Champion trampolinist Luke Strong on suffering homophobic bullying, fearing he may never walk again and coming out as bisexual

The deputy mayor of Greater Manchester has called for a rethink on the policing of coronavirus restrictions after revealing that less than half of lockdown fines have been paid.Baroness Beverley Hughes says enforcement is ‘the only tool on the government’s box of tricks’ and has suggested a new approach is needed.Police are finding it 'impossible' to enforce ‘resented’ measures introduced in Greater Manchester in late July according to the deputy mayor, who oversees policing for the combined

missing Scots mum who vanished more than 50 years ago have released a computer-generated image of what she would look like today. Isabella Skelton, nee Dowell, from Glasgow, was living in Manchester when she left her home in June 1969 and never came back.

June 6, 1969 and never came back.Since then, her daughter Linda Chapman has never given up hope that she will find her mum.Detectives investigating her disappearance have now released a special computer generated image to show how Isabella might look today.They hope it will bring them new leads in the case and will finally give Linda and her brothers Stephen and Richard the answers they so desperately need.“I just want to know, one way or another,” Linda says.“I don’t feel like I can sit on

Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich has spoken out about the band’s cover of Oasis‘ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’.Speaking in NME’s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?, the drummer spoke of their take on the anthem, which they performed at Manchester Arena just months after an explosion at an Ariana Grande gig killed 22 people.When asked if either Noel or Liam Gallagher gave him any feedback, Ulrich said: “Yes.

Former Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon, 24, has reportedly split from her HR manager boyfriend, Tom Leech, 29. The star, who played Bethany Platt on the hit ITV soap, was in a relationship with the Manchester University graduate for four years.

Gogglebox star Izzi Warner has flaunted her incredible weight loss six months after giving birth.The star of the Channel 4 show appears to have lost weight since she gave birth to her daughter Bessie back in February.Gogglebox will return to our screens in September, having taken a break from filming during the Covid-19 pandemic.Izzi and her sister Ellie are two of the more popular stars of the show, alongside the likes of the Malone family, from Manchester, and Jenny and Lee, from Hull.Izzi,

Jennifer Metcalfe has been spotted looking happy days after announcing her split from Greg Lake.

straight to your inboxManchester United defender Luke Shaw is stepping up his recovery from injury ahead of the new Premier League season.Shaw suffered an ankle injury during United's draw with his former club Southampton on July 13 which sidelined him for the remainder of the league campaign.The England international was not fit enough to travel to Cologne for the Europa League finals, with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hoping to have the defender back in time for the new season."Luke will be

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for wind and rain as another storm draws closer in the wake of last week's Storm Ellen. Forecasters say a deep area of low pressure will cross the UK from tonight, bringing gusts of wind up to 70mph.A yellow wind warning is in force for the whole of Wales and most of England, including Greater Manchester, until midday on Wednesday.

Strong winds and gales could batter Greater Manchester tomorrow and Wednesday, according to forecasters.A yellow weather warning for wind has been issued for the region on Tuesday and Wednesday by the Met Office.The weather warning covers a large part of England and Wales, from Lancashire in the north down to the south coast.The strong winds could bring some delays to road, rail, air and ferry, disruption to journeys, delays for high-sided vehicles, and some short term power loss for businesses

here Pilots from RyanAir, Scandanavian Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, Easyjet, and Jet 2 were among those featured in footage captured by the YouTube Channel Aviation Up Close.

straight to your inbox Manchester United great Rio Ferdinand delivered a blunt verdict on his old team's performance after they crashed out of Europa League against Sevilla. After taking an early lead through Bruno Fernandes United were pegged back as Suso levelled the scores before half-time.

straight to your inbox Bruno Fernandes insists Manchester United players must take collective responsibility for the goals they conceded against Sevilla, despite his on-pitch confrontation with Victor Lindelof. The United centre back was at fault for Luuk de Jong's winning goal in the Europa League semi-final in Cologne and Fernandes had a heated discussion with the Swede before the game resumed in Cologne.

PrettyLittleThing owned by the Boohoo Group, which also owns boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing, Nasty Gal and MissPap. "Lmaooo so Missguided offered Molly Mae everything they could and decided to air the fact they took an L to their closest competitors PLTRolling on the floor laughing.

Molly-Mae Hague's legion of fans have been left in complete shock after she turned down £350,000 from Missguided.The 21 year old Love Island star, who is reportedly tipped to compete on the next series of Strictly Come Dancing, was in such high demand by several fashion retailers after she appeared on the show that she was offered an array of incredible perks.

Molly-Mae Hague, Paige Turley and Coronation Street’s Brooke Vincent all stunned as they cooled down with some ice cream in Manchester this weekend.The stars were dressed in pretty summer ensembles as they grabbed a refreshing snack on the hottest day of the year.The Ice Queen van was sent out and about in Manchester by fashion brand PrettyLittleThing, with Molly-Mae Hague, who works with the fashion brand, there to check it out.