Barber tried to smuggle cocaine, MDMA and ketamine on a stag do to Majorca - but his plan was foiled at the airport

direct to your inboxUefa is reportedly set to propose a major shake-up to the current Champions League format.European football's governing body is considering making changes to its flagship competition in response to the threat of a breakaway super league, according to The Times.

Many of Manchester's restaurants have had to get creative in order to get their food to customers this year.As well as launching new delivery and takeaway services, several operators have started creating DIY meal kits, delivering all the instructions and ingredients you need to recreate your favourite restaurant food at home.With Greater Manchester in local lockdown restrictions since the end of July, and in national lockdown for the last month, we've all absolutely lapped it upBut one

A jury has heard a harrowing first-hand account of onlookers trying to help a seven-year-old girl after she was stabbed in a Bolton park.Emily Jones died after she was fatally attacked by Eltiona Skana, 30, who grabbed her and slashed her neck with a craft knife while the child was riding her scooter towards her mother, a trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court has been told.Skana, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, has denied murdering the youngster in Queen's Park on

with some calling the decision a ‘disgrace’.But speaking at the council’s public engagement board this morning Eleanor Roaf, Trafford’s Director for Public Health, said: “I know there’s been a lot of disappointment in some quarters about the fact that we’re still in tier 3, but I think that even though our rates are lower than some other places that are not in tier 3, we do have to recognise that we’re part of Greater Manchester.“People travel in and out of our borough all the time, for work in

shopaholic, your online basket is probably full to the brim with must-have sale items ahead of the Christmas season. But once you've splashed out and spent up, put your shopping skills to the test with the fifth instalment of our Manchester Evening News quiz.

is part of five sets of criteria the government has looked at which also includes the rate of cases in the over-60s, as they are most likely to need hospital care.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United are 'trying to exploit' Inter Milan in the hunt to land Christian Eriksen in the January transfer window, according to reports.The Denmark international has failed to settle since moving to Italy in January earlier this year from Tottenham and a return to the Premier League has been mooted.United explored a deal for Eriksen in 2019 but decided against moving for him after deeming he preferred a move to Spain.

straight to your inbox every day, free Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he is 'happy' with how Anthony Martial is playing back on the left wing for Manchester United.The French forward was moved to the wing during the weekend win over West Brom and started the Champions League match against Istanbul Basaksehir on the left flank on Tuesday night.Martial looked rejuvenated as he tormented former United defender Rafael da Silva with summer signing Edinson Cavani deployed as the central striking option

reported yesterday how leaders of Focus Trust were under pressure from the government to reverse their plan to shut a week earlier than planned.They had announced last week that all 15 of their schools - seven of which are in Greater Manchester - would close on December 11, instead of the original planned date of December 18.The decision came amid growing concerns over the number of families that could be forced to isolate over the festive period because of positive cases in the run-up to the

Andy Burnham has written an open letter to people in Stockport making the case for the region’s controversial long-term development plan.The joint letter with Stockport council leader Elise Wilson says that more of the borough’s green belt will be put at risk outside the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF), than within it.However opponents of the scheme - including many of the ‘Save the Greenbelt’ groups - remain unconvinced.It comes after Stockport councillors last week voted to

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola will not rush Sergio Aguero back into action to solve Manchester City's crisis of confidence in front of goal.The Blues have found the back of the net just 10 times in eight Premier League games this season and have scored five goals in their last six league fixtures, having slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham on Saturday.Aguero was back on the bench in North London but the Argentine wasn't used and Guardiola intends to take no chances with a player who has

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An MP has urged Stockport councillors to reject the region’s long-term development plan at a crunch vote this evening.The borough will be the first to have its say on whether to progress with the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) - an ambitious blueprint setting out where homes and businesses should be built between now and 2037.Redrawn twice, it has proven highly controversial due to its plans to build on green belt sites across the conurbation - although the vast majority of planned