Tomorrow we take the first big step towards @BeeNetwork Rail. 🐝 Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between stations in GM. 🙌🏻

Simpler rail fares for Greater Manchester are on the way! 🚝 From 7 December there’ll be major changes to train tickets. Hear from Mayor Andy Burnham and find out more…

Today marks 13 years since our colleagues, PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes, were tragically killed whilst on duty. An annual memorial will take place within the memorial garden at #Hyde Police Station, to pay our respects and remember our brave officers. #NeverForgotten

The Hillsborough families will never see true justice for their loved ones. But their tenacity, dignity and refusal to be silenced means no other bereaved families will ever have to ensure the same ordeal. That is their legacy - and it will stand for generations to come.

South Yorkshire’s Mayor ⁦@olivercoppard⁩ is doing a live Q&A on Facebook hosted by ⁦@yorkshirepost⁩ ⁦@RalphBlackburn⁩ on all things Doncaster-Sheffield Airport✈️ Tune in and put your questions to him on 2pm, 27 August👇

This is the first of four annual plans supporting Greater Manchester’s new Fire Plan. Together, the plans contribute to our Greater Manchester Strategy (GMS) and vision to be a thriving city region where everyone can live a good life.    📲 Read GMS:

#IsThisOK? https://t.co/J71FhxzBSn

🗣️ “#IsThisOK? has been one of the most important and impactful campaigns that we have run in Greater Manchester." Read more here 👉

For the next four weeks, we are lifting the 9.30am rule on older and disabled people’s bus passes. We hope it will help people over the summer as well as provide valuable data on whether we have the capacity and finances to make it permanent. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏻

Our number one priority in the new Greater Manchester Strategy is to free the city-region from the grip of the housing crisis. What does that mean in practice? Within two years, building more council and social homes than we are losing through Right-to-Buy.👍🏻 #GMHousingFirst

This Fire Plan charts an ambitious path forward for @manchesterfire The next chapter in our improvement journey and a plan to take GM🚒to the next level building on the significant improvements to date. Excited about the future and what I know we are capable of achieving together

https://t.co/aCqAH2No5j

Had a nice family walk along the Leeds Liverpool canal.

RETWEET if you are proud to stand with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney!

Greater Manchester has an integrated public transport system. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Embassy Village is a prime example of GM’s innovative approach to tackling homelessness. 40 purpose-built homes are being built under city-centre railway arches forming a new community with wraparound support. Our thanks to the businesses who have helped make it happen. 🙏🏻 1/3

For anyone in Greater Manchester that needs to buy an annual bus pass but only has the means to pay monthly, your local credit unions have come to the rescue. Here’s how 👇🏻please #RT for GM residents that need fair and ethical ways to fund things!

Please be aware everyone 👇🏻 We continue to deal with flooding incidents but freezing temperatures could complicate things overnight. Allow plenty of time if you are travelling in the morning.

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Family walk up at Rivington while the child is away on a school trip