The full list of Platinum Jubilee street parties and events to be held across Greater Manchester

Controversial plans to open a Hooters restaurant and bar - where scantily-clad young women will serve customers - at Salford Quays have been given the go-ahead. The decision flies in the face of fierce local opposition, including from both the Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.

Yasmine El-Gabry would have never considered herself to have 'green fingers'. The 30-year-old dismissed gardening as a pastime for ‘old people’ until she left her home in California for a new life in Moss Side.

A Greater Manchester Conservative MP believes Boris Johnson has a fight on his hands to survive as the Prime Minister following a vote of no confidence. Despite winning the poll last on Monday (June 6) the pressure has not been taken off the PM as over 40 per cent of Conservative MPs said they had lost confidence in him.

Nearly 36,000 older people in Greater Manchester are missing out on more than £1,700 a year in pension top-up payments, new figures reveal. Around £70 million is unclaimed across the city-region, with pensioners now being urged to check if they are eligible for the payment which 'could make all the difference'.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have shared adorable photos of their children baking cakes for The Queen's Jubilee weekend. Posting on social media, the images show the Cambridge children baking cakes with their mother ahead of the festivities in Cardiff on Saturday (4 June).

Now that the Jubilee bank holiday period is over, many of us may be itching for another free day off work.

Pop legends Steps brought the Jubilee celebrations to an uplifting end when they performed the closing act on ITV's National Lottery Big Jubilee Street Party. It was an evening filled with celebrity performances and anecdotes from members of the public who shared stories of their interactions with the Queen.

An almost unrecognisable Mark Owen stunned fans during his latest appearance on ITV's The National Lottery's Big Jubilee Street Party. The Jubilee party is part of televised celebrations commemorating Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign.

The Jubilee bank holiday weekend is set to bring more high temperatures and plenty of sunshine. Highs of 17C are expected all across Greater Manchester today with very little rain to dampen spirits.

The Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours List 2022 has been released - and features a host of incredible people from across Greater Manchester. There's a variety of amazing additions to the honours list this year, showcasing the very best the region has to officer.

Naman Ramachandran Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum Jubilee from June 2 and the U.K. is awash in events celebrating the milestone. At press time, there were no fewer than 2,429 public events and 3,388 street parties or private events taking place across the country, with London leading the way with 1,000.The U.K.

Nvidia has launched a new Minecraft map with RTX to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.The virtual Minecraft street party will take place at a recreation of Buckingham Palace and Pall Mall to celebrate the event. The creation was brought to life by specialist artist Ushio Tokura using Nvidia’s GeForce RTX GPU, as well as real-time ray tracing.The digital recreation took 650 hours over two weeks to build, and includes 45million individual blocks, spanning around 830,000 square feet in Minecraft.

The four-day Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations will be host to a wide range of events all marking the 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne.

Nothing quite says Queen's Jubilee like a classic Victoria sponge cake. No Jubilee party is complete without the Victoria sponge and it is often the centrepiece of any street party across the UK.

The first weekend of June will see the country celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen after 70 years on the throne.