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Metrolink staff have accepted a pay deal, ending a dispute which almost led to tram strikes during Parklife festival and other major events earlier this month. Workers will now get a pay rise of 6.5 pc as well as a £1,000 one-off payment.

Andy Burnham has hit back at the government after criticism of his education plans which were branded as 'unequal' and 'narrow'. The Greater Manchester mayor wants to create a 'clear path' at school for young people who do not go to university and has proposed using a new devolution deal to make it happen.

You might not believe it if you walk around town on a Friday night, but homelessness is actually falling in Manchester. Since the start of the year, the number of people sleeping on the streets has dropped and fewer families are being housed in B&Bs – with hardly any staying beyond the legal limit now.

The government has criticised Andy Burnham's plans for a new qualification aimed at the two-thirds of teenagers in Greater Manchester who don't go to university. The Manchester Baccalaureate (MBacc) would offer an alternative route for students who want careers in the creative and digitial sectors, as well as health, social care and construction jobs when choosing their GCSEs.

Manchester is a cycling city, so it’s no surprise that Cycling UK’s Making cycling e-asier scheme - which enables people to borrow an e-cycle for a month’s trial completely free - has been so well received.

Pulling plans to build two new platforms at Piccadilly station is a 'decade lost for the North of England', Andy Burnham has said as he pushed back against the move at a meeting of mayors, council leaders and rail chiefs today (June 7). Building platforms 15 and 16 has been seen as key to unclogging congestion on railways across the region – but the proposal was withdrawn last month.

Tram strikes have been called off days before they were due to cause chaos for punters at Parklife festival and other major events in Greater Manchester. Metrolink staff have been offered a new pay deal by operator KeolisAmey.

A plan to cut 24-hour cover at Sale Community Fire Station has come under attack from Trafford's Liberal Democrat group. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is this week launching a public consultation on proposals for a ‘day crew model’ at both Sale and Offerton in Stockport on the grounds that they are the third and second lowest risk areas respectively in the city region.

Manchester will be making its case for an underground station at Piccadilly in Parliament next week with the backing of business leaders from across the country. MPs will be looking at the latest HS2 plans which would see high speed rail arrive in the city centre on '15-metre high concrete stilts'.

Greater Manchester's previous deputy mayor will stay in a paid position for another six months as her employment is extended until the end of the year. Baroness Beverley Hughes, who formally resigned in January from the role which oversees police, crime, the criminal justice system and the fire service, has been working part time in a newly-created post since she stepped down.

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A new 'walkable neighbourhood' in Stockport has moved a step closer with the announcement of a funding partner for the 250 million scheme.

Police have scrambled to a Trafford supermarket following an incident in-store. Emergency services were called out to Aldi on School Road, Sale, at around 3pm this afternoon (May 18).

Andy Burnham has hit out at a massive fine he received for speeding on a motorway.

A landlord has been ordered to tear down a terraced beer garden shelter despite putting his 'heart and soul' into transforming the pub. Bosses say this comes after just one resident complained about it despite its use for the community.

Andy Burnham says Labour colleagues in London should 'leave him alone' after hinting at a lack of support for his projects in Greater Manchester. The mayor has spoken out in the week he announced a new Manchester Baccalaureate in an overhaul of education for the region's youngsters.

A new series of powerful videos have been released directly targeted at men and boys in Greater Manchester calling on them to challenge sexual harassment.

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has described how changes to the way technical education works in the region are "the single biggest thing I could do to change life chances" for local young people.

TransPennine Express (TPE) has just become the second operator of trains serving Greater Manchester to be brought under government control after months of poor performance. It was a decision welcomed by leaders and residents across the north after consistent disruption had left travellers regularly frustrated.

Andy Burnham has vowed to 'restore trust' in train services for 'long-suffering passengers' following the announcement that TransPennine Express would be brought under government control.

The first details of how Andy Burnham will use new powers given to Greater Manchester in the latest devolution deal have been revealed. The mayor will make a series of announcements in the coming months to set out his plans for transport, housing and technical education.

Boxing legends and celebs are set to take part in a charity football match as part of the bid to build a statue commemorating a legendary Manchester fighter denied a title due to a 'colour ban.'

Details of the first school buses to be part of Greater Manchester's new bus network have been revealed. The companies which will run bus services for 31 schools across Wigan, Bolton and parts of Salford and Bury have been chosen.

Calls have been made to abolish the contact extension for TransPennine Express as service cancellations have 'failed passengers' in the north of England.

Last year it became cheaper than ever to travel across Greater Manchester when passenger fares were capped to just £2. The reform introduced by the region's mayor Andy Burnham was brought in to free commuters from a ‘fragmented’ system.

New Order have announced they’ll be heading out on the road later this year… but they won’t be playing a date in Manchester. The nearest show will be in Leeds in October.

The first train station to be built in 25 years in Greater Manchester is just one Whitehall signature away.

United Against Sportswashing, an independent group of Manchester United supporters opposing a potential takeover by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, are calling on Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to condemn the Nine Two Foundation bid due to the state of Qatar's well-documented human rights abuses.

A list rating Manchester against London by comparing the likes of 'spoilt brats in yellow Lamborghinis outside Deansgate Tower' to 'spoilt brats in gold Lamborghinis outside Harrods' has been described as 'vomit inducing' and 'pathetic' by Mancunians.

A schoolboy whose tortoise vanished seven months ago has been reunited with her - after she had a long 'power nap' inside an 11,000-volt electricity substation.