Avanti West Coast launch discount ticket scheme for trains to and from Manchester - but there's one catch

The Manchester United takeover process continues in the background as Premier League football prepares to return.

Tottenham Hotspur have shortlisted on-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson as a potential replacement for Hugo Lloris, according to reports.

Coronation Street star Colson Smith has been praised by his fans after he shared his latest impressive achievement. The actor, who is known for playing Craig Tinker in the ITV soap, took his lockdown running hobby to the next level as he took part in the Heaton Park Half Marathon.

Rail passengers are hitting out at the government's move to extend the contract of troubled train operator Avanti - despite the Secretary of State admitting there is 'still more work to be done to bring [Avanti] services up to the standards we expect'.

Brokeback Mountain is transitioning into a stage adaptation on London’s West End.

Naman Ramachandran Annie Proulx’s short story “Brokeback Mountain” is set for a stage adaptation on London’s West End. The story was previously adapted as a 2005 film by Ang Lee, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, playing Jack and Ennis respectively, who take jobs on the remote Brokeback Mountain and develop a relationship. It won three Oscars – for direction, adapted screenplay and score. The West End adaptation will star Mike Faist (BAFTA-nominee for “West Side Story”) and Lucas Hedges (Oscar-nominee for “Manchester by the Sea”) as Jack and Ennis. Both actors will be making their West End debuts.

BAFTA-nominated Mike Faist and Oscar-nominated actor Lucas Hedges will star in a London stage adaptation of Annie Proulx’s best-selling novel Brokeback Mountain.

A smuggler hid a gun in a secret van compartment filled with expanding foam. Radek Dobias, 42, was caught after the VW van was stopped in Dover by Border Force officials.

Manchester United star Amad has been recalled to the Ivory Coast squad ahead of the upcoming international break later this month.

Whether you're supping a quiet pint at the end of the bar type – or live for club nights playing dirty beats – Manchester's nightlife has something for everyone.

A doomed shopping parade set to be demolished was once the beating heart of its estate.

A Place in the Sun has temporarily come off the air as the Channel 4 series is missing from daytime TV schedules over the next few days.

A train operator will cancel more than 23,000 services this year if reliability continues at its current levels, new analysis reveals as the mayor of Greater Manchester called for urgent 'change' and rail fares rise.

A cold weather alert has been issued as parts of the UK are set to be hit by snow this week. Yellow weather warnings issued by the Met Office have been brought forward as Arctic air moves over parts of Scotland and then down to northern England.

Manchester gathered together to joyfully celebrate some of its heroes, but the importance of what they do for the city was brought into sharp focus by one mother who lost her son to violent knife crime - "it’s us that serve the life sentence."

Manchester United fans were loving Fred's gesture to Wout Weghorst after the Brazilian sealed victory against West Ham on Wednesday night.

Manchester City beating Bristol City to advance to the FA Cup quarter-finals throws up another fixture rescheduling headache for the Premier League in the final months of this season.

Marcus Rashford praised Manchester United teammate Alejandro Garnacho after the Reds' FA Cup win over West Ham on Wednesday night.

Erik ten Hag lauded Wout Weghorst as "one of the best players on the pitch" in Manchester United's comeback win over West Ham United.

Manchester United fans are furious that VAR adjudged the ball to have stayed in play in the build-up to Said Benrahma’s goal for West Ham in Wednesday’s FA Cup clash.