Bury twins Simon and Adam Yates have survived the first week of the Tour de France battling crosswinds, cobbles and crashes in one of the trickiest opening weeks in recent memory.

Chadderton Football Club has reached a landmark agreement with Oldham Council to secure a new 35-year lease on their current home at Broadway Stadium.

A man, who invaded the homes of two mums as they slept with their children, raping one and attempting to rape the other is still on the loose.

Salford’s punk poet Jon Cooper-Clarke has set pen to paper to create a poem to celebrate the British coastline in collaboration with the National Trust.

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is in the early phases of implementing a scheme which will make Manchester the second UK city after London to have crossings with countdown timers.

Oldham Council has become the first local authority in the UK to sign a European Pledge to Peace declaration.

Now in its third year, Manchester City’s season launch will be hosted by Sky Sports presenting duo Natalie Sawyer and Mike Wedderburn and headlined by Manchester band ‘Black Rivers’, who are led by lifelong blues fans and former members of ‘Doves’, Jez and Andy Williams.

Manchester city centre will host ten days of free cycling events starting on Friday June 5 and ending on Sunday June 14.

Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin believes improved transport links across the north of England will help proved economic benefit to the region.

Manchester can be an example to the rest of the country according to the Chancellor George Osbourne who was speaking in the city yesterday.

This year marks the 800th anniversary of one of the most important moments in English history.