'Dirty, run down': Couple compare Blackpool hotel to Fawlty Towers after disappointing weekend break

The Midland Hotel in Manchester has stunned a local family with a generous act of kindness.Staff from the luxury hotel recreated its legendary breakfast - complete with crockery and a personal chef - for a 60th wedding anniversary, free of charge.The couple in question, Josephine and Ted Betts, have waited almost six decades to get their Midland breakfast after oversleeping on their wedding night all those years ago.Josephine's father had saved up for months to treat the pair to an overnight

Greater Manchester's local lockdown will continue.Stricter rules on social gatherings announced last week will continue here, in West Yorkshire and Leicester.Preston has also been added to the list of places where households are banned from gathering in the homes and gardens of others.

Gemma Collins went to lengths to avoid being photographed in creased trousers by stripping down to her underwear in the street.

straight to your inboxBorussia Dortmund director of football Michael Zorc has reiterated his desire to see Jadon Sancho remain at the club this summer amid interest from Manchester United.Sancho is top of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's shortlist and United's transfer plans are set to accelerate following the end of the Premier League season.Various reports stated that United had lodged an official bid for the 20-year-old following the win against Leicester but those claims are wide of the mark.

Dawn Ward and Rachel Lugo have been photographed stepping out to film the new series of The Real Housewives of Cheshire. However, blonde beauty Dawn and her pal Rachel opted not to wear their face masks on their trip out in Manchester, where they visited The House of Evelyn.

hereAll of the children and their grandmother are now infected, the German paper reports.It is understood that they have not required hospital treatment.Bild reports that the couple arrived home on a Ryanair flight on July 16 - but were not diagnosed with coronavirus until six days later, Gudrun Widders, a Berlin health official told BILD newspaper.It is not yet known if Ryanair has contacted other passengers who were on the July 16 flight.The M.E.N has contacted the airline for comment.Germany

Denton earlier this month. But now, the whole borough of Tameside could be subject to a banning order - as police attempt to regain control.

Manchester United right now, with team selection set to play a major role ahead of the season's finale. If you had told United fans earlier this season that Fred and Scott McTominay — two of the hitherto cornerstones of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team — would not start any of the team's final eight Premier League games of the campaign, they would not have believed you.

straight to your inbox Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the signing of Bruno Fernandes has underpinned Manchester United's unbeaten run in the Premier League. United are undefeated in their last 13 league games and their last defeat to Burnley was in the final league game before Fernandes joined from Sporting Lisbon in January.

Harry Potter has cultivated a die-hard fandom of Potterheads who know everything from their Hogwarts house to the correct pronunciation of “Wingardium Leviosa.”J.K. Rowling began writing the acclaimed children series in 1990 while on a delayed train from Manchester, England, to King’s Cross station in London.

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New Order, Tim Burgess, The Orielles, Spector and The Twilight Sad have deplored the closure of two of Manchester’s beloved music venues.News broke earlier today (July 16) that Gorilla on Whitworth Street and the Deaf Institute on Grosvenor Street have been unable to weather the storm caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Council chiefs are investigating whether run-down mills across Oldham could be converted into new homes - or torn down for housing - to prevent building on green belt land.A meeting of the full council was told that the authority is currently undertaking a ‘mills strategy’ following feedback about the draft proposals for the borough included in the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF).The second draft of the strategic masterplan for the region published in 2019 envisioned thousands of new