Police issue update on arrested M62 driver after 'runaway electric car brought to stop'

An arrest has been made after five parked cars were damaged in a dramatic collision over the Easter bank holiday. Images from Manchester Old Road, in Middleton, showed neighbours watching on after a grey Citroen DS4 hit the stationary vehicles on Sunday night (March 31).

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

Two men - including one from Manchester - who were arrested after a fatal crash in Lancashire have been released on bail, police have confirmed.

One of the UK's 'most wanted' fugitives has been arrested at an airport after 27 years on the run.

It's played host to Paul McCartney, U2, Blondie, New Order and a legendary gig by The Smiths. And now bands are to return to the stage at Maxwell Hall at Salford University for the first time in 10 years.

A pensioner who died after he drove the wrong way onto the M62 and crashed into another car has been named and pictured. Police say they are piecing together the circumstances surrounding the death of Leslie Lewis who was killed in a head-on smash near Saddleworth on Saturday (March 22).

Police have issued a new statement over allegations Angela Rayner paid the incorrect amount of tax when selling her former home.

Police are looking into the circumstances behind a video that shows a group of youths gathering near a mosque in Bury.

Police have arrested three males in Scotland in connection with an investigation into two shootings in Bolton.

Greater Manchester Police has issued a warning as 'childhood infections of measles and whooping cough are rising dramatically'. The police force is urging parents to make sure they and their children are vaccinated as 'we are already seeing cases requiring hospital attendance including hospital admittance'.

A burger restaurant where staff are purposely rude to customers has issued an update after its Manchester branch was put on the market. The lease for Karen's Diner, which opened in Prestwich in 2022, was listed on Rightmove prompting questions about its future.

Two people have been taken to hospital after an ambulance was involved in a crash with a car in Bury.

Girl In Red has teamed up with Sabrina Carpenter on a new single called ‘You Need Me Now?’ – listen below.The crunchy break-up anthem marks the third song to be lifted from Girl In Red’s second album ‘I’m Doing It Again Baby!’, which is due for release on April 12 via Columbia (pre-order here). It follows ‘Too Much’ and the record’s title track.On ‘You Need Me Now?’, Girl In Red – real name Marie Ulven Ringheim – calls out an ex’s bad behaviour and “games“, singing: “I’m tired of waiting around/ Letting you let me down/ I’m done being yours.”Later, Girl In Red and Carpenter link up in a spoken word interlude.

Police closed a road in Manchester city centre on Tuesday afternoon (March 20) following a collision between a bus and a car.

Adam Thomas has tried to keep positive as he was seen making his latest trip to the hospital. The Waterloo Road star took to Instagram to give a fresh glimpse at his health journey after being given a diagnosis last year.

A man who was pulled over after being seen driving recklessly tried to offer an excuse as police discovered he was uninsured. Officers spotted an Audi A3 being driven 'erratically at excess speed' on Wilmslow Road, in south Manchester, last night (March 19).

Hot off the heels of Fool Me Once, Netflix is set to release another thriller adapted from a Harlan Coben novel and there are lots of familiar faces in the cast.The series, which is based on the 2014 novel, previously cast Slow Horses actress Rosalind Eleazar as the lead Detective Kat Donovan, with filming already underway. Joining Rosalind in the production is EastEnders star Jessica Plummer, Fool Me Once’s Richard Armitage, Three Little Birds’ Lenny Henry, Happy Valley’s Steve Pemberton, and The Stranger’s Paul Kaye.

Jamie Carragher believes Erik ten Hag's future at Manchester United will hinge significantly on the result of Sunday's mouthwatering FA Cup tie against Liverpool.

A man has been arrested a week after police dramatically swarmed the M62 to 'bring a car to a stop'. A number of police vehicles descended on the busy motorway last Wednesday afternoon (March 6) to help stop the vehicle travelling in between J11 for Birchwood and J12 for Eccles.

Police have made a fresh appeal for information into a killing believed to have been committed 55 years ago. As reported in the Manchester Evening News in December, the disappearance of Isabella Skelton, on June 5, 1969, from Crumpsall, is now being investigated as a murder inquiry. One man has been interviewed under caution on suspicion of her murder but no one has been charged.