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Here's the Mancunian Way for today: Hello, What’s this then? Millions of pounds down the back of a sofa in Whitehall?
That’s handy. It's great news that grants worth a combined £211m have been retrospectively handed to 16 regeneration projects across England - including in Salford, Tameside and Wigan.
Schemes in Stalybridge, Ashton-in-Makerfield and Eccles will receive £19.9m, £6.6m and £5.4m respectively. Each of these bids was previously rejected.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk