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The plan to create the equivalent of TWO new boroughs in Greater Manchester – and the battle to stop it

Critics of Places for Everyone, the successor to the ill-fated spatial framework, will have a chance to make their case against the controversial masterplan to build 165,000 homes over the next 15 years at the public examination hearings which begin next week

Manchester Evening News

'The sleeping giant has awoken': GMP chief hails force's improvement but admits there's still 'a lot to be done'

Greater Manchester Police has been taken out of special measures for the first time in two years

Manchester Evening News

Northern leaders invited to Government meeting over rail chaos

TransPennine Express has cancelled 53 trains on Friday, its website reveals

Manchester Evening News

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Could levelling up mean ditching directly-elected mayors?

The report considered the Government's Levelling Up White Paper and made seven recommendations

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: From bedrooms and garages to the world stage

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Thursday, October 27, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

Mayors call for 'six-month probation period' for TransPennine Express before 'any suggestion' of contract renewal

'If this level of disruption was being experienced in other parts of the country, we believe action would already have been taken'

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham says 'there is no knife epidemic' in Greater Manchester after man, 19, killed in random attack

Andy Burnham said students should feel safe in the region

Manchester Evening News

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Metro Mayors holding emergency summit over rail chaos

Steve Rotheram will join other northern leaders to address the "shambles" on the rail network

Liverpool Echo

People to be fined up to £1,000 for drinking or taking drugs in Ashton town centre

People have complained to the council about ‘intoxicated individuals’ consuming alcohol and ‘other substances’

Manchester Evening News

Mayors blast 'shambles' of rail services 'inflicting misery on millions of people'

An emergency meeting of regional mayors was being held today

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Counterfeit Street

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

Liverpool passengers caught in 'chaos' as TransPennine cancels 30 trains in one day

Steve Rotheram said issues with trains in the region "should be a national scandal"

Liverpool Echo

The Mancunian Way: Families begging

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Monday, October 24, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

'Chaos' on trains, man strangled girlfriend and jailed this week

Liverpool ECHO latest headlines on Monday, October 24

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Contending with months of 'chaos' on Liverpool's Avanti and TransPennine services

Local politicians and passengers have criticised both Avanti and TransPennine

Manchester Evening News

Cost of living, homes, transport... leaders on Greater Manchester's urgent issues new Prime Minister must tackle - and soon

Local leaders outline the big issues in the region that Liz Truss' replacement needs to urgently address

The Independent UK

Mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotherham late for ‘rail chaos’ briefing after train cancelled

‘If this was happening in London or the south east, it would be treated as a national scandal’

Liverpool Echo

Boris Johnson 'should be in jail' says Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram

The ex-PM jetted back to the UK today to mount an expected leadership challenge

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Liverpool Echo

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram call for an end to train "chaos"

Liverpool and Manchester mayors join forces to demand improvements

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham late to briefing on cancelled trains... because of a cancelled train

The Mayor of Greater Manchester was heading to Liverpool Lime Street this morning

The Guardian - UK

Think Westminster’s a mess? It’s nothing compared to the north’s mismanaged rail system

Failed franchises are causing daily misery and costing billions, say Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester and Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool city region

Manchester Evening News

More than £60 MILLION spent so far on Clean Air Zone which never happened

Greater Manchester is now facing a multi-million-pound shortfall and the scheme is still not up and running

The Independent UK

Metro mayors call for funding boost for two train operators to end ‘rail chaos’

Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region call for immediate injection of funding for TransPennine Express and Northern contracts.

The Independent UK

‘Basically a lottery’: Misery as TransPennine Express cancels 55 trains in one day

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham calls attention to ‘meltdown in train services across the North of England’

Manchester Evening News

Green light for more than 700 homes, park and community hub in East Manchester

The site will also accommodate a new secondary school

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