The charming village with an alpine feel two hours from Greater Manchester

This Greater Manchester farm shop has more than most to keep both adults and children entertained - whatever the weather over the school holidays.

A terraced house has come on the market in Greater Manchester and there is much more to it than first meets the eye. With most properties, what you see on the outside is often a reflection of what you'll find inside, but there are some that are the exception.

Town halls across Greater Manchester have paid out £1.1 million on consultants to help try and obtain Levelling Up funding.

With the sun making a few more appearances over the past couple of weeks as spring starts to kick into gear, the desire for a nice pint after work or at the weekend increases ever so slightly.

It's just after 1pm on a Monday and three old friends are attempting to dredge a section of the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal by hand. It's dirty, smelly, back-breaking work, but Carol Garner, Sarah Greenhalgh and Lynne Curley are happily giving up their free time to do it.

A debate has erupted in a Greater Manchester borough - over the location of the border between two areas.

Families who are looking for a new home often want to get the right mix of a good location near to reputable schools and a generous living space, all within a reasonable budget.

A Greater Manchester children's arts and crafts maker owed almost £4m when it collapsed into administration and 30 people were made redundant, it has been revealed.

An unbelievable property which most would considered to be their dream home has come up for sale - and despite its LA-style appearance it is actually located in Greater Manchester.

Homes and businesses across Greater Manchester have reportedly been hit by two power cuts. More than 1,000 properties in total are affected by the incidents this morning (March 23), according to Electricity North West.

A local historian is writing to the Pope to protest over an ‘abandoned’ Roman Catholic graveyard which he says has become a ‘drugs den’. The overgrown cemetery - known as Barton Upon Irwell Roman Catholic Graveyard - in the Peel Green area of Eccles has not been used for a burial since 1940.

A driver winds down his window and drops 12p into a metal bucket.

It's 8.20am on a Thursday morning. Students are walking, cars are queueing and parents are panicking as the lights turn green at the junction from 'hell'.

Councils have been setting their annual budgets over the last few weeks. This includes the difficult decision of whether to raise council tax and by how much.

Many of us will have woken up to see our gardens submerged in snow, and found ourselves battling blizzards on the journey to work or school in recent days.

Every Saturday morning, thousands of people lace up their running shoes and set out on parkrun routes across the country.

Forecasters have issued another warning for icy weather in Greater Manchester this weekend. But with a bit of luck we might have seen the back of the snow... for now.

Schools across Greater Manchester will close today after heavy snowfall across the region.

The weather will turn wintry in Greater Manchester tomorrow (Thursday, March 9), with snow forecast to fall across some boroughs.

Snow is expected to fall across Greater Manchester tomorrow as temperatures dip below freezing.