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
A police officer who missed the Manchester Arena suicide bomber because he drove five miles for a kebab with a female colleague during a two-hour lunch has admitted he should have taken a ‘more proportionate’ break. Mark Renshaw travelled from Victoria Station near the arena to Mazaa’s kebab shop in Longsight to get a takeaway with British … Read more
The Manchester Arena suicide bomber looked ‘like a Bond villain’ and a ‘terrorist’ moments before he set off his devastating rucksack device, a witness told the inquiry into the terror attack. Neil Hatfield was waiting to collect his four daughters after Ariana Grande’s concert on May 22, 2017, when he saw a young man ‘in the process … Read more
Manchester United and Liverpool are key movers in talks to form a £4.6bn ‘European Premier League’ involving five English clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona and the top sides in Italy and Germany… days after their Project Big Picture was axed Liverpool and Manchester United are in talks over a groundbreaking new league A new report … Read more
A police officer patrolling Manchester Arena went on an ‘unacceptable’ two-hour break the day of Salman Abedi’s suicide attack – and would ‘probably’ have asked what was in his rucksack had she seen him, an inquiry has heard. British Transport Police (BTP) officer Jessica Bullough came back on patrol shortly after suicide the bomber walked … Read more
Ministers are threatening to force Greater Manchester into Tier 3 lockdown at 12pm tomorrow unless local leaders agree to impose economy-wrecking shutdowns themselves. Up to 10 million people now face the toughest restrictions tomorrow after talks on whether the region should enter the ‘very high risk’ Tier 3 ended in deadlock again today. No10 has … 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
Finn Kitson, 19, was found dead at halls of residence at the University of Manchester A teenage university student, who is the son of a leading Cambridge academic, died in his halls of residence after suffering with ‘severe anxiety’ during a campus ‘lockdown’, his family say. The 19-year-old student, named by his family as Finn … Read more
Boris Johnson last night offered Greater Manchester tens of millions of pounds in extra support if the region agrees to accept the toughest level of lockdown restrictions. Adopting a ‘carrot and stick’ approach, the Government yesterday criticised Labour mayor Andy Burnham in public while offering him additional financial aid in private. Cabinet Office Minister Michael … Read more