The Greater Manchester mayor has until Saturday afternoon to decide if he wants to stand in the Gordon and Denton seat.
Part of a historic pier washes away and a sea wall next to a railway line crumbles as Storm Ingrid lashes Devon and Cornwall.
Thousands of people in England will be able to check whether they have genes linked to cancer.
A total of 457 British service personnel were killed fighting in Afghanistan.
The plans are part of a raft of measures aimed at the reform of police forces in England and Wales.