The Green Party has won the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Hannah Spencer becoming the constituency’s new MP. Labour was pushed into third place behind Reform UK, loosing their safe seat of nearly 100 years. The result will increase the pressure on Sir Keir Starmer's leadership after he blocked Andy Burnham from standing, which many believe could have resulted in a different outcome. In this video, residents react to the win from the Greens.

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.