Anne Nolan rings bell to spell end of her chemotherapy treatment in heartwarming video

straight to your inboxGareth Bale made his Premier League introduction at Old Trafford but is destined to never play for Manchester United."We were disappointed in Southampton at the time because we were first there, but they never came back to us," Sir Alex Ferguson said of Bale's 2007 switch to Tottenham.

straight to your inbox Manchester United are unlikely to intervene as Tottenham close in on re-signing Gareth Bale. The MEN understands United had no plans to buy Bale, 31, in a permanent deal but had refused to rule him out as an emergency loan option amid an impasse in negotiations for Jadon Sancho.Bale was open to joining United but no contact was made with his representatives and Spurs have accelerated plans for Bale to return to the club he left seven years ago.

straight to your inboxIt's not a transfer window if Manchester United aren't being linked with Gareth Bale, but this time supporters are split on the speculation.After finally getting their window underway with the arrival of Donny van de Beek from Ajax, M.E.N.

STXfilms has picked up the worldwide rights to Queenpins, a coupon scam comedy that reunites the studio with Kristen Bell. Queenpins will be released in the U.S., UK, and Ireland by STX, and the studio, which has had success with female-driven movie fare like Hustlers and Bad Moms, will handle international distribution through its network of global partners.

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a leaked Public Health England document report suggested links between areas with the highest concentrations of coronavirus and deprivation, poor housing and ethnicity. Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions here The analysis, leaked to The Observer, was written for local government leaders and is said to relate to the north west.

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City evening headlines for Sunday August 30.La Liga have dealt a blow to Manchester City’s hopes of signing Lionel Messi – by suggesting that any club wanting to secure his services may have to pay a £632million release clause fee to Barcelona.The Argentinian’s legal team insist that his contract allows him to leave for free if he asks to move within a certain time frame, while the club say that the date has already passed and so he will not be

In future local authorities would have to - ‘immediately’, in Greater Manchester’s case - get around the table with their MPs and hammer out where exactly which parts of their boroughs they want measures to apply to.

Mancunians have been told their partying has to be put on hold as the city’s Covid infection rate rose almost to the government’s red alert threshold.Latest figures show Manchester recording 49 cases per 100,000, just below the 50 mark that would push it into the government’s riskiest category.The city’s rate has more than tripled in a month.Its leaders have now warned that house parties - which are believed to partly be behind the rise - and other inside gatherings must stop, or else Manchester