What the budget means for Greater Manchester

Bolton has been named Greater Manchester’s town of culture for 2024. The award will bring £50,000 to support a year-long programme of new events.

Yellow buses will now be seen buzzing through Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Bury and north Manchester following the launch of the Bee Network’s second phase.

The operators of a landfill with a ‘stunning stench’ should be stripped of their licence, according to a council leader.

The former home of the House of Fraser in Altrincham has been transformed into a collaborative workspace a leisure destination in the heart of the town centre. Development partners Bruntwood and Trafford council have announced the completion of their £13.7m conversion of the ex-Rackhams building.

The Conservative candidate standing to become Greater Manchester mayor has defected to Reform UK. Dan Barker, who was selected to stand for the Tories against Andy Burnham, has now joined the party founded by Nigel Farage.

Police responded to reports of 'anti-social youths' at a new transport interchange in Stockport just one day after it was officially opened.

A rule change designed to stop a repeat of rows like Night & Day’s court battle could be on the books for Greater Manchester.

For years Robert Hamilton struggled to get his daughter to school, out of the house, or even out of her bedroom. Libby had struggled with education from her time in pre-school.

George Galloway is considering standing against Andy Burnham, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. The new Rochdale MP who won a by-election two weeks ago is now looking at running to be Greater Manchester's mayor.

A convicted terrorist who helped radicalise Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi could be freed from jail within weeks. Abdalraouf Abdallah, who was jailed for nine and a half years in 2016 for helping people going to Syria to join the Islamic State group, was a childhood friend of Abedi in south Manchester.

Angela Rayner has been cleared by police following a complaint by another Greater Manchester MP. Labour's deputy leader and Ashton-under-Lyne MP has denied claims of wrongdoing relating to where she was registered as living after her marriage in 2010.

A new inquest is to be held into the tragic case of Victoria Agoglia. The High Court has quashed the verdict of an original inquest.

The potential regeneration of Heaton Park’s ‘jewel’ is the plan that will capture the imagination of many this week.

The mayor of Greater Manchester stood outside Ashton Old Baths alongside Tameside’s council bosses to mark the start of a rebirth for the town.

Figures released by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) show that more than a thousand pubs across the UK closed their doors in 2023.

Council tax will increase by more than 5 per cent in every part of Greater Manchester from April. All 10 councils in the city-region have set their rate for the next financial year with many still having to make cuts in spending to balance the budget on top of the tax hike.

Flights from Manchester Aiport are set to get more expensive, following the Chancellor of the Exchequer's announcement of an increase in air passenger duty to help pay for wider cuts to National Insurance.

ITV News presenter Nadia Hossain has to apologise after accidentally saying Jeremy C*** live on air, instead of Jeremy Hunt.

The owner of a south Manchester restaurant that is set to close its doors at the end of the month has made a heart-breaking statement about the realities of running a business.

Wigan council leader David Molyneux attempted to soften the blow of a 4.99 per cent council rise for residents with a string of sweeteners as the authority set its budget for the year ahead last night (Wednesday February 6). On the day Chancellor Jeremy Hunt reportedly failed to produce a ‘rabit out of the hat’ in his budget, Coun Molyneux produced his own by unveiling £2million of new schemes as the full council debated the revenue budget which will increase by 7.5pc with £271m spent during 2024/25 running the authority’s services.