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You have not reached your destination: SatNav blunder leaves lorry trapped on...
A 42 tonne lorry was stuck over a bridge on a bend in Church Lane, Uppermill, for 24 hours after the driver's SatNav sent it down the narrow country lane to deliver feed to farms.
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Lowest of the low: Vandals wreck Heywood home of 94-year-old widow as she...
Cruel yobs broke into the Heywood home of Iris Mires, 94, and wrecked the house by turning on the taps and blocking plugs while she was in hospital. Now Iris will have to move into a care home –...
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Six-year-old girl launches campaign to keep Levenshulme lollipop lady who...
A young girl has started a petition to save the job of a lollipop lady at their school after one saved her brother's life. Little Aedan Hurrell, five, was stopped from cycling straight into traffic...
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Parents of tragic rugby player, 23, ‘were given false hope by surgeon’
The parents of a young rugby player who died after suffering a neck injury during a match told an inquest they were given hope by a doctor that their son would make a full recovery. Chris Tickle 23,...
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Gang armed with machete, crowbar and sledgehammer raid HSBC bank in Sale
A bank remains closed after an armed robbery. The HSBC branch in Sale is still shut a week on from the raid.
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Fire crews tackle chemical spill in cargo area at Manchester airport
Fire crews had to be called following a chemical alert at Manchester airport. They were called to the airport’s World Freight Centre just before 5pm after 150 gallons of lubricant spilled onto a ground.
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Drivers facing delays on M60 after crash near Bury
Drivers facing delays on M60 after multi-vehicle crash on the clockwise carriageway near Bury between junctions 13 and 15.
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Pensioner, 79, fighting for her life after being knocked to ground when her...
An elderly woman is fighting for her life in hospital after being knocked to the floor when her handbag was snatched. Police were called to Laurel Bank daycare centre at the junction of Victoria Street...
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Former soldiers who are planning to set up 'no-nonsense' school may buy...
The Phoenix School will be staffed by ex-servicemen and women who will use ‘no-nonsense’ methods for teaching subjects like English and maths. The group behind it had previously considered basing it in...
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In the clear: Councillor who sent explicit emails to constituent
A councillor suspended from his party over allegations he sent explicit emails to a constituent has been cleared following an inquiry. The independent local government watchdog, Standards for England,...
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Plan to build apartment block in Castlefield rejected for the fifth time
A last ditch attempt to build a controversial 85-apartment block in Castlefield has failed. The scheme, by developers Peel Holdings, was rejected by planners for a fifth time yesterday.
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Video: TV debut for Take That reveals X Factor judge Gary Barlow's spikey style
With his chiselled good looks, perfectly coiffed hair and designer suits Take That star Gary Barlow is now hailed a style icon. But some rare TV footage proves it wasn't always the case for the X...
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Jailed for 18 years: Rochdale man who helped supply 18 tonnes of chemical to...
A man who helped supply 36 tonnes of drug cutting agents to dealers across the country has been jailed for 18 years. Police say anyone who used cocaine up to 2008 is likely to have snorted chemicals...
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Green light for 300 homes on old Booth Hall hospital site
A plan to build hundreds of homes on the site of Booth Hall Children’s Hospital has been given the green light. Manchester council’s planning committee has approved plans for 300 family homes – a fifth...
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Andrew Grimes: Why man who drinks 18 cans of diet coke a day is setting a...
Darren Jones, of Brinnington, Stockport has set the drinking classes of his neighbourhood an abstemious example by knocking back little else but diet coke.
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Killer who fled to Spain after escaping from security van at Salford...
A convicted killer who fled to Spain after being sprung from a security van is facing jail over a £1m arson attack. Richard Smith, 30, escaped as he arrived at Salford magistrates’ court in May 2010....
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Metrolink line blocked by protesters who parked six scaffolding lorries on...
Tram commuters faced rush-hour chaos this morning after protesters parked six wagons across a Metrolink line. Services on the Eccles line were suspended when the HGVs were parked across both lines near...
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Raiders armed with knives bind woman, 44, with tape before ransacking Hyde...
A terrified householder was threatened with knives and bound with tape before knife-wielding robbers ransacked her home. The two masked thieves barged past the 44-year-old woman when she answered a...
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Video: Sex attacker caught on CCTV putting clothes back on after attempted...
A dangerous predator struts down a street buttoning up his shirt – moments after a vicious sex attack on a young woman during a night out.Out of sight, his traumatised victim had just endured a brutal...
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I wish I had died instead: Anguish of solicitor whose careless driving caused...
A Solicitor whose careless driving led to the death of a girl on her 18th birthday wished he had died in the crash instead, a court heard. Dad-of-three Shiraz Imtiaz, 34, pulled his car out into the...
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