The number of teenagers falling pregnant in Wigan has fallen to its lowest rate for the fourth year running.

Companies should be required to publish annual data about how many disabled people they employ, according to a Manchester MP.

The 37-year-old pedestrian was crossing Parrs Wood Road at its junction with Wilmslow Road when he was hit by a silver Peugeot 307 at around 10.30pm on Thursday January 29.

Police have arrested three men in connection with the fatal drive-by shooting of Kieran McGrath in Ashton four months ago.

The two offenders, both wearing balaclavas, raided the 48-year-old victim’s house on Marlborough Avenue, Wigan, at around 7.40pm on Monday.

The cleanliness of Greater Manchester hospitals is in question after a report showed that 5,618 vermin – three per day – were recorded in hospitals in the last five years.

Academics have spoken out on the apparent loss of 240,000 reference books from Manchester Central Library, with some calling it ‘regrettable’ that library bosses are allowing the digital age to replace physical texts.

Shocking CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a Farnworth man’s car was stolen and driven into him in a ‘brazen’ daylight robbery.

Manchester businesses are jet set for ‘unrivalled’ access to the international market place as Airport City get the go ahead to build a new £15million logistics hub.

Manchester has been named the world’s 14th most sustainable city and community groups are the driving force behind it, according to an environmental campaigner.

A man who robbed a nursery in Oldham just minutes before children arrived for the day – leaving staff shaken up and scared to be left alone – is being hunted by police.