Local news for the A6 and A57 corridors
You always hear Pauline Rawlins before you see her. A fixture of various crossings in Levenshulme for a generation, the 58-year-old lollipop lady is at the stage where kids she ushered to primary school a generation ago are now using her traffic-stopping powers to ferry their own whippersnappers to class.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have seized almost £50,000 of illegal vapes, cigarettes and counterfeit goods in raids along Stockport Road and Hyde Road. Officers pounced on more than 50 shops in Gorton, Levenshulme and Longsight over two days this week after members of Manchester City Council’s trading standards team made test purchases across the area. The…
“I know that if I keep going, I’ve got a song in me that could change the world.”
A road that has seen 100 casualties over the past five years is set to have its speed limit reduced.
A new series of weekly walks aims to encourage people to explore their local community with fresh eyes over the summer.
An acclaimed restaurant has promised free meals to people sharing their first name with people it considers to be ‘Real Manchester Icons’.
McVitie’s will expand its Stockport workforce by 10% after a £21million investment in its Wellington Road North factory.
A derelict pool where one of the first women to swim the English Channel trained must become a heritage site, according to a campaigner trying to stop its demolition.