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Sarah Drew has landed the leading role in a new Hallmark Channel series, Mistletoe Murders!

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Drew – best known for playing fan favorite Dr. April Kepner on Grey’s Anatomy – is about to headline her own series for Hallmark Media.

The final route for the 2024 Tour of Britain Women’s cycle race has been revealed as Greater Manchester gears up to host stage four of the major international stage race on Sunday June 9. Named as the first-ever European Capital of Cycling, Greater Manchester will welcome some of the biggest names in female cycling as they go head-to-head over 99km and 1,615m in height before the winner of the inaugural Tour of Britain Women is crowned.

The discovery of thousands of messages, guns stashed in a shed and a 'Mexican drug lord' username helped police bring down a pair of EncroChat crooks.

Video footage captured the moment a suspected terrorist was arrested and dragged out of a busy gym by police.

A gym owner has spoken of the 'shocking' moment armed police stormed his Wigan gym to arrest a customer suspected of terrorism offences.

EXCLUSIVE: The stars of the 1980 classic 9 to 5 will be reuniting on the red carpet in Hollywood.

A driver mounted a Volkswagen onto the bonnet of a Aston Martin sports car after 'losing control'.

The parents of a teenager who died in a tragic canoe incident in Bolton have said they will "never come to terms with what has happened" following the death of their "beautiful and gentle" son.

Nestled in the Yorkshire countryside is a charming and sleepy village with scenery that could rival that found in the Lake District. Except this it’s less likely to be rainy - and attracts far fewer crowds of tourists.

A man is due to face court after being charged with possession of a firearm in Salford. Greater Manchester Police arrested Fatjon Sadikaj on Friday, April 19.

A boy of 17 who died after falling into a river while canoeing has been named. An inquest has been opened into the death of Joseph Holt.

Georgia born actress Neva Howell will portray Martha Kent, Clark Kent’s adoptive Earth mother, in Warner Bros/DC Studio’s Superman from filmmaker and studio co-Boss James Gunn.

Fans of the recent series of Strictly Come Dancing have been left emotional as Layton Williams made a huge announcement saying he’s ‘back’ with his dancing partner.

There has been a week of tragedy and heartbreak in Wigan - with the remains of a baby found, a man killed after a house erupted into flames, a little girl injured after being hit by a van and three lives claimed on the roads.

A quick-thinking policeman grabbed a passer-by's bike to catch a suspected car thief following a 60mph police chase.

A warning has been issued after a man risked his life by going inside an electricity substation in Stockport to try and rescue a cat. Electricity North West said engineers were called out to the substation on Banks Lane in Offerton last month after the feline was seen on the substation's roof.

A teenage boy has died after falling into a river while canoeing. Police and firefighters were called to reports of the incident in the River Croal, off Raikes Lane, Bolton, at about 8pm yesterday (Tuesday). A 17-year-old boy was pulled from the water but was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Wigan home has been significantly damaged after a crane toppled over in the road, crashing into an upstairs room of the property.

Cole Brings Plenty, an actor who appeared in Paramount+’s 1923, has died at the age of 27.

A new 18-story tower block will be built in Salford after plans were given planning permission by the council.

A drunken thug accused a dog walker of stealing his XL bully before chasing him with a hammer and snatching his Pomeranian.

A father and son have been locked up over a plot to supply cocaine and cannabis worth £4million.

Greater Manchester councils have announced their plans for rubbish collections and recycling centre opening times over the Easter bank holiday weekend. With Good Friday and Easter Monday upon us, changes to waste and recycling pick up schedules are sometimes made.

Police have issued an appeal after an armed robber burst into a shop and broad daylight and stole £6,000 in cash.

Manchester City fans attending the Etihad Stadium on Sunday for the title showdown with Arsenal may have to change their usual matchday routine, with a new parking scheme around the Etihad Stadium limiting where supporters can park when events are taking place.

Police are hunting a 'knife-wielding' van jacker following a robbery which left a man injured. Greater Manchester Police says the vehicle was reported as stolen on Cinder Lane, in Bolton, at around 7am yesterday (March 21) before being abandoned.

A pair of brothers that reigned over an organised crime gang that supplied class A drugs across Greater Manchester have had their network blown open.

An NHS trust that jurors felt 'probably contributed' to Ryan Lowry's death through a series of failings has issued an apology following his inquest. Members of the jury ruled yesterday (March 19) that Mr Lowry, from Marple, was 'unlawfully killed' by his cousin Ashley Glennon, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

A person has tragically died on a railway line in Wigan. Emergency services were called out to Pemberton railway station this afternoon (March 15).