Police patrols stepped up across Greater Manchester after terror suspects accused of ISIS-style Jewish community gun attack plot appear in court

Nearly 1,500 banks in the UK have either shut their doors or announced their intention to close since February 2022. That's nearly two a DAY across the country.

Police have issued an urgent appeal to find a missing boy who was last seen two days ago. Greater Manchester Police says Moise was last seen on Chipping Road, in Bolton, at 11pm on Friday (May 24).

A massive student accommodation development is the biggest planning application submitted to councils this week.

After two days of almost non-stop rain, things are about to change in Greater Manchester. The region is set for a much drier day today (May 24), according to the Met Office.

A teenage boy has died after being hit by a car on a busy Oldham road. Emergency services raced out to Rochdale Road, near the junction with King Street, at around 8.10pm on Tuesday night (May 21).

A man knocked a doctor and receptionist unconscious as he attacked members of staff with a metal pole in a vicious attack at a GP surgery - after he failed to get an appointment. Olumuiwa Oduntan, 61, barged into the Florence House medical practice on Ashton Old Road, Openshaw, on September 17, 2021, 15 minutes after calling reception to ask for a repeat prescription.

Wigan councillors have installed long-serving community champion and colleague Coun Debbie Parkinson as the authority’s new ceremonial mayor. Coun Parkinson, 67, takes up the post alongside her fellow Standish and Langree ward member Coun Terry Mugan who is her consort.

Police have issued a warning on open water swimming on what could be Greater Manchester's hottest day of the year so far.

Two British Transport Police (BTP) officers who went on a two-hour dinner break on the night of the Manchester Arena attack have been handed final written warnings.

Two men who were arrested after a huge brawl erupted in the street in Wythenshawe have been released on bail, police have confirmed.

The Jewish community has been told to 'continue as normal' and 'remain alert' after two terror suspects appeared in court accused of plotting an Islamic State-inspired gun attack in the North West. Both men have been charged with the preparation of terrorist acts.

Two men who allegedly plotted to carry out an Islamic State-inspired gun attack against the Jewish community have appeared in court.

Three men have been charged following a terrorism investigation in Greater Manchester. Cordons were last week put in place at four addresses in Wigan and Bolton as part of the probe by Counter Terrorism Policing North West.

A new Islamic school, regeneration around a train station and a new Lidl are some of the significant developments put before Greater Manchester this week.

Mum-of-three Gemma has been skipping meals so her youngest son can keep going to football training every week. It costs £5. Despite her sacrifices, she says the price of food, council tax and bills continuing to rise means she's continuing to struggle.

The arrests of three men on suspicion of terrorism in raids around Greater Mancheter were part of a Europe-wide investigation into Islamic extremism, sources have told the Manchester Evening News. One source told the M.E.N. the arrests were 'very significant'.

Police say they are 'determined to find the person responsible' after anti-Semitic abuse was 'hurled at Jewish children' at a park in Salford. A video of the incident was shared on social media.

Video footage captured the moment a suspected terrorist was arrested and dragged out of a busy gym by police.

Andy Burnham has said three men were arrested on suspicion of terrorism arrests in Bolton and Wigan as a 'preventative move'.

It's almost the school holidays once again and there are some treats in store for families this May half term.