NASA’s Hubble telescope spots the ‘Greater Pumpkin’ galaxies 120 MILLION light-years from Earth, complete with glowing eyes and a carved crooked smile NASA’s Hubble telescope captured a spooky scene 120 million light-years away Deemed the ‘Greater Pumpkin’, the image is of two galaxies colliding The aging red stars are creating an orange hue that resembles … Read more
More than a million people in Greater Manchester are living in boroughs where coronavirus infections are falling, casting serious doubts about whether a ‘Tier Three’ lockdown is really justified. Some 2.8million residents in the region will be plunged into the harshest category of restrictions at midnight on Thursday after a series of looser localised measures … Read more
TEN MILLION are to be plunged into Tier 3 lockdown: Boris Johnson is set to put Greater Manchester under toughest coronavirus restrictions by end of the week Talks on whether the region should enter Tier 3 ended in deadlock again today PM feels he has no choice but to take action to ‘tackle health emergency … Read more
Ministers sent an ultimatum to Andy Burnham and mutinous Greater Manchester MPs that they must do a deal on Tier Three lockdown today – or face being forced into tougher coronavirus curbs. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick warned that talks had gone on ‘too long’ and the government could force the issue as early as tomorrow … Read more
Police launch probe after ‘human bones’ were found in a Greater Manchester town The discovery was made before 10.05am on Saturday near Calf Lane in Mossley Police have described the discovery as ‘possible human bones’ The scene has been cordoned off while the investigation continues By Aliki Kraterou For Mailonline Published: 15:16 BST, 18 October … Read more
Andy Burnham launched a fresh salvo at the government’s bungled bid to make Greater Manchester a ‘sacrificial lamb’ by imposing tougher lockdown today – demanding bigger bailouts and accusing Boris Johnson of southern bias. The region’s mayor said the North was being treated like a ‘canary in the coalmine’ with experimental restrictions, claiming that if … Read more
Andy Burnham launched a fresh salvo at the government’s bungled bid to make Greater Manchester a ‘sacrificial lamb’ by imposing tougher lockdown today – demanding bigger bailouts and accusing Boris Johnson of southern bias. The region’s mayor said the North was being treated like a ‘canary in the coalmine’ with experimental restrictions – claiming that … Read more
At least 20 Greater Manchester Police officers are self-isolating after an outbreak of coronavirus at a force golf day. Police confirmed that ‘a number of officers’ in the Oldham district have tested positive for the virus, while a number of ‘other officers’ are also self-isolating ‘as a precaution’. It comes after several officers from the force … Read more
Teenagers who are unpopular at school face a greater risk of having a heart attack or stroke in later life, study finds The scientists from Stockholm University tracked 14,000 people born in 1953 At the age of 13 each teenager’s popularity was gauged through questionnaires The participants were then tracked until 2016, allowing doctors to … Read more
A British Transport Officer told of the ‘carnage’ after the Manchester bombing as the public inquiry heard today that police were not aware ‘at an organisational level’ about the Ariana Grande concert and had not made plans or provision for the event. Around 14,000 fans were at the concert when suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, detonated his … Read more