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Man in hoody walks past a building with a sign saying Strawberry Studios Stockport - a black and white frontage and a black door with a 3 on it. A lamppost blocks the view of the O in the sign. The A is replaced by a strawberry.

Gig celebrates 'Abbey Road of the north' studios

Artists say it is hard to imagine Manchester's music scene without Strawberry Studios in Stockport.

An aerial view of a bridge running underneath a large roundabout which has four roads coming out of it.

Work begins on year-long bridge replacement project

Road closures will be in force and changes to trains and buses will be in place for 12 months.

Sky centre closures will 'devastate local economy'

The company plans to close three of its 10 UK customer service centres, putting 2,000 jobs at risk

Care leaver Chereece is standing in the foreground on the pavement next to a hedge. She is in front of a 20 mile an hour street sign and blue wheelie bins are also visible standing outside a row of house on the opposite side of the street. She is looking into the camera and has a serious expression on her face.

'Care order that restricted freedom as child left me traumatised'

Chereece wants the issuing of the increasingly-used Deprivation of Liberty orders to be stopped.

Leslie Greenhough is holding a large, white and elaborately decorated 30th birthday cake, complete with purple candles, while leaning back on a bed. His tortoiseshell cat Millie, sitting alongside him, appears to be looking straight at the camera.

'World's oldest cat' only drinks bottled water

Leslie Greenhough says his late wife Paula got tortoiseshell Millie as a three-month old kitten.

ParalympicsGB's Poppy Maskill with long blond hair wearing a black dress smiles as she holds up her Member of the Order of the British Empire medal

Paralympics swim star Poppy Maskill collects MBE

The 19-year-old was britain's most successful athlete at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

A dark-haired man sits on a green metal park bench, wearing glasses, with his hands clasped on his knees

Grandson 'scarred' by Covid victim's final moments

Amos Waldman remembers his final conversation with his grandmother, as well as her funeral on Zoom.

A yellow Bee Network bus drives down Oxford Road in Manchester. Nearer the camera, a deliberately out-of-focus male cyclist rides along a cycle path.

Bee Network's tap-and-go system now includes buses

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says the new system is a "game-changer" for public transport.

Photograph of Mark Hunter - the Lib Dem leader of Stockport Council. He has parted grey hair and round, tortoiseshell glasses. He is smiling for the camera.

Leader of Stockport Council to step down

Mark Hunter will remain in post until May's local Liberal Democrat group's annual general meeting.