NUTS! Man walks away unscathed after flipping lorry carrying Crunchy Nut boxes at Eccles interchange
The incident, which occurred around 2pm, saw several lane closures and diversions put in place at the Eccles Interchange
High street help: 15,000 Greater Manchester businesses to enjoy 30% rate cuts
The scheme is part of the Government’s long-term economic plan to help struggling shops, pubs and high streets across the country ‘build a stronger economy’
Bolton Council plan to turn derelict pub into community gym, education and training centre
The planning application is the third in three years, the first in 2011 and the second in 2013
Jailed: Rochdale sexual predator who groomed three underage girls after lavishing them with booze and gifts
Arshad Mohammed, 34, of Merefield Street, Rochdale, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing and was jailed today for 4 years 8 months at Minshull Street Crown Court
Oldham bride-to-be dies of swine-flu weeks after being diagnosed with ‘routine’ chest infection by out-of-hours GP
Joanne Oliver was assessed over the phone and seen by a triage nurse who labelled case as urgent but then a doctor downgraded her condition to ‘routine’ after examined her
Jason Manford calls time on fans offering to buy him a pint – asking money instead to go to terminally ill children
Manford offered a 835-strong crown a free drink to apologise for keeping them waiting, then footed the £3,530 bar bill
Manchester opts for single life as city claims highest number of singletons outside of London, reveals report
The number of singletons in the UK has risen by at least 3 million since 2001
‘Special prayers will be said’: Tributes to church-going Rochdale family who died in Norfolk holiday horror smash
Retired council planner Jeffrey Hain, 66, his wife Marion, 69, and their only son Christopher, 36, were killed when their car smashed into a lorry as it went round a bend
Cash in the canvas: Iconic LS Lowry collection rakes in more than £15million at Sotheby’s auction
Thirteen LS Lowry paintings were sold on the night, with a painting of Piccadilly Circus in London, sold for £5.1million
Poisonous gas levels around Trafford are ‘shocking’ and breach EEC legal limits, claim pollution protest group
Trafford’s Breath Clean Air group began testing the levels of NO2 three months ago
‘I want to take his spot’: Bolton’s Amir Khan looks past Luis Collazo as he eyes Floyd Mayweather bout
The former champion will go toe-to-toe with Collazo on Mayweather’s undercard in Las Vegas on May 3