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Sir John Armitt says cost of project needs to curbed, but that there are ‘massive benefits’ to economy in continuingAxing the Manchester leg of the HS2 high-speed rail line would be a “tragedy” but the government needs to “get a grip of the costs”, the…
First buses to return to public control since deregulation to offer cheaper fares across integrated transport systemThe first buses to be brought back into public control in England since deregulation in the 1980s will set out from depots in Bolton and…
Emergency services unable to save man in his 40s who died when a wall reportedly collapsed at a property near FallowfieldAn investigation has been launched into a man’s death in a workplace accident after a wall reportedly collapsed during a Manchester…
Details of thousands of officers may have been taken in ransomware attack on third-party supplierThe personal details of tens of thousands of public sector workers could have been breached in a cyber-attack that has hit two of Britain’s biggest police …
IOPC to examine whether officers may have committed offences over case of man imprisoned after wrongful rape convictionThe police watchdog has announced an investigation into Greater Manchester police’s handling of Andrew Malkinson’s case.Malkinson was…
Startup considers cities including Leeds and Glasgow for new versions of its paywalled local media modelThe local news outlet Manchester Mill is preparing to expand across the UK after being valued at £1.75m by a group of investors including the former…
Suspect to appear at Manchester and Salford magistrates’ court on Saturday after man’s body discoveredA man is due to appear in court charged with murder after police officers searching for a missing dog found the body of a man.Ian Gary Connell, 39, wh…
Liam Smith shot dead by drug dealer Michael Hillier as ‘justice’ for partner Rachel Fulstow over alleged rapeA couple who “acted as judge, jury and executioner” have received life sentences for the murder of a Wigan man they accused of rape.Liam Smith,…
Exclusive: Man imprisoned for rape he did not commit says Criminal Cases Review Commission has yet to contact himAndrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, has accused the body that investigates miscarriages of justice…
Abuse of girls, viewed as ‘mere objects for defendants to use, abuse, humiliate then discard’, started when they were 12 and 13Two brothers are among five men from Rochdale to have been found guilty of sexually exploiting two girls from the ages of 12 …