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A increased effort will be required to make the roads safer across Manchester in the next few months, after experts predicted a colder than average winter lies ahead.

Thomas Flanagan, 57, told police that he grabbed his wife Elaine, 57, by the throat after she slapped him during a heated argument over finances in the kitchen of their home in Leigh.

A 77 bedroom student property in Fallowfield goes on the market at just £3,800,000 but house hunting website Zoopla’s listing claims it can home 84, prompting concern from Councillor David Royle

Police are searching for three men involved in a sinister attack on the chef and owner of an Oldham takeaway late on Tuesday night.

A Manchester schoolgirl died in her sleep, aged just 14, after doctors gave her ‘unlicensed’ prescription drugs for depression, an inquest heard.

A Bolton MP has hit out at the government’s ‘broken promises’ to improve the train service and add more carriages on the journey to and from Manchester.

A project laid out by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) could see the entire Metrolink fleet of trams installed with Wi-Fi by March 31 2015.

Salford University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Martin Hall, will step down from his position in just two weeks after astonishingly revealing he will be taking a six-month break from the start of January – only two days after announcing his retirement in June.

Former Radio DJ Ray Teret has been handed a 25-year jail sentence for his involvement in a string of historic sex offences involving 11 women.

A rugby coach died during a massive drugs binge at a friend’s stag weekend in Stockport after leading a secret ‘weekend’ double life of narcotics and alcohol abuse, an inquest heard.

Altrincham Interchange has officially opened its doors to the public after a £19million cash boost aiming to make travel easier, safer and more convenient for residents and bus passengers.