Residents left baffled after 'flashing' seen lighting up the sky across Tameside

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have today (March 15) announced details of a UK and European tour – check out the full dates below.The tour will take place this autumn and follows on from the recent announcement that the band will release a new album this summer, ‘Wild God’. The band will kick off their tour on September 24 in Oberhausen, Germany, and will end in Paris, France on November 17.

Jamie Carragher is still of the opinion Manchester City are the team to beat as the business end of the Premier League season approaches.

A multi-millionaire who left school with one GCSE has revealed how he turned one simple idea into a business empire.

A week ago Rochdale was at the centre of British news as voters took to the polls.

“We are the voices, we speak up for all those people who died… I think we all know that we’re their voice forever” – the moment that the typically unwavering voice of one of Manchester’s most stalwart public figures was cut through with tears.

Police were called to a crash between a tram and a car on the Metrolink line in Tameside this morning.

Manchester City are dealing with a number of injury concerns ahead of Sunday’s showdown trip to Liverpool.

Residents were told to keep their windows and doors shut as fire crews tackled a blaze at an industrial estate in Wardley on Monday night (March 4).

When Erik ten Hag was in charge of Bayern Munich's B team some at the club had a nickname for him: Mini Pep. This had more going for it that just a similar look up top, as it were. The Dutchman was preaching a style and a philosophy similar to Pep Guardiola's.

As the final whistle blew at an overcast Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon, Erik ten Hag cut the figure of a man well-acquainted with the potential repercussions of Manchester United’s 10th Premier League defeat of the season.

Coronation Street star Jodie Prenger was bowled over by the support of her friends and co-stars as she briefly broke away from the cobbles for another role. The actress, who plays Glenda Shuttleworth in the ITV soap, returned to her musical theatre roots over the weekend.

Coronation Street's Matt Milburn has joked that working with some of the soap's stars is 'hard work'. The actor recently returned to the ITV soap as retired Weatherfield County footballer Tommy Orpington.

A Greater Manchester hospital has issued an urgent plea for the public's help as more than 170 patients were left waiting in its accident and emergency department.

Parents say their young children had to be prised from their arms at the school gates after a rule change following the half term break.

I've embarked on a pre-Spring, Spring clean this last week thanks to an untimely home inspection on behalf of the property agency.

A detective constable has left Greater Manchester Police in shame after he was found to have repeatedly messaged a 'vulnerable' victim of domestic abuse repeatedly while off duty.

A high-end supermarket that has called a Greater Manchester town its home for the last eight years has announced that it is pulling out after rising costs caused profits to drop. Customers at the Booths in Hale Barns, Altrincham, have called the closure a "huge loss".

Video footage has revealed the dramatic moment a car flipped over onto its roof in a crash in Rochdale on Sunday night (February 18) as residents heard a 'massive bang'.

David Beckham's dapper appearance at the BAFTA Film Awards hasn't impressed everyone as he had viewers flocking to social media to speak out over his use of one word. The former Manchester United and England star was on hand to present an award at the star-studded ceremony on Sunday (February 18).

Manchester United moved closer to the top four with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Luton Town at Kenilworth Road on Sunday.