The latest news from Friday, October 3rd, 2025

On an unassuming side street in Glossop, an ordinary wall has quietly become one of the town’s most cultural landmarks.

Andy Burnham, the deputy mayor, and Greater Manchester’s 10 council leaders have described the emergency services’ response to the ‘cowardly’ terror attack at a Crumpsall synagogue as ‘exemplary’.

Residents living in housing managed by Longdendale Housing Society Ltd can now benefit from lifesaving equipment on their doorstep, thanks to the installation of two new defibrillators.

Bus services remain disrupted in north Manchester this morning following the terrorist attack at a Crumpsall synagogue on Thursday (October 2).

TransPennine Express (TPE) is urging customers not to travel between Manchester/Liverpool and Glasgow/Edinburgh, or on services between York, Newcastle, and Edinburgh due to the expected gale-force winds from Storm Amy.

Oldham Snooker Academy is set to welcome English professional snooker player Gary Wilson.

Since its official reopening in May, Gamesley Community Centre has flourished into a vibrant hub for the local community, offering an impressive range of activities for all ages.

Following the departure of Nick Spooner in September, Hyde United’s search for a new manager is finally over. 

A specialist physiotherapy practice is marking 25 years of treating patients with brain injuries and debilitating conditions with a silver jubilee dinner.

The North West’s water company is planning to carry out essential repair work on a sewer along the A62 between the junctions of Clowes Street and Ralph Green Street.

A politician working to improve relations between communities of Greater Manchester says she is ‘broken for the Jewish community’ after a fatal synagogue attack.

Oldham MP Jim McMahon has described a stabbing at a synagogue in north Manchester as ‘an attack on all of us’.

A discussion on local Facebook groups this week has sparked questions over the accessibility of High Peak MP Jon Pearce. 

Sixteen members of an organised crime group who supplied huge quantities of cocaine into north Derbyshire have been jailed for a combined total of more than 150 years.