Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Sunday announcement that lockdown measures were being weakened has prompted a change in focus for the GMCA from containment to law and order.

Greater Manchester has made progress in its attempt to create an Oyster-style transport system by launching the ‘Get Me There’ smartcard.

Reports of unwanted sexual behaviour on Greater Manchester’s rail network have more than doubled over the past year, MM can reveal.

More than 2,000 premature deaths could be prevented every year in Manchester by taking public transport, an environmental group has warned.

The footage, which shows a local man shouting ‘fuck off back to Spain’, has already attracted over 300 views on the video-sharing website and the popular reddit.com site.

A ‘medical emergency’ outside Deansgate Castlefield has suspended trams on Manchester’s Metrolink.

Police are continuing their hunt for car vandals who slashed the tyres of more than 150 cars in Middleton on Monday morning.

Government statistics have caused a scramble for seats after it was revealed Manchester has two of the country’s most crowded train services.

Manchester has two of the country’s most overcrowded train journeys, latest statistics have revealed.

Politicians, rail unions and watchdogs have hit back at plans to increase ticket prices by 3.6% on average from next year – signalling a 25% rise during the current Parliament.

The month-long ‘None for the road’ campaign, which last year resulted in 252 arrests following almost 5,000 breath tests, hopes to deliver an even stronger message through social media and posters in pubs around the region.