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Passengers will pay between £295 and £570 for a slap-up champagne meal as they travel aboard the 1930s Pullman-style Northern Belle

Officers have released an image of the suspect

Three schemes were successful, but many more were not

Dozens of bus services across Greater Manchester are set to be cut in April, months before mayor Andy Burnham starts to take control of the network. But passengers say services are already poor with waits lasting more than two hours, while transport bosses warn that some uncertainty is 'inevitable' over…

Local leaders were hopeful their Levelling Up fund proposal - which would have seen £20m go to Rochdale and £10m to Heywood and Middleton respectively - would find favour with ministers.

The move comes in the wake of a youngster dying from a respiratory condition caused by prolonged exposure to mould.

Places for Everyone - the conurbation’s controversial long-term strategy for jobs and homes - is currently undergoing a public examination as part of the process towards it being signed off by the government.

Councillors heard it was one of a number of cases that had not been dealt with to a ‘satisfactory level’ in Stockport

An M.E.N. and Shelter campaign has been backed by a huge number of readers

"It’s obviously my ambition to get back to normal both for me as an individual and as a Member of Parliament"

A new Danish bacon factory in Rochdale marks the decline in Britain’s pork industry as big retailers look to cheaper imports