'We had just lit a cigarette when there were two big bangs and the carriage was engulfed in flames'

On the newsstands of Glasgow the headlines read 'Boom Boom banged up forever'. But in the headquarters of Greater Manchester Police a frantic post-mortem was taking place.

For nearly 20 years, Carly Burgess carried a devastating secret that took her to the brink of death.

There's one viral video of Michael Olise where he gives a blunt and brief interview after scoring a last-gasp winner against West Ham.

Some of Greater Manchester's biggest names spent their formative years as pupil's of the regions now vanished schools.

With the return of homecoming heroes and visits from some of the world's biggest names in music, the live music scene in Manchester is shaping up for one of its biggest and best years ever in 2024.

Sofyan Amrabat will not be returning to Fiorentina when the transfer market reopens, according to reports, amid reports that the Manchester United loanee is "unhappy" with his situation at Old Trafford.

Manchester United could negotiate a swap deal involving Anthony Martial and Inter Milan defender Federico Dimarco, according to reports.

With the new year in plain sight, many homeowners may be wondering whether 2024 is the year that they should sell up and buy a new house, or if it's the right time for first-time buyers to get a foot on the property ladder. Understanding what is going on with house prices can often be a key factor in making your decision.

It is that time when one year is fizzling out and another beckons, we hope with promise.

Manchester council spent more than £3m on the HS2 line that was supposed to reach the city before it was scrapped by Rishi Sunak earlier this year. The Prime Minister said he would cancel the Northern leg of the high-speed rail line, promising to spend the £36bn saved on other transport projects, in his keynote speech at the Tory party conference which was held in Manchester in October.

Victorian Manchester is often celebrated as a place of industrial might, technological innovation and economic growth. But there was another side to the city that was not for the faint-of-heart.

In May 2017, BBC Children in Need made a phone a call to Action Fraud - a national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime.

Coronation Street is set to see the return of a familiar face. Those who follow the ITV soap will know Tommy Orpington from various mentions and some appearances over the years.

Manchester City are in pole position to complete the signing of River Plate wonderkid Claudio Echeverri, according to reports.

Manchester United's reported target Benjamin Sesko is believed to be open to a move to the Premier League in January, according to reports.

Incoming Manchester United investor Sir Jim Ratcliffe reportedly questioned the club's decision to sign Casemiro for such big money.

Manchester United have returned to the training ground this week ahead of Saturday's trip to West Ham in the Premier League.

The death of a much-loved great grandad who went missing for almost ten weeks was a 'tragic accident', a coroner has ruled.

Can you believe it's been 30-years since Mr Blobby topped the UK charts at Christmas with his song Mr Blobby? Often voted the most hated Christmas number one of all time, one critic in the Telegraph said the song "set the bar so low... it's hard to imagine that it could ever be usurped".

A shooting horror is set to unfold this Christmas in Emmerdale as Mackenzie Boyd's kidnap ordeal started to unfold at the hands of ex Chloe Harris' dad, Harry. It was only last week that viewers of the ITV soap discovered that the gangster, also known as Damon Harris , is Chloe's father after she called on him for help.