A Labour MP has resigned as the UK’s trade envoy to Turkey amid controversy over a visit to Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. A government spokesman told the BBC Afzal Khan, who represents Manchester ...

A new business venture on Bury Market is on track to make an already successful café even more popular. The Loco Lounge opened last week to the delight of owners Ashleigh Serridge, 37, and her partner ...

Students across Bury celebrated A Level results day on Thursday, August 14, with many in the borough receiving straight A stars ...

United Utilities has issued advice as water shortages in our rivers, lakes, and reservoirs remain well below average levels for this time of year ...

A wide ranging £100M redevelopment of Prestwich centre is underway which will eventually see the creation of a market hall that opens straight ...

US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin kicked off their Alaska summit with a warm handshake before heading ...

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said judges who “bring their own personal politics” to the job need to be removed. Mr Jenrick said tighter checks are needed before judges are appointed to ...

A shooting near a mosque in central Sweden has left one person dead and one injured and police said they believe it was ...

Inside Scorton, a "beautiful" village in Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland, with history, food and drink spots and more.

Downham village in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire has been described as a place where "time stands still" and it boasts ...

London “stands with” Ukraine, David Lammy has said ahead of a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin which the US ...

Sudden, intense downpours over small areas known as cloudbursts are increasingly common in India’s Himalayan regions and ...