Passengers warned of disruption as Greater Manchester town to get new station

Heavy rain is expected to fall on Manchester and around the North West - with a string of flood warnings in force. Areas including Warrington and the Lancashire coast have been hit by a number of flood warnings by the Environment Agency today (March 13).

The annual top fifty hospitality 'power list' has been revealed today at the Northern Bar and Restaurant show held in Manchester. A number of local operators from the city's food and drink scene have joined the prestigious ranking.

Hidden in the basement of Bolton Museum is an attraction you won’t find anywhere else in Greater Manchester - and it’s completely free to visit. Beneath the museum is the region’s only public aquarium.

Patients are being warned to expect long delays in hospitals across Greater Manchester. Four of the region's NHS trusts, which run eight A&E departments in total, have issued alerts to the public online today (March 12).

Dozens of flood warnings and alerts have been issued across the UK as more heavy rain is forecast - with Greater Manchester braced for downpours.

The potential regeneration of Heaton Park’s ‘jewel’ is the plan that will capture the imagination of many this week.

The mayor of Greater Manchester stood outside Ashton Old Baths alongside Tameside’s council bosses to mark the start of a rebirth for the town.

Figures released by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) show that more than a thousand pubs across the UK closed their doors in 2023.

Around 370,000 eligible voters in Greater Manchester are not properly registered to vote, a campaign group has claimed. Analysis by Unlock Democracy, which campaigns for democratic reforms, has found that 1 in 5 eligible voters in the city-region are not registered.

Tax cuts, changes to child benefits and public sector reforms were all announced in the budget today (March 6). Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that a further 2p cut in National Insurance will be introduced from April, saving the average employee £450 a year.

When Richard Midgley's daughter was moving up to secondary school in 2022 she applied to five places, but didn't get in any. The family, of Bowdon, later discovered they were just four metres outside the catchment zone for their first choice, North Cestrian in Altrincham.

A plan to build nearly 300 new homes in Salford is set to be decided on next week. The council's planning panel will vote on developing two plots of land off Robert Hall Street and West Park Street.

It's always a nerve-racking wait to find out whether your child has got into their chosen secondary school and today families of Year 6 pupils will get the answer.

The vacant former Marks & Spencer building in Bolton town centre ‘lends itself’ to residential use as well as retail, the council leadership has said. Last week, it was announced that agreement had been reached with the shopping giant about an early surrender of their lease of the building, which runs until 2027.

Parents in Manchester have responded to the news that fines are increasing for taking kids out of school.

A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer has admitted sexually assaulting a young girl while on duty. PC Dean Dempster, who served with GMP in the Oldham division, today (Wednesday, February 28) pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child under 13 last year.

Walk around Stockport town centre and it's easy to get a sense of how quickly the area is changing.

An eye-catching property has come on the market in Greater Manchester - and it's priced at a staggering £2,250,000. The grand family home spans four floors and boasts seven bedrooms, as well as having a huge landscaped garden to the rear.

Stockport Homes boss Helen McHale has said the company is doing "all it can" to support its tenants despite the pressures it is facing.

A planning proposal for three new homes to be built on a pub car park has sparked outrage in a community plagued by more than two decades of parking “bedlam”. Permission was granted for the new three-bed flats to take up 15 car parking spaces outside The Grapes in Lees, Oldham.