Four extraordinary Bury-based healthcare heroes are being celebrated by the NHS in Greater Manchester this Christmas for ...

Two 23-year-old men and two 16-year-old boys are in police custody following reports of a stabbing outside Holy Trinity ...

A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a teenager stabbed in a car park knife attack. The 19-year-old, who hasn't been named, was the victim of a 'targeted attack', police ...

No trams will run between north Manchester and Bury for six days during "essential" infrastructure improvement work, transport bosses have said. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) said no ...

Three people have been charged and a further three have been arrested after a 19-year-old was stabbed outside of a primary ...

In the days leading up to Christmas, there will often be a queue snaking around the entrance of Bury Market, trailing through ...

Thousands of packets of illegal and unlicensed prescription medicines have been seized in police raids. The drugs, which included painkillers and antidepressants, were found at storage units in Bury ...

A house was destroyed in an explosion that sparked a fire, leaving a woman in her 70s seriously injured and needing hospital treatment. A nearby primary school in Greater Manchester was evacuated ...

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A school in has been evacuated and a woman in her 70s taken to hospital after a reported gas explosion ripped through a home in Manchester. Multiple fire engines are on the scene and a 200m cordon has ...

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A new £1 million Cycle Optimised Protected Signals (Cyclops) junction in Greater Manchester aimed at improving travel for cyclists has been branded “dangerous” and “confusing” by residents. The ...