The Green Party will be represented by Hannah Spencer in the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. The 34-year-old plumber currently leads the Greens on Trafford Council, where she has represented the Hale ward since May 2023. Shock News's correspondent Benny Fiddimore interviewed Hannah Spencer, and leader of the Green Party, Zac Polanski.

A protest on claimed "media silence over attacks on the Kurdish people and other minorities in North-East Syria" occurred on Wednesday evening at MediaCityUK in Salford. Protesters alleged that the media, such as organisations like ITV and the BBC, have not been raising awareness of violence towards Kurds and other ethnic minorities in Syria.

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has been blocked from standing in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. The Labour Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) voted 8-1 against Burnham standing in the contest.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has asked permission from Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Burnham, who was previously MP for Leigh between 2001 and 2017, insisted that he wanted to back government in Westminster, “not undermine it.”

Chief Inspector Michael Parker has been awarded Greater Manchester Police’s Chief Constable Commendation for lifesaving First Aid while off duty. Parker received the award after saving a man’s life while waiting for a train at Salford Crescent. The man was spotted on the floor, not breathing, which led to Parker starting CPR.

"At around 7.10pm today (19 January) six fire engines from across Greater Manchester attended a building fire involving a tumble dryer in a communal laundry room at a high-rise building on University Road, Salford", a spokesperson for GMFRS said. “Crews wearing breathing apparatus arrived quickly and are using a gas monitor and two hose reels to extinguish the fire. Firefighters remain in attendance at this time.”

Police are conducting investigations after a bench commemorating a local Holocaust survivor was found smashed and dumped into the boating lake at Clowes Park in Salford.

Over 43,500 counterfeit products were seized and destroyed by Manchester City Council’s Trading Standards Team last year, with a street value of nearly £4.5m.

More than 750 people have been arrested under Greater Manchester Police's 'Winter of Action' campaign, with around a third of arrests coming from anti-social behaviour offences.