News in Manchester

Strikes scheduled for this weekend (20-22 December) have been called off (Image - Transport for Greater Manchester)
Transport for Greater Manchester strikes called off this weekend

18th Dec 2024

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Andy Burnham has called the strikes 'disappointing', but offered to meet with union representatives to discuss a deal (Image - Alasdair Perry)
Andy Burnham offers to ‘come to the table’ with striking TfGM workers

13th Dec 2024

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Potential strikes could affect the Bee Network when it launches throughout South Manchester on 5 January 2025 (Image - TfGM)
Mayor ‘concerned’ about potential bus strike weeks before Bee Network overhaul

9th Dec 2024

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Greater Manchester Combined Authority's 'Vision Zero' strategy aims to eliminate road deaths entirely by 2040. Please note the vehicles pictured here were not involved in the incidents in this article. (Image - Nub News)
The tragic deaths behind a plan for real change in Greater Manchester

4th Dec 2024

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The Bee Network will roll out in Stockport from 5 January 2025, bringing buses under public control (Image - Alasdair Perry)
How Bee Network passengers can save £250 on bus fares next year

4th Dec 2024

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Perfectly located, the house is a short stroll from Frome’s thriving town centre, with its array of independent shops and cafes, and a short drive to Bath, Glastonbury, and Babington House. (Image: Rivendell Estates)
Win a Victorian home in Somerset for just £5 - luxury living with a cause

3rd Dec 2024

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United Utilities has offered advice to Greater Manchester residents on how to protect pipes in the winter cold snap (Image - Alasdair Perry)
Protect your pipes this winter

2nd Dec 2024

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A trial of new cameras across Greater Manchester has caught thousands of people either using phones or travelling without seatbelts (Image - TfGM)
New road cameras reveal 'shocking truth' as hundreds of drivers are caught using phones

25th Nov 2024

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Transport for Greater Manchester has set out its ambitions to have more students travel to school without a car (Image - GMCA)
The plan to get more more pupils to travel to school without a car

30th Oct 2024

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Andy Burnham has defended the housing fund which the GMCA is being sued over for allegedly ‘subsidising’ a giant developer (Image - Nub News)
Andy Burnham defends housing loan fund that’s being sued over ‘subsidising’ giant developer

28th Oct 2024

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The financial situation in councils across Greater Manchester is mixed. Some have healthy reserves and breathing room, but for others this is not the case (Image - Alasdair Perry)
‘Cliff edges’, ‘nothing left to slice’, and £100m reserves: Inside Greater Manchester finances

22nd Oct 2024

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Manchester’s ‘hardship fund’ means pensioners ‘in hardship’ aged between 66 to 79 can receive £150, with those over 80 in line for £200 (Image - Nub News)
What winter fuel help can I get in Manchester?

16th Oct 2024

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All schools across Greater Manchester have been invited to opt in to a new scheme which will see the rollout of 70 new school streets (Image - TfGM)
More Greater Manchester schools invited to introduce school streets

15th Oct 2024

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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham could control a portion of the government's employment support budget under new proposals (Image - Alasdair Perry)
The big benefits shake-up coming to Greater Manchester

10th Oct 2024

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Greater Manchester is set to spend nearly £75 million on temporary housing this year in the face of a homelessness surge (Image - Nub News)
Greater Manchester to spend £75 million on temporary housing in face of homeless surge

30th Sep 2024

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