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The Latest Breaking News from Greater Manchester

Liverpool announces it will bring buses back under public control

City region to join Greater Manchester in reversing deregulation and introducing franchising on routes

The Guardian - UK

Burnham blasts Tories as HS2 plans hit buffers

The mayor of Greater Manchester said he and others would now work to salvage the plans to make them work for his and other regions.

The Independent UK

Manchester United and northern businesses urge Sunak not to cancel HS2

More than 30 organisations from Greater Manchester and the surrounding area have signed the letter.

The Independent UK

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Antony: Manchester United player to meet police in UK for questioning and hand over phone

Antony is due to meet with Greater Manchester police for questioning in relation to allegations of violence, which he denies

The Guardian - UK

HS2 news - live: Sunak insists he’s committed to levelling up as rail backlash grows

Rishi Sunak says his government is committed to ‘spreading opportunity around the country, not just in the North but in the Midlands, in all other regions of our fantastic country’

The Independent UK

Manchester to launch ‘revolutionary’ Bee Network public bus system

First buses to return to public control since deregulation to offer cheaper fares across integrated transport system

The Guardian - UK

Manchester’s buses are back under public control: this is how to run local transport

After decades of chaos, what Andy Burnham and campaigners have achieved could be a blueprint for the rest of the UK, says Cat Hobbs, founder of campaign group We Own It

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Mother of man killed by XL bully makes emotional plea after his children ‘lost their daddy’

‘Our lives will never be the same,’ the mother of XL Bully attack victim Jonathan Hogg said after fatal attack in Leigh, Greater Manchester

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Greater Manchester’s bus revolution: the public at the wheel

Editorial: A new franchising system rolled out this week can address the damage done by decades of deregulation

The Guardian - UK

Greater Manchester jumps onboard the franchise route to better buses

The new Bee Network transport system that launches this month is set to transform people’s lives in the city

The Guardian - UK

Who is behind the latest wave of UK ransomware attacks?

Greater Manchester police becomes latest entity to fall victim to this kind of hack

The Guardian - UK

Greater Manchester police officers’ data hacked in cyber-attack

Details of thousands of officers may have been taken in ransomware attack on third-party supplier

The Guardian - UK

Amazon to offer Iceland food after deal with supermarket chain

Iceland products will initially be available in parts of Greater Manchester before being rolled out across further locations

Evening Standard

Burnham: Scotland and northern England co-operation would bring ‘a better world’

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham emphasised closer working links without Westminster involvement would help progress be made.

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Stolen labradoodle was ‘taken to dog grooming salon’ after owner killed in ‘burglary’

Donald Patience was killed at his home in Greater Manchester with his dog stolen by raiders

The Independent UK

Electrician brutally murdered was ‘denied chance to clear his name’

Father-of-two Liam Smith, 38, was shot in the face and then covered in acid after being lured outside his home in Wigan, Greater Manchester.

The Independent UK

Man and woman convicted of acid attack murder of electrician

Liam Smith, 38, was shot in the face and then had acid poured over him outside his home in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on November 24 last year.

The Independent UK

Criminal Cases Review Commission will probe its role in Andrew Malkinson case

Andrew Malkinson, 57, had his 2003 conviction for a rape in Greater Manchester quashed by the Court of Appeal last month.

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The Independent UK

Partner of pregnant mother killed by speeding driver welcomes sentence review

Frankie Jules-Hough died on the M66 in Bury, Greater Manchester, in May.

The Guardian - UK

Greater Manchester police seek witnesses to road death of 18-year-old

Man arrested after teenager suffers fatal injuries in fall from bonnet of moving car in Altrincham

The Independent UK

Inquiry to examine women’s treatment in Greater Manchester Police custody - OLD

The inquiry led by former victims’ commissioner Dame Vera Baird will focus on the use of strip searches and intimate checks.

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry to examine strip-searches of women by Greater Manchester police

Dame Vera Baird KC to lead independent review into force’s treatment of women in custody

The Guardian - UK

Goosedown out, bulrush in: the plant refashioning puffer jackets

By 2026, a rewetted peatland site in Greater Manchester will be harvesting bulrushes in a trial that aims to boost UK biodiversity, cut carbon emissions and provide eco-friendly stuffing for clothes

The Guardian - UK

Vindication or cowardice? Andy Burnham’s clean air gamble in Manchester

After the Ulez debate, some see the Greater Manchester mayor’s U-turn on introducing his own ‘Caz’ zone as a politician reading the room, while others see it as a climbdown

The Guardian - UK

Ex-victims watchdog to examine women’s strip-search claims against Manchester police

Three women accuse force of unjustified strip-searches and one alleges sexual assault in custody

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