Diego Simeone sent some veiled criticism in the direction of Pep Guardiola after Atletico Madrid's Champions League exit to Manchester City, suggesting the Blues boss 'praised Atleti with contempt.'
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Didsbury Mosque has responded to criticism it faced at the Manchester Arena bombing public inquiry, claiming 'misleading statements' were 'still an attempt to associate' it with extremism and radicalisation. In a lengthy statement published on its website, the mosque said it was 'disingenuous' to give an impression it has not condemned the atrocity - and 'bizarre' that the Charity Commission 'should be asked to revoke our charitable status on that basis'.
Referencing an arson attack last year the mosque said 'smearing and demonisation by some' at the inquiry has put it 'at risk from extremist elements' - and said it had alerted Greater Manchester Police to subsequent online threats.
Elders said in the statement that 'at no point' had police, counter-terror policing or MI5 'contacted us with concerns' about the Abedi family. It was obvious, they said, that suicide bomber Salman Abedi 'escaped the attention of all'.
Abedi, who murdered 22 innocents when he detonated an improvised device in his backpack after an Ariana Grande concert at the Arena on May 22, 2017, and his jailed brother, Hashem Abedi, attended the mosque on Burton Road in West Didsbury as youngsters and their father, Ramadan Abedi, performed the call to prayer.
Ismail Abedi, the elder brother, volunteered in the mosque's Arabic school - and their mother taught there briefly, it emerged at the inquiry. John Cooper QC, who represents the largest group of families, claimed in submissions now published the mosque was 'generally passive' to the issue of radicalisation and accused it of turning 'a blind eye' to extremism 'rather than choose to address it head on'.
The mosque, in its statement, criticised comments made by both Mr Cooper and Assistant Chief
Diego Simeone sent some veiled criticism in the direction of Pep Guardiola after Atletico Madrid's Champions League exit to Manchester City, suggesting the Blues boss 'praised Atleti with contempt.'
The cost of living crisis is well and truly upon us as the new tax year begins and increases in bills set to kick in this month. For some, the increase in rent, bills and supermarket shops will mean less of life's pleasures. But for some, who already rely on food banks for meals and government support, the increases are terrifying.
More than 200 visas have been issued so far to Ukrainians being sponsored to stay at homes in Greater Manchester, new figures revealed today. But the publication of the welcome statistics comes amid an ever-growing backlash over the speed it is taking to process applications, with many families in Greater Manchester and across the country claiming delays were putting lives at risk.
Emergency services rushed to a street in West Didsbury on Tuesday afternoon following reports of an 'elderly' man and woman 'collapsing'. Fire crews, as well as police and paramedics from the North West Ambulance Service attended a terraced house on Orchard Street, off Burton Road, at 4pm.
ordered a military operation on its neighbouring country in February.“The Russian people are not responsible for the crazy, unacceptable excesses of their leaders like Vladimir Putin,” Depardieu, who has previously praised the Russian leader, said in a statement to French news agency AFP (per France 24).“Russia and Ukraine have always been brother countries,” he continued. “Stop the weapons and negotiate.”On Friday (April 1), Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for Putin, responded to Depardieu’s comments, telling reporters that the actor probably did not completely understand the situation in Ukraine and offered to explain it.“Since the president is mentioned there, I will assume that Depardieu most likely does not fully understand what is happening,” Peskov said on Friday (via News Interfax).He continued: “Due to the fact that he is not completely immersed in the political agenda, he does not understand what happened in Ukraine in 1914, he does not understand what the Minsk agreements are, he does not understand what Donetsk and Lugansk are, he hardly understands what is the bombing of civilians, he is unlikely to know about nationalist elements.”“If necessary, we will be ready to tell him all this and explain it so that he understands better. If he wants,” Peskov concluded.Depardieu left France and took up Russian nationality in 2013 to protest a proposed tax hike on the rich in his homeland.
Surrounded by tins of carrots, packets of instant noodles and bags of rice, the volunteers at Perry’s Pantry Foodbank in Didsbury wear coats and keep the door open while they pack food parcels. Anyone is welcome to come inside for a coffee and a chat.
An "obsessed" paedophile who forced his victims to eat raw meat from pigs' heads has been released from prison. Colin Cooper was jailed for 18 years in July 2011 but is free after serving just over ten years. Today the father of one of his victims said: "When I had the phone call from the Probation Board I wanted to scream. My daughter is safe, but there are other children out there who are not. In my opinion he should never be released."
Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has given Paul Pogba short shrift after he complained about his failure to have a defined role at club level.
Dua Lipa, Craig David and One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson are among the well-known acts taking to stages across Manchester this April. And there are still limited tickets available for last-minute gig goers to snap up.
The long-running Manchester Arena Inquiry has cost taxpayers £26.7m so far. The figure has been revealed in a series of financial reports published on the inquiry website.
Former centre-back Rio Ferdinand believes Paris Saint-Germain head coach Mauricio Pochettino would "thrive and flourish" if given an interview for the Manchester United job.
An amateur gamer from Eccles has taken first place at a FIFA 22 tournament. Hassan Baz has been named the FIFA championship after showing off his skills at the TalkTalk Future Fibre City Clash.
Ajax legend Patrick Kluivert has said he would be “ready” to become the club’s next boss, should Erik ten Hag be appointed Manchester United’s permanent manager.
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The mosque attended by Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi 'preferred to turn a blind eye' to Islamist extremism rather than tackle it head on, families of those who died in the 2017 terror attack have said.