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Love Island 's Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu were seen snuggling up in bed together after their busy work schedules keep them apart. In a clip shared on Davide's Instagram account, the handsome Italian cradles Ekin-Su into his arms as he plants a kiss on her head. Since being crowned winners of the ITV2 dating show, the duo have been flooded with brand and sponsorship deals, which has left little time to spend together.

The landlord of an award-winning pub claims that Chester Races are bad for business in the city as he says they attract 'horrible people' and drive locals away.

The fire service were called to a blaze at a town centre industrial site in the early hours of this morning (September 4). Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service used six fire engines and a technical response unit to tackle the fire at Hanson Springs Ltd in Pennine Trading Estate, Rochdale.

Rebekah Vardy has reportedly decided not to appeal the High Court ruling in her legal battle with Coleen Rooney, bringing an end to the Wagatha Christie saga. Coleen, 36, the wife of former Manchester United and England football star Wayne Rooney, won the highly-publicised libel case against Rebekah, 40, in late July after their public spat ended up in court. The WAGs famously fell out after Coleen took to social media to make the bombshell accusation that Rebekah had been leaking stories from her private Instagram account to the press.

Love Island winner Davide Sanclimenti appears to be joining his glamorous girlfriend Ekin-Su Culculoglu as he was seen arriving for a meeting with BoohooMAN in Manchester. Davide, 27, was spotted in the city centre carrying a BoohooMAN suit bag following talk that he could be celebrating signing a big deal with the Manchester-based men's fashion collection.

The managing director of under-fire train operator Avanti West Coast has stepped down from his role, it was confirmed tonight. Phil Whittingham will leave his position on September 15 to 'pursue other executive leadership opportunities'.

A cyclist who was involved in a horror crash on a busy road in Manchester over the Bank Holiday weekend has now died.

Drug-dealing sisters at the centre of a huge trafficking operation have been ordered to pay back thousands of pounds of their ill-gotten gains. A total of 17 people were jailed in December 2020 after Greater Manchester Police smashed a cross-Pennine drugs ring, seizing more than 60 kilos of heroin and cocaine and £300,000 in criminal cash.

TV chef James Martin has shared the one key change to his diet that helped him lose an impressive three stone.

A busy main road near Manchester city centre was closed on Monday evening after a van flipped onto its roof in a crash. Two vehicles were involved in the collision on Regent Road (A57), close to the roundabout, on Monday (August 29).

A convicted drugs baron ran an illicit business behind bars - while his partner in crime lived a luxury lifestyle. David Mulligan, 32, was serving 17 years at Her Majesty’s Pleasure when messages were uncovered between him and Remi Merriman, 35.

"The way things are going, I probably won’t be here this time next year or at Christmas", Peter Doherty sighs. His café, Coffee House in Withington, offers one of the cheapest breakfasts in Manchester.

Covid relief funds of around £3m are to be handed to hundreds of firms with high levels of unpaid business rates and to 38 other companies who failed to apply to the scheme. Bolton Council said 'take up has been low' for the Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF), a business rates relief fund of £5,697,827 which the authority received from central government earlier this year.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are unlikely to meet with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle when they visit the UK next month, a royal expert has claimed. Following their visit for the Platinum Jubilee, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to return to Britain again in September to attend charity events.

Manchester Metropolitan University has enjoyed long and award-winning reputation of delivering success to those who study there; with 91 per cent of graduates employed or in further education six months after graduation and 85 per cent of research impact being rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’, the statistics speak for themselves.

A teenage business whiz who started a personal shopping service aged just 13 is now worth almost £1 million.

It was a starry night in Manchester as raised the temperatures out on the town. Glamorous reality TV stars wowed in their finery as they partied at various celeb hotspots across town on Saturday.

Metrolink services are buckling under the heat once again as Greater Manchester continues to bask in sunshine. Services have been cancelled this afternoon (August 13) between Bury and Crumpsall, in north Manchester.