Search on to find Manchester's 'outstanding' community champions

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.

A huge emergency response was prompted after a car was found 'well alight' in the River Irk in north Manchester.

Missing people investigations are an expensive but necessary part of policing in Greater Manchester. But an innovative approach to a problem which can bring anguish and trauma to famlies could potentially save the force £7m a year - and help the loved ons of those who vanish.

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

Police have introduced stop and search powers around Prestwich and Heaton Park on the second day of the Parklife festival.

Anyone who is eligible to receive the monkeypox vaccination has been advised to book an appointment soon as the programme will soon be coming to an end in Greater Manchester.

Mandy, Indiana are often described as a Manchester band, but in reality, their links to the city are loose. “I left for a reason,” the band’s co-founder Valentine Caulfield says from her native France, “because I fucking hate it.” She speaks with the same withering tone that makes her band, co-founded with Scott Fair, so bracing to listen to (Fair also feels little kinship with Manchester beyond personal ties, and has also left it behind). The band’s dismissal of the English city they formed in is just a taste of the barely concealed rage simmering on their debut album i’ve seen a way, released last month.

A heartbroken mum is desperate for answers after her teenage son drowned at Salford Quays - and has warned people not to go swimming in open water this summer in fear of more tragic deaths.

The search has finally concluded at a house in Stockport - almost a week after homes were evacuated and police said they had uncovered 'hazardous materials'.

Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a 'brilliant' sportsman who was found dead two days after being reported missing. Greater Manchester Police confirmed last night (June 6) that a body found by the Peak Forest Canal in Marple was that of Christopher Barlow.

Casemiro has taken to Instagram to thank Manchester United's fans for the support he has been shown during his first season at the club, adding that 'the glory days must return' to Old Trafford.

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

Stop-and-search powers have been extended and two further arrests have been made following a spate of violence in parts of Trafford and Manchester.

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann seized a 'number of items' in a search at a reservoir in Portgual.

A man was tragically found dead in a park less than 500 metres from where he was reported missing a week before.

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

If you're enjoying today's Bank Holiday sunshine, here's some good news for you... it's here to stay for the rest of the week. Greater Manchester looks set for a warm and dry few days with temperatures regularly hitting 20C.

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).

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