Police issue dispersal order over planned 'car cruise' event

A huge project of improvement works on a Metrolink line which has been closed for weeks have passed a major hurdle this weekend. Part of the Eccles line has been shut for four weeks since July 15.

Gary Neville has predicted Arsenal will win the Premier League just ahead of Manchester City.

A major road in Manchester city centre has been sealed off by police this afternoon following a serious crash.

Police officers have been told they cannot decorate their uniforms with rainbow badges and patches at this month's Manchester Pride.

Police are appealing for more information after a woman was approached by a man with a knife and sexually assaulted in an Oldham park.

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A boy was rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in south Manchester.

Police have issued an urgent appeal for help finding a missing Rochdale man who disappeared over the weekend. Greater Manchester Police says Artus was last seen in Ripponden, West Yorkshire, at around 4pm on Sunday (July 30).

Trafford Council has issued an update to residents over a controversial scheme on Greater Manchester's most dangerous road for cyclists.

Three women who were arrested after a 'sickening attack' on a woman in Newton Heath have been released on bail, police have confirmed.

Michelle Keegan didn't seem to happy as she enjoyed another weekend in Manchester. The actress has been back soaking up her northern roots for a while now as she films her first Netflix thriller close to home.

Police have issued an appeal for help to find a missing 15-year-old girl from Wigan.

Officers have moved to reassure Mancunians their city centre is safe after shocking video emerged of a brawl on a busy shopping street. Footage shows punches being thrown and kicks lashed out among a group near to Market Street tram stop.

A woman has died after being struck by two cars in Stretford.

A dispersal order has been put in place in Manchester city centre after hundreds of teenagers ran riot this afternoon.

Nine men were arrested in police raids today as part of a crackdown into county line drug supply and gangs in Salford.

Police are becoming 'increasingly concerned' about a missing teenage girl as an urgent appeal has been issued to help trace her.

Lone movie lovers have been hit with a snag when buying tickets at a city centre cinema. A row of touchscreens greet cinema goers as they arrive at Vue, in the Printworks, which allow customers to buy tickets.

A man was arrested after police uncovered a huge cannabis farm at a property in Farnworth. Officers from the Bolton South Neighbourhood Team raided the property where the grow was found.

Racegoers from Greater Manchester are being urged to behave responsibly if they're visiting a historic North West city this weekend. The Chester Races have returned to the famous Roodee racecourse, with visitors expected to flock to the city by the Welsh border.