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Police name Bolton woman, 49, charged with murder
A 75-year-old man was sadly pronounced dead on the scene at the flat block off Ormrod Street, Bolton
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Dovestone and Tintwistle moor fires LIVE as residents warned more smoke to hit Manchester in new fire service update
The wildfires are raging on with two arrests made and one woman charged in connection with the Dovestone blaze
Andy Burnham urged to give new Greater Manchester Mayor more powers over rent controls in landmark move
Manchester put forward as ‘pilot’ city for new rent controls in a move which could change renting for millions across the country
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Woman arrested at airport 'after £2.1k Gran Canaria all-inclusive holiday bill left unpaid'
A £2,000 bill was left unpaid following the family's 11-night holiday at an all-inclusive resort in the Canary Islands.
Facebook down as users hit with site unavailable message
The issue appears to be affecting the desktop version of the social media network
Fire service warns more smoke to hit Greater Manchester today amid huge wildfires
Easterly winds are carrying the smoke plumes across our region amid the Dovestone and Tintwistle wildfires
Salford's Jet2 hero Phoenix, 8, has done it again with another selfless act
The eight-year-old was hailed a hero after helping a disruptive passenger on a Jet2 flight
Manchester council to save nearly £1m bringing leisure company back in-house
Some have questioned whether the plan will work.
Here be dragons: does moving power to the north work?
Andy Burnham’s recent promise to create a ‘No 10 North’ echoes BBC’s successful Out of London planWhen the BBC first announced its intention to move a significant chunk of its operation to Salford in Greater Manchester – the “Out of London” plan, as the then director general Mark Thomp...
Paris Fury’s £20 secret to long blonde hair as she says 'everybody always asks me'
"Everybody always asks me what is my haircare routine"
What Andy Burnham's first week as prime minister will look like
The former Greater Manchester mayor will face an onslaught of decision from Monday
'I want to publish the receipts' - the yoga-loving Tory bidding to be Greater Manchester mayor
“I think there's quite a democratic deficit with the mayor's office.”
The 200-year-old Manchester pub at the centre of a notorious unsolved murder which will soon be no more
The Bank of England in Manchester became the focus of a high-profile murder probe
Bridgerton fans won't be able to stop binge watching Channel 4 period drama
The three-part drama adapted from a best-selling book is must-watch for fans of the genre
Caught on camera, his sick decision was one of the most horrendous videos ever shown in Manchester's courts
Terrence King was found guilty of murdering Devon Simmonds-Caines
The crumbling 1,700-year-old book in a Manchester library which inspired this summer's biggest blockbuster
The world's oldest copy of The Odyssey is right here in Manchester - and it's going on display for the first time ahead of Christopher Nolan's star-studded retelling of the epic myth
Boss of GMCA Caroline Simpson 'effectively doesn't work there' anymore, say staff
Caroline Simpson is earmarked for a new job at Number 10 North - which launches on Monday.
The Greater Manchester suburbs where more and more young people are forced onto DWP benefits
More than one million under-25s across the UK are now not in education, employment or training, according to the latest official figures from the House of Commons Library
The empty housing estate in a corner of Salford
Social housing has been left empty for months while thousands of people wait for new homes. What's going on?
Sainsbury's £2.37 cotton set is perfect for heatwave and feels like pyjamas'
The Tu Clothing set is made from 100% cotton, making it a lightweight option for the warmer weather