Controversial decision to approve office campus on New Islington Green defended by planning committee chair

Oldham 's housing, will have to fork out an extra £2.78 a month before the parish council and mayoral precepts are added.

which has provoked strong local opposition.Councillors had been asked to consider the £130m plans for the tower housing 853 student flats - described by critics as a ‘tombstone’ or ‘caramel wafer’ - in January.If approved, the 165m building on the corner of Hulme Street and Great Marlborough Street would be one of the tallest in Manchester.It would also dwarf the neighbouring 37-storey Liberty Heights and 32-storey UNITE student apartment complexes.The committee delayed making a decision in

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United fans want to see Amad make his first start for the club against Real Sociedad - even if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer already appears to have decided against it.The La Liga side will travel to Old Trafford on Thursday for the return leg of the round-of-32 tie, with United already holding a 4-0 aggregate lead after the first game in Turin - with a Bruno Fernandes brace and goals from Marcus Rashford and Daniel James securing the win.The match was

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

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.

"What is the good of building magnificent schools in which children can spend five hours a day for five days a week if the rest of their time when awake has to be spent in the street because their houses are holes to sleep in not homes to live in."The words appeared in a regular column published in the Manchester Guardian. The author used the pen-name 'Artifex'.But they were actually the beliefs of Canon Peter Green, the Rector of St Philips Church in Salford, and were written in 1944.

Big Grillie Style, Burgerize, and a new partnership between Crazy Pedro's and Eat New York. Even Manchester's only Michelin-star restaurant has joined the burger bandwagon this year, with Mana launching a takeaway burger service that's consistently sold out for weeks on end.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United's fans and players were left frustrated after referee Craig Pawson opted to halt a counter-attack by blowing for half-time against West Brom. After Mbaye Diagne had headed West Brom into an early lead, United equalised shortly before half-time when Bruno Fernandes produced a superb volley from Luke Shaw's cross.

straight to your inbox every day for freeHere is your Manchester United morning digest for Sunday, February 14.Bayern Munich are seemingly set to sign Dayot Upamecano in the summer. MEN Sport understands that United are eager to recruit at the centre-back position, but now they will have to look beyond the RB Leipzig man.With that in mind, Dominic Booth has highlighted five different players United could sign at centre-back in place of Upamecano.Sevilla's Jules Kounde is a potential option.

straight to your inboxMicah Richards taunted Graeme Souness as Manchester City demolished Liverpool in a 4-1 victory that moved them 10 points clear of the defending Premier League champions with a game in hand.City produced a scintillating second-half performance, overcoming a missed Ikay Gundogan penalty to establish themselves as favourites for the Premier League title.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United could prevent Bruno Fernandes from going on international duty with Portugal next month due to issues around quarantine.The UK government has added countries in South America, Africa and Europe to the quarantine list, meaning people would be required to isolate in a hotel room for 10 days upon their return to the country.Portugal is one of the countries on the government’s red list, meaning anyone that visits the European country would

straight to your inbox every day for freeHere are the Manchester United evening headlines on Sunday, January 31.Bruno Fernandes has promised not to rest before he has continued Manchester United's legacy.Fernandes celebrated his one-year anniversary of signing for United yesterday as he reflected on his side's goalless draw away at Arsenal on Saturday.The visitors had the better chances at the Emirates Stadium, but failed to capitalise as they missed the opportunity to close the gap on leaders

EXCLUSIVE: Pedro Correa (The Middle), Booboo Stewart (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Raymond Cruz (Breaking Bad), Simon Rex (Scary Movie franchise), and Steven Bauer (Scarface) will star in My Dead Dad, a coming-of-age indie drama from executive producers Declan Baldwin and Karl Hartman of Big Indie Pictures, the production company behind acclaimed films like Manchester by the Sea and Beautiful Boy.

direct to your inbox Firefighters were called to a flat in New Islington after a blaze started in a bathroom.