Campaigners welcome plan to reshuffle Manchester council committees to allow more climate change debate

Molly-Mae Hague surprised her boyfriend Tommy Fury with an incredible welcome home party.The Love Island star, 21, decorated the living room of their Manchester apartment with a black-and-gold balloon arch and a feast of burgers and milkshakes from fast-food chain Archie’s. Boxer Tommy, 21, the younger brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, won his fifth title in his fight against Scott Williams at the Copper Box Arena, London, on Saturday night.

direct to your inbox More than 5,500 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals alone after contracting coronavirus. And tragically, this number continues to rise everyday.

direct to your inboxA national consultation over proposed new counter-terrorism legislation was being launched today after a campaign in memory of Manchester Arena bomb victim Martyn Hett.Maryn's mother, Figen Murray, hailed the breakthrough as a 'major stride towards making our country safer' - and saving lives.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer insisted Manchester United youngsters Amad, Ethan Galbraith and Shola Shoretire will not just get minutes against Real Sociedad for "charity". The United manager has made a number of changes for tonight's Europa League second leg versus the Basque side, with his team 4-0 up from the first leg.

in Bury. Video footage taken on the M66 northbound shows waste discarded all along the exit slip road for Pilsworth.Driver Paul Callaghan, who captured the footage on February 21, described the scene as a "disgrace”.Posting the video on Twitter, he said: “M66 Pilsworth exit.

direct to your inboxManchester United and Manchester City have had both had fixture details confirmed for next month.United’s Premier League clash with high-flying West Ham United will now take place on Sunday, March 14, with the kick-off set to take place at 7:15pm.

straight to your inboxMicah Richards revealed that Mario Balotelli told him that he would win the title for Manchester City while the pair were warming up against Queens Park Rangers.City's first Premier League title win came in the 2011/12 season in the most dramatic fashion. Sergio Aguero's famous last-gasp goal to hand City the title while Manchester United waited for their noisy neighbours to falter is one of the most memorable and recognisable goals in Premier League history.

direct to your inboxCoronavirus has brought heartache to thousands of families across Greater Manchester.More than 5,200 people have died in our region's hospitals alone. And tragically, this number is continuing to rise.

direct to your inboxCampaigners have won a High Court battle against Manchester council’s plans to build a 440-space temporary car park near a primary school.Trees Not Cars sought a judicial review of the decision taken in October 2019 by the planning committee to keep parking facilities at the former Central Retail Park in Ancoats for two years - months after the council declared a climate emergency.Town hall leaders hoped the car park would generate short-term income while plans to redevelop

direct to your inboxThe Premier League have confirmed that every game for the rest of the season will be televised due to the ongoing coronavirus restrictions.Whilst the government are set to announce how England’s lockdown will be eased next week, it is expected that this will be a gradual process and mass gatherings, such as for sporting events, will still not be permitted for some time.That means the Premier League have agreed that every Manchester United and Man City match will continue to

straight to your inbox every day for freeDaniel James remains a key part of Manchester United's squad and is in contention to start more games, says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The former Swansea winger has been deprived of regular game time this season for United but impressed in the 4-0 win over Real Sociedad, rounding off the scoring late on.

direct to your inboxThe NHS has confirmed the deaths of 18 more patients in hospitals in Greater Manchester who had tested positive for coronavirus.Nationally, a further 309 hospital deaths were reported on Thursday.Of those, 42 were in hospitals in the north west region.Six further deaths have been recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, with five more at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.Three further deaths were recorded at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh

direct to your inboxManchester council says that cuts of £41m will now be needed to balance its books for the coming year, though millions could still be wiped from homelessness spending.Council tax, seen as ‘regressive’ by council leader Sir Richard Leese, is still expected to rise by almost five per cent to prevent cuts to vital frontline services while demand is increasing.Extra government funding has meant that a worse case scenario of a £103m shortfall - caused by huge losses of income and

straight to your inbox every day for freePaul Pogba’s wife Maria Zulay Salaues took charge of his Instagram page on Valentine’s Day, sharing a video of a suited and booted Pogba dishing up a romantic feast.Coming the day after an anaemic performance at West Brom, cue the jokes about Manchester United missing his service, or how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would love the Frenchman back on the field.

direct to your inboxA year on from christening gritters ‘Snowel Gallagher’ and ‘Gritter Thunberg’, is Manchester about to welcome ‘Sparkus Trashford’ into its ranks?Manchester council is putting out a call for residents to come up with witty and imaginative names for some of its new electric bin lorries.The bright yellow eco-friendly vehicles, which cost £9.7m, will replace half of the city’s existing fleet as part of the council’s ambitions to halve its carbon emissions by 2025.In total the 27

straight to your inbox every day for freeMason Greenwood was substituted in the second-half against West Ham because Manchester United are managing his game-time.Greenwood, 19, has started in six of United's last seven matches but was replaced by Edinson Cavani in the 86th minute, much to the surprise of many observers who felt he had performed better than fellow forwards Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.Martial was starting for the first time in four games but failed to score while

direct to your inboxIt was a tragic twist of fate.Artist George Mayer-Marton had carefully packed his possessions and life's work to save them from the Nazis by emigrating to England.The Hungarian had made his reputation and home in Vienna - but his Jewish heritage and artistic brilliance made him vulnerable.The German invasion of Austria in March 1938 was the trigger for him to leave that year.

straight to your inbox every day for free When Manchester United spent £80million on Harry Maguire in the summer of 2019 they probably didn't expect another world-class centre back to be considered the answer to their problems barely 12 months later. But that was the case early on this season, when Maguire was struggling for form and his partnership with Victor Lindelof was failing to convince.

direct to your inboxManchester council will review its response to severe flooding caused by Storm Christoph after some residents had requests for sandbags rejected.Around 2,000 homes and businesses in East Didsbury, West Didsbury and Northenden were evacuated on January 20 as the River Mersey came within centimetres of bursting its banks.In the aftermath of the storm, Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the Didsbury Basin, which the Environment Agency said had served its purpose.Before the