CCTV image released after men hit by bricks in city centre 'attempted murder'

Life in one city centre apartment block is just 'a disaster waiting to happen', a former insider has said, amid fears for residents' security.

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Friday, July 1st:

One of Manchester’s best primary schools is set to join one of the city’s major academy chains.

A 15-storey 'gold-clad monstrosity' in Manchester has been given the green light at a planning meeting which saw another city centre tower knocked back. The M1 Piccadilly development in Store Street, featuring 54 flats - none of which would be affordable - was granted planning permission yesterday (June 30).

A prison officer has been charged with the murder of a man who was found dead on his 40th birthday.

A man has been charged with murder after a man was found dead in a block of flats in Salford.

Fernandinho has sealed his return to former club Athletico Paranaense after his release from Manchester City.

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted rape after a woman was followed into her city centre apartment. Detectives have been investigating after receiving a report about a sexual assault, in an apartment block off Granby Row, at around 10am on Friday (June 24).

As one of Manchester's most loved family businesses, Forsyth Music Shop has welcomed customers through its doors for decades. Founded in 1857 by brothers James and Henry Forsyth, the business has been located at its home on Deansgate since the 1890s. It goes without saying that this music department store has earned its status as a city centre institution.

City Football Group (CFG), the owners of Manchester City, are hoping to add an 11th club to their resume.

Rent costs are rising all across the UK, particularly for properties in or near to city centres. The price to rent a home in Manchester is now among the highest in the region because of the increasing demand of people wanting to experience life in the city.

Firefighters who rushed to a blaze at a Chinese restaurant which sent smoke billowing over the city centre discovered another fire in the same block, it has been revealed. A fire in the kitchen of Lameizi restaurant on Chester Street, off Oxford Road, caused concern in the city after it sent black smoke out of the extraction system into the city centre sky, however, another fire threatened the building just before.

Police have issued a stern warning after youths hurled bricks and stones at vehicles on the M60. Officers say six vehicles were damaged after being hit by projectiles between junction 2 and 3, near Cheadle, on Sunday afternoon (June 19).

Smoke billowed over Manchester city centre after a fire broke out at a Chinese restaurant. The blaze started in the kitchen of Lameizi, a Chinese restaurant in Chester Street, shortly before midday today (Monday).

A man was stabbed following an altercation with ten men in Manchester city centre in the early hours of this morning (June 18). Police have been investigating the incident on the corner of Market Street and High Street.

Police in Rochdale have released a new image of a man who was reported missing a week ago. GMP officers have issued a new photo of Daniel, who has been missing from Middleton since June 10.

Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a man was found dead six days after being attacked in Manchester city centre. David Aubert was assaulted on Bloom Street in the Gay Village in the early hours of June 2, police say.

The Spinners Quarter development in Pendleton was officially unveiled recently with Salford ’s city mayor cutting the ribbon. The event marks a milestone for Lovell Together, the joint venture between Lovell Partnerships and Together Housing Group.

Buses were forced to divert at Droylsden after objects were thrown at them on Monday evening (6 June).

England Under-21s coach Lee Carsley talked up James McAtee's ability to play in five different positions after calling the Manchester City starlet up to his squad. Carsley, who spent a year at the City Football Academy as Under-18s coach, has already turned to City for Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Tommy Doyle and Cole Palmer during his time with England.