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straight to your inbox Txiki Begiristain says Manchester City need to replace their simple desire to win the Champions League with an real belief they can win it, as he reacted to the group stage draw which was made on Thursday. City were paired with FC Porto, Olympiacos and Marseille in the group stage draw, with Director of Football Begiristain declaring his happiness at the way the draw played out.

straight to your inbox Gary Neville has reversed his prediction that Manchester City would win the Premier League title, after only two games. Pep Guardiola's side opened their account with a 3-1 win over Wolves but were thumped 5-2 by Leicester City at the weekend.

straight to your inboxBernardo Silva has delighted Manchester City fans as he posted a picture of his return to training. The midfielder has been out of action so far this season, having been forced off the pitch with a muscle injury whilst on international duty with Portugal earlier this month.He now appears to be on the mend, posting a picture of himself in training on Twitter.Bernardo said : "Back with the team.

Mogwai have cancelled three of their planned UK shows for February 2021 as a result of the continuing uncertainty over the return of live music during the coronavirus pandemic.The band had been set to play at the Roundhouse in London (February 17), the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester (February 19) and the SSE Hydro in Glasgow (February 20).But this afternoon (September 28) Mogwai confirmed that they had now taken the decision to cancel those live dates, saying in a statement that “the safety

straight to your inboxBruno Fernandes has told Manchester United what changes to make after their narrow win against Brighton in the Premier League.United fell behind after Fernandes was adjudged to have fouled Tariq Lamptey in the area with Neal Maupay chipping the resulting penalty past David de Gea.

Here are 18 places in and around Greater Manchester where you can enjoy an idyllic stroll and witness the season in full swing:Just minutes from the city centre, Whitworth Park is a lovely bit of green space in the otherwise urban metropolis.There's wonderful scenery and tall 126 year-old plane trees, all which display an array of Autumn colours as the season progresses.It's a home to to fifteen species of breeding birds, among them great and blue tits, nuthatches and great spotted woodpeckers

straight to your inboxManchester United's home game against Tottenham Hotspur has been selected for live television coverage by Sky Sports.The Premier League match at Old Trafford will be played on Sunday, October 4, kicking off at 4.30pm.In a statement the league also confirmed new kick-off times for midweek matches.

M.E.N that some people were magnet fishing in the canal when the device was discovered on Sunday afternoon.

straight to your inbox Manchester City EDS were beaten 2-1 by Blackburn on Friday night after goalkeeper James Trafford was shown a straight red card in injury time. The young City team started well at Leyland and James McAtee gave them an early lead with a fine run and finish past the keeper from outside the box.

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NottinghamLive how groups of up to five people at a time began arriving for the bash on Friday night at around 7pm.

straight to your inboxVincent Kompany has explained how Kevin De Bruyne failed to make a good first impression on him with the Belgian national team.Kompany has this summer retired from football after a glittering career that will see a permanent statue of him outside of the Etihad in recognition of his achievements with Manchester City.De Bruyne, meanwhile, made history in the last week by becoming the club's first ever player to receive the PFA Player of the Year award, in recognition of his

There may be a hint of an Indian summer on the way to Manchester in the next few days, but there's no getting away from the fact that the seasons are well and truly changing.The leaves across the region are beginning to turn, heralding the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.For people who love the cosier, cooler months, the chill in the air and the reddening of the leaves will be a welcome change.Greater Manchester is often at its prettiest at this time of year, when the trees turn

Manchester Airport.Annalee Wood has been trying to get a test for the last 24 hours, after her 11-year-old daughter was sent home from her school in Stockport with a cold.She has been told her daughter cannot return to school until she has completed the isolation period, or obtained a negative test.Annalee phoned the 119 help line on Thursday and was on hold for an hour, only to be told the nearest available test centre was Sheffield.After agreeing to drive there, she was then told that there

Have your say on the local lockdown measures in our survey:"Of course the national measures which were announced yesterday will come into force in Greater Manchester, it's very important that people follow them."We took further action in Bolton.

coronavirus cases.Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use a press conference later today (Wednesday) to announce the change in the law after the number of daily positive Covid-19 cases in the UK rose to almost 3,000.The legal limit on social gatherings will be reduced from 30 - which the law allowed if people were from no more than two households - to six.Groups of more than six can be broken up by police.The new rule will apply to gatherings indoors and outdoors - including private homes, parks,