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Manchester News MEN

North Wales, PA, United States

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Past articles by Rob:

BBC says talks with Gary Lineker ‘moving in the right direction’

Match of the Day aired for only 20 minutes on Saturday without accompanying commentary or analysis from presenters, and Sunday’s edition of Match of the Day 2 will run for a reduced 15 minutes. → Read More

Head of Epsom College found dead with her husband and child on the school grounds

The family’s next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers while an investigation is now under way to establish the circumstances of their deaths. → Read More

Huge emergency services response, including armed officers amid reports of stabbing in Levenshulme

Images from the scene on Sunday evening showed a number of police vehicles in attendance. → Read More

Extraordinary footage shows fireworks erupting all over Manchester on New Year's Eve

Mancs were determined to have their night of celebrations despite the weather → Read More

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff taken to hospital after accident while filming Top Gear

A BBC spokesperson said: “Freddie was injured in an accident at the Top Gear test track this morning – with crew medics attending the scene immediately." → Read More

Power Rangers star Jason David Frank dies at 49

Mighty Morphine Power Rangers, about five teenagers deputised to save Earth from the evil, made its debut on Fox in 1993 and went on to become a pop-culture phenomenon. → Read More

Residents evacuated and people told to stay away after guns and 'suspicious chemicals' found in flat

A number of homes in Ashton-Under-Lyne have been evacuated after 'suspicious chemicals' and several guns were found in a flat. Police made the discovery while searching a flat in Mossley Road this afternoon (Wednesday November 16). Two men, aged 37 and 43, have since been arrested on suspicion of possession of firearms, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed. GMP officers and… → Read More

Chancellor vows tax hikes and spending cuts needed to ‘face economic storm’

Mr Hunt will say his “difficult decisions” are necessary to keep mortgage rates low and tackle the rocketing energy and food prices → Read More

Review: The Lanterns at Chester Zoo

A trip to the zoo without the animals might initially strike you as a strange idea - but it works brilliantly → Read More

Boris Johnson dramatically pulls out of Tory leadership race despite claiming he had over 100 votes

Mr Johnson said: “In the last few days I have been overwhelmed by the number of people who suggested that I should once again contest the Conservative Party leadership". → Read More

Man, 34, arrested on suspicion of murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel

Merseyside Police said on Thursday evening that a man from the area has been taken to a police station where he will be questioned by detectives. → Read More

LIVE updates: Large emergency services response near Piccadilly Gardens amid reports of serious incident

Paramedics, the fire service and police are on the scene. → Read More

'Take risks, love deeply and have no regrets'

Tributes are pouring in for the inspirational cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James who has died age 40 → Read More

Dame Deborah James dies age 40 after cancer battle

BBC podcast host and campaigner Deborah, known as Bowel Babe, sadly passed away after a five year battle with stage 4 bowel cancer → Read More

Passengers heading to Manchester Airport are urged to leave even EARLIER as M56 closures add to chaos

The latest advice urges travellers to allow still more time for their journeys → Read More

British father and nine-year-old son die in horror landslide while on holiday in Australia

The nine-year-old boy and his 49-year-old father died at the scene, at Wentworth Pass in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, New South Wales police said. → Read More

LIVE updates: Huge cordon in place around police station in Oldham town centre after officer assaulted

A cordon remains in place from George Street to the end of Back King Street. → Read More

LIVE updates: Huge emergency services response amid incident at bar on Deansgate

This is a breaking story and we will update it as we get further information. → Read More

The coronavirus infection rate among five to 11-year-olds is 'three times that of general population'

REACT-1, a joint study by Imperial College London and Ipsos Mori, analysed data from 97,000 volunteers in England to examine national Covid-19 levels between November 23 and December 14. → Read More

Four children have died in house fire in south London

The fire was under control by 8.36pm and the cause is under investigation. → Read More