“Compare us with other cities in the world... it’s embarrassing": Manchester got a 'warning from the future' - and it's sparked an emotional response

Primary school SATs tests are something endured by most youngsters, with schools and teachers just pleased to get them done and dusted.

Manchester United players continued their pre-season preparations on Monday morning with their first friendly fixture just around the corner.

Two areas of Greater Manchester have been ranked among the top 10 best - and worst- for a night out in the country.

It boasts a huge theme park, a zoo, a dinosaur park and is famously home to Thomas Land - so it's little surprise that Drayton Manor Park is a big hit with families. But it has also just been named in the Top 20 best amusement parks in the WORLD at the 2023 Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice Awards.

A yellow thunderstorm warning is in place today (Saturday) covering the whole of Greater Manchester. Thunder and lightning is set to hit the region later this afternoon, with torrential rain also expected.

It was surely only a matter of time before Championship clubs began to be linked with Manchester United starlet Amad. The 20-year-old shone for Sunderland last season and now returns to Carrington with the hype very much alive. The Ivorian, two-and-a-half years after his move from Atalanta, now heads into the summer looking to impose himself on Erik ten Hag's first team.

Love Island host Maya Jama appeared to swerve a kiss from ex-Islander Casey O’Gorman. The reality star, 26, made an appearance on Love Island: After Sun alongside pal and former co-star Tom Clare, where he tried to get a peck off the popular presenter before they went on air - to no avail. Maya, 28, rejected his advances and could be seen pushing him away as she said: “No, no, no.” But Casey - who claimed he was merely “shooting his shot” - wasn’t too undeterred, later sharing an image of himself with Maya to his Instagram Stories and captioning it “wifey”.

On the morning of December 16, 2003, John 'Fat Jackie' Thompson got into his red Ford Escort and set off for work. A few minutes later, after driving over a speed bump near his home in Halliwell in Bolton, he heard a rattle then a loud bang.

When it comes to holidays there's so much choice that picking one can often feel a bit overwhelming. But if you're taking children abroad there are some things that are guaranteed to tick the right boxes.

Tyson Fury looked almost unrecognisable as he shared a throwback snap of himself with wife Paris. The champion boxer was clearly in a reminiscing mood as he found a photo of himself and his childhood sweetheart looking baby-faced during the early days of their relationship.

Millie Gibson shared a relatable moment from her weekend back home in Manchester as she reunited with her former Coronation Street co-star. The actress, who played Kelly Neelan in the ITV soap, has spent months being busy filming the upcoming series of Doctor Who.

Like a proud parent marking their toddler’s height with a pencil on a door frame, Manchester’s leaders can look at the city centre and see how it has grown.

The Weeknd and BLACKPINK‘s Jennie have shared a new song that appears in The Idol – listen to ‘One Of The Girls’ below.The Idol is made by Euphoria-creator Sam Levinson and follows the plot of a pop star (Lily-Rose Depp) who develops a controversial relationship with self-help guru and cult leader Tedros (Abel Tesfaye).Depp also appeared on two new The Weeknd songs ‘World Class Sinner/I’m A Freak’ and ‘The Lure’ from the show’s soundtrack, which were released earlier this month.Now, Tesfaye has teamed up with Jennie, who also appears in The Idol as one of Depp’s backup dancers, Dyanne, for a new track.Listen to ‘One Of The Girls’ below.The first single taken from the HBO drama was titled ‘Double Fantasy’, and hears The Weeknd (now going by his birth name Abel Tesfaye) team up with Future. Like ‘The Lure’, the collaborative single featured production from The Weeknd and Mike Dean, and arrived accompanied by a music video that featured clips from the show.More recently the singer-songwriter and actor released the single ‘Popular’, which saw him join forces with Playboy Carti and queen of pop, Madonna.

When it comes to the world’s best beaches, you’d probably expect to find them in far-flung destinations like Thailand, the Maldives or the Caribbean. All of these places are wonderful to visit, but are often once-in-a-lifetime holidays.

It sometimes feels like you can’t walk even five minutes through Manchester city centre without coming across at least one Greggs on your travels.

Manchester United have begun talks with Manchester City in an attempt to sign the twin sons of the club's technical director Darren Fletcher.

Football as sport can be as rudimentary as someone kicking a ball into a net, but as a business it is a complicated web.

Bayern Munich's president has confirmed the club will be 'able to spend 100 million euros' on signing a striker this summer.

A boy of 17 wasn't wearing a helmet and was over the limit when he suffered fatal injuries in a motorbike crash, an inquest has heard.

The Prodigy have announced details of a 2023 UK tour, as well as telling NME about the band’s plans to “continue to ignite, uplift and destroy”. Check out dates below, along with our interview Liam Howlett.The band suffered the loss of frontman Keith Flint when he took his own life back in 2019, aged 49.