Motorists can now drive onto all sliproads to Mancunian Way, as the westbound carriageway re-opens six months after a sewer collapse left a giant sinkhole in the road.

A lorry has set ablaze, sending clouds of smoke billowing across the Manchester-bound M602 motorway – it is not yet known whether the driver of the vehicle has managed to escape the fire.

Two Manchester drivers who smashed into a car, killing a young couple, whilst racing their Audis in a deadly game of ‘cat and mouse’ have been jailed for nine years.

Celebrity Manchester lawyer Nick Freeman has targeted drivers who ditch glasses after it emerged that one in EIGHT motorists don’t wear them behind the wheel.

A serious accident involving multiple vehicles closed the M6 in both directions after an air ambulance was dispatched to the scene on Friday lunchtime.

A cyclist has died following a collision with a truck in Rochdale on Monday afternoon.

A suspected hit and run driver has been arrested after a man was struck at high speed and left with severe fractures to his legs, body and face at a Bolton takeaway.

Highways Agency urge drivers to remain vigilant

Trafford Council rename road ‘Sir Alex Ferguson Way’

Lanes not expected to re-open until 3pm

Roads are shut: motorists advised to avoid area