions in the 19th and early 20th centuries saw a dense network of lines connecting communities.

Cassyette has opened up about the loss of her father on her emotional new single ‘When She Told Me’.The alt-rock singer has taken her new single from her upcoming album ‘This World Fucking Sucks‘, which is due out August 23 via 23 Recordings. She’s previously released the singles ‘Why Am I Like This?‘ and ‘Ipecac‘.Now, Casseyette has shared the latest teaser of her record, a song called ‘When She Told Me’.

Manchester United are reportedly interested in making a move for former Manchester City centre-back and current Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo.

In 2015 the Our Manchester Strategy was developed - a 10-year plan based on how Mancunians wanted to see our city grow.

A British family is living mortgage free in their dream home - after buying the property for just £7,000. Laura Phoenix, and her husband, Anthony, migrated to Bulgaria amid spiralling housing costs in the UK.

One of the area’s most powerful officials says Greater Manchester’s mayoral system is winning attention worldwide - and says investment and growth zones that look “crazy” on maps are actually carefully crafted to help bring skilled jobs to the region.

A man accused of murder has denied a double stabbing after one man was killed and another was injured after a ‘fist fight’ in Manchester city centre.

A man given a 'warning shot' by police was caught by the same officer weeks later. Charles Harris, 22, was stopped by an officer who informed him nitrous oxide was illegal.

Noel and Sue Radford, famous for being the UK's largest family, have confessed that fame is not their "comfort zones", maintaining they're 'shy' individuals. During a recent book signing in Manchester for their new offering titled The Radfords: Making Life Count, the couple were taken aback by how many fans came to meet them.

ITV News presenter Nadia Hossain has to apologise after accidentally saying Jeremy C*** live on air, instead of Jeremy Hunt.

Plans to partially demolish a church and replace it with five new homes in Sale have been submitted to Trafford council. If approved part of Sale United Reformed Church will make wake way for two new detached houses. Part of the old Sunday school hall will also be demolished to allow its conversion into three more homes.

'Once a miner always a miner' reads the sign hung on the wall in Derek Doherty's living room. The 66-year-old was just a teenager when he followed his dad and grandad down the pit at Golborne Colliery in Wigan.

A fundraiser has been launched to support the families who have lost their homes following a major explosion in Bury.

Rasmus Hojlund and Lisandro Martinez are at the Etihad Stadium as a show of support for Manchester United teammates.

Spring is upon us, bringing with it longer days and, hopefully, better weather. After months of hunkering down inside, it’s a chance to get back outside and out into nature as it wakes from its wintry slumber.

A new fan zone, a waterfront boardwalk, 'world class' public squares, thousands of new homes, water taxis, a new park and a new bridge over the Ship Canal. They're just some of the ideas being proposed in an ambitious and wide-ranging masterplan to restore the 'grandeur' to Old Trafford.