A £1m cash injection for the East Lancashire Railway is welcomed as a "massive confidence boost".

A notorious V1 rocket landed on a row of homes in Oldham, killing 27 people and injuring 49.

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

Campaigners against greenbelt development are permitted to challenge a Greater Manchester housing plan.

A heritage group raises concerns over a plans covering part of a former Greater Manchester canal.

Planning officers refused the application on the grounds of traffic concerns and impact on the area.

A man and a woman, both in their 30s, are being questioned after their arrest on suspicion of murder.

A postcard in a trench diary gives a family the answer they have waited more than 100 years for.