As Stage 8 of the Tour of Britain wound its way around Greater Manchester yesterday, the riders were greeted at various locations along the route by placard waving, devil-mask wearing protestors.

Construction of the trail – which runs from coast to coast – began in 1989 and it was officially opened in 2001.

Manchester is one of the worst cities in the UK for bike thefts, ranking 30th out of 351 cities, not including Scottish cities, putting it in the top 10%.

The motion, to be considered at the meeting of the full council on Wednesday, has asked members to embed the issue of climate change into all future key decisions

Here in Greater Manchester, entries include Alexandra Park in Oldham and Etherow Country Park in Stockport.

Earlier this week Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham announced his plan to radically overhaul the current transport network in the city and replace it with a scheme called Our Network.

Today, Wednesday June 19, is National Refill Day, so let’s unite against plastic and have the will to refill…

The Green Party may not have gained a seat at the Salford elections last night but the environmental issue was nonetheless central to the way the results panned out.

Over 80% of businesses in Media City have ditched plastic straws, according to a new survey.

It will be all hands on ‘duck’ this Good Friday as thousands of plastic ducks will be launched into the River Irwell – but with Greater Manchester aiming to become plastic-free by 2020, MM investigated whether the clean-up operation will still have an environmental cost.

A 2018 study by the National Audit Office (NAO) discovered that Britain’s official recycling rate could be exaggerated from it wrongly assuming all plastic which ends up at recycling plants is recycled.