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Exclusive: Party holds power in seven of 10 local authorities worst hit by controversial benefit limitAlmost 200,000 families living in Labour-run councils are affected by the two-child benefit cap, a Guardian analysis has revealed, with the party hold…
Six metre wide abyss in Prestwich believed to be caused by a collapsed sewerAn enormous sinkhole has opened up in a street in Greater Manchester, swallowing several wheelie bins and becoming an instant local attraction.A sewer running under Heywood Roa…
Ch Insp Dale Sexton was cleared of wrongdoing in March but, after a review of the evidence, the CPS has been asked to investigateThe police officer in charge of emergency services on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017 could face criminal…
Community groups accuse leadership of Wai Yin Society of having ‘unusually close’ ties with CCPA consortium of Hong Kong community groups have accused the UK government’s flagship programme for welcoming Hongkongers of funding an organisation with alle…
City region is branded worst in Europe for eco-friendly transport“I’d hoped we could take a Bee bike to Salford,” said Sarah Rowe of the Clean Cities Campaign after meeting the Observer at Piccadilly station in Manchester. “But look.”Her app shows that…
Children are being left in limbo so long that they are at risk of harm, social workers warnLone child asylum seekers are facing fivefold increases in delays in having their claims processed by the Home Office, with devastating consequences, according t…
Disciplinary panel rules PC Phillip Smith’s actions were excessive and gratuitousA police officer who Tasered a vulnerable man six times has been sacked after a disciplinary panel ruled his actions were excessive and gratuitous.PC Phillip Smith was par…
E-bike ridden by Saul Cookson collided with parked ambulance shortly after being followed by policeThe family of a Salford teenager who died when the e-bike he was riding crashed after being followed by police, who has been named locally as Saul Cookso…
Greater Manchester police say officers were not following teenager when he collided with ambulance A 15-year-old boy riding an e-bike has died in a collision with an ambulance in Greater Manchester shortly after he was followed by traffic officers, pol…
University taking disciplinary action against 11 students who occupied buildings during demonstrationsA group of Manchester University students face expulsion over a rent strike that saw more than 350 collectively withhold more than £2m.The university …