Police appeal for help to find missing man, 30, last seen in town centre

A 77-year-old man has been found dead near Wigan five days after he was first reported missing in Liverpool.

Police are now trying to identify a suspect after a man was left in a critical condition following a 'violent, unprovoked and frenzied' attack in Urmston on Monday night (June 19).

A Greater Manchester town centre has been dealt a blow after a coffee giant announced its plans to leave. Costa Coffee has confirmed its branch in Wigan town centre will shut for the final time on Sunday, June 25.

Police have released a picture of a man they want to speak to in connection with a number of burglaries in Bury.

Police have issued an appeal for help to find a missing man from Oldham.

Plans for a 160-home town centre ‘village’ have been submitted – with bosses aiming to transform five undeveloped sites in Bolton town centre. Developers Capital & Centric say Neighbourhood Bolton will be ‘the first of a new type of residential community’.

Police are carrying out 'extensive enquiries' to track down a missing pensioner who was last seen driving towards the East Lancs Road. Leslie Fielding was last seen at around 7pm yesterday (June 18) when he left home in Haydock, St Helens, near to the Greater Manchester border at Wigan.

Police say they are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing girl who was last seen in north Manchester 24 hours ago.

Police have issued an urgent appeal for help to find a missing man from Manchester.

Police are searching for a woman who lives in a tower block where a fire broke out yesterday (June 14).

The former Ritz Cinema car park in Stockport town centre is to be sold off for housing. The authority's economy and regeneration scrutiny committee is recommended to back disposal of the land when it meets on Thursday night.The Fletcher Street site is currently used as a surface-level car park but council bosses say their vision for the site is as a’ high- quality residential development in this important town centre location’. A report set to go before the scrutiny committee says it would bolster regeneration of Town Centre West, the 4,000-home ‘urban village’ driven by the borough’s Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC).

A construction company has been appointed to undertake Stretford’s King Street transformation. Caddick Construction will carry out the first phase of the town centre’s wider £50million master plan after being appointed by joint-venture partners Trafford council and property company Bruntwood.

Police searching for a missing 14-year-old boy in Trafford have issued an appeal for help to find him.

Emergency services descended on Middleton following a crash involving a motorbike and an Amazon delivery van. Police taped off part of Bowness Road, outside Truffet Park, earlier this evening (May 28).

Police have issued an urgent appeal to trace a missing man who has not been seen for almost two days. James, 35, whose surname was not given, was last seen in the Ormskirk Road area at around 9pm on Friday (May 26).

A Love Island star has begged for help from his followers after his hotel room was ransacked by burglars. 2020 star Callum Jones, 27, shared a picture of his hotel room window wide open on Instagram, asking his 746,000 followers for any help. Over the photo, he wrote: "Anyone help/advice in Marbella? "Rooms been smashed in, everything has been taken, passports, money, clothes".

Police are continuing to search for a missing 14-year-old girl who may have travelled to Manchester.

The regeneration of Prestwich town centre should take inspiration from Chorlton, Altrincham, Didsbury and Manchester city centre's Mackie Mayor, a public consultation has found. The £100m plan to redevelop the centre of the neighbourhood includes the demolition of the Longfield centre, replacing it with independent businesses; homes; outdoor areas; and a new community 'hub' focused on health.

Another 144 new homes are planned for Stockport town centre - and they are all ‘affordable’. Housing association Great Places has submitted plans for 144 apartments split across two new buildings at the corner of King Street West and Chestergate. Properties include a mix of one and two-bedroom flats and duplexes.

Police have appealed for a brave passer-by who stepped in to stop a woman being mugged to come forward. The unknown man came to the victim's aid after the mugger tried to snatch her bag.