A Freedom of Information request has shown that Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG plans to spend 10% of its budget on mental health services this year, a decrease of 0.03%.

Michelin, the French tyre manufacturer, believes that attitudes to tyre safety across Greater Manchester are not improving despite eight years of running events aimed at educating drivers

The 10-year-old victim was riding her bicycle along Duchy Road, near to the park and Central Avenue, at around 8.30pm on Friday.

Mr Lloyd paid tribute to Sylvia Lancaster on the anniversary of the death of her daughter Sophie, who was murdered in 2007 when she and her boyfriend were attacked Stubbylee Park, Bacup.

Greater Manchester’s biggest free celebration of food and music – the Rochdale Feel Good festival – returns this summer for its eighth instalment with its best line-up to date.

Little information has been given out by the Home Office about the changes to the police funding formula, but – based on the scant information available – Greater Manchester could be facing an additional cut to its police service of between £53m and £75m.

Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has slammed the government’s immigration policy, saying they must ‘get their act together’, as they have put his constituency ‘on the frontline’ of the migration crisis.

A man, who posted sexually explicit photos of a woman on Facebook without her consent, has been jailed in the first sentencing in Greater Manchester under new revenge porn legislation.

FC United of Manchester’s first competitive match at Broadhurst Park ended in disappointment last night, as they fell to a 2-1 defeat to Stockport County.

The different dialects and accents of Greater Manchester have been mapped out for the first time ever by sociolinguists from Manchester Metropolitan University.

A massive £99million in funding is to be provided to local firms across Cheshire and Warrington to help create jobs and boost skills.