Summary

  • Results coming in across Greater Manchester and eastern Cheshire

  • Labour win back Rochdale from George Galloway's Workers Party of Britain

  • Esther McVey narrowly re-elected in the traditionally safe Tory seat of Tatton

  • Lib Dems gain Hazel Grove from the Conservatives

  • Labour gains Bolton West and Leigh & Atherton from the Conservatives

  • Labour set to win a landslide victory, according to exit poll

  • Live results and reaction from across the UK

  1. MP helps police crush illegal bikespublished at 14:21 BST 20 April 2025

    The vehicles were seized after being used for crime and antisocial behaviour across Manchester.

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  2. Women offered jabs in HIV prevention trialpublished at 08:06 BST 18 April 2025

    Project leaders are looking for participants in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Brighton.

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  3. Man held after £350k cannabis farm uncoveredpublished at 07:27 BST 15 April 2025

    The farm contained over 500 plants and had the capacity to raise more than £1m per year, police said

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  4. Jury out in trial of governor accused of inmate flingpublished at 12:07 BST 8 April 2025

    Kerri Pegg is accused of misconduct in a public office by beginning a relationship with a prisoner.

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  5. Drug dealer who rapped about evading police jailedpublished at 20:13 BST 31 March 2025

    William Bates penned lyrics about "swerving police" but was "swiftly arrested", officers said.

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  6. Bogus workmen were key to cracking major drugs plotpublished at 07:37 GMT 9 March 2025

    Eight men have been locked up over a conspiracy police say they have never seen the like of before.

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  7. Fake workmen dug up roads to power cannabis farmspublished at 17:03 GMT 7 March 2025

    Police say the gang were paid to supply electricity to a multi-million pound cannabis farms network.

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  8. Girl saw alleged abusers as 'friends', court toldpublished at 21:23 GMT 3 March 2025

    A woman says she did not tell nurses what was happening since she thought the men were her friends.

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  9. Flood defences take shape in £46m projectpublished at 06:29 GMT 20 February 2025

    New images show the progress of works aimed at protecting thousands of homes in Greater Manchester.

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  10. Shooting sees man held over attempted murderpublished at 14:55 GMT 15 February 2025

    A man is arrested in Manchester after a gun was fired from a car in Wolverhampton last year.

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  11. Child labelled 'prostitute' in council file - trialpublished at 16:40 GMT 14 February 2025

    The local council's department for looking after children claimed she was selling herself for sex

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  12. Out-of-fuel plane made to wait to land - reportpublished at 21:20 GMT 13 February 2025

    The plane finally landed at Birmingham with less than two-thirds of its minimum fuel level.

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  13. Brothers deny assaulting police at airportpublished at 12:02 GMT 13 February 2025

    Footage of a fracas at the airport's Terminal 2 building in July last year was widely shared online.

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  14. Health minister Andrew Gwynne sacked over messagespublished at 16:55 GMT 9 February 2025

    Gwynne apologises for the "badly misjudged" messages and is suspended as a Labour party member.

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  15. £2m donation to help cities' homelesspublished at 06:18 GMT 7 February 2025

    Financial institutions based in Coventry and Manchester donate funding in their home cities.

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  16. Police inspector announces epic charity fundraiserpublished at 13:51 GMT 6 February 2025

    Jim Jones will cross three countries, two continents, an ocean, a sea and scale two peaks in 24 hours.

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  17. Never underestimate natural beauty, says volunteerpublished at 06:08 GMT 5 February 2025

    Volunteers help to keep Davyhulme Park free of litter and looking at its best for visitors to enjoy.

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  18. Manhunt: How police caught gang of Wigan killers published at 06:04 GMT 21 January 2025

    The efforts of Greater Manchester Police to investigate murders and a gun plot are shown in a docuseries.

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  19. Flood-hit towns must get new defences, says MPpublished at 16:31 GMT 14 January 2025

    A plea for new protection is made as the floods minister visits towns hit by the New Year's Day floods.

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  20. 'Vital' north west projects get £4.6m boostpublished at 14:18 GMT 23 December 2024

    Groups in Merseyside, Lancashire and Greater Manchester get a final payout from a £150m government fund.

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