Here are your Manchester United morning headlines on Saturday, September 24.
06.09.2022 - 16:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A tanker veered off a road and smashed into some bushes in Stockport this morning.
Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the junction of Hall Street and St Mary's Street at around 10am. Police officers, firefighters and paramedics were scrambled to the incident.
Pictures showed a large tanker that had ploughed into some bushes on the verge of the main road. Photos also showed railings that had been left damaged after the crash.
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Police said the driver was assessed by paramedics at the scene. The road was closed for almost three hours as recovery work was carried out.
A cordon was put in place at the scene. Hall Street was reopened at around 12.45pm.
In a statement, a Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: "Police were called to a road traffic accident involving a tanker at 10am on Tuesday 6 September 2022 on St Mary’s Way/Junction Hall Street in Stockport. The fire service and NWAS were also in attendance and the driver was assessed at the scene.
"The road was closed off until the vehicle was safely recovered, and later reopened at approximately 12.45pm."
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Uniformed police officers and local leaders stood side by side with family and friends of PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes at a memorial service, marking the 10th anniversary of the officers being killed on duty by fugitive Dale Cregan.
Three people have been taken to hospital after a crash in Trafford today.
Councils in Greater Manchester have issued guidance ahead of the Queen's funeral on Monday (September 19). It comes as funeral services across the UK have been cancelled due to the new bank holiday, which will allow Brits to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Two people were taken to hospital after a crash in Rochdale.
Two men who became drug dealers after one lost his job during the pandemic and the other used it to 'get by' after being left homeless have been jailed. Jake Twist, 22, and Liam Phoenix, 22, were sentenced after a heroin and cocaine raid.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has questioned whether Avanti West Coast is equipped to deliver services to people wishing to pay their respects to the Queen. His latest attack comes less than two weeks after he said the company was in "the last chance saloon".
"God save the Queen," a voice cries out in Exchange Square seconds after the official announcement that Queen Elizabeth II had died at Balmoral, surrounded by her family. At Manchester Cathedral, the St George's flag was lowered, while advertising boards throughout the city centre were replaced with photographs of Her Majesty, with the caption '1926-2022'.
South Manchester Care is a home care provider which offers a range of support enabling people to keep living independently in their own homes.
Dozens of bus routes linking communities across Greater Manchester have been saved from being axed or seeing services greatly reduced. More than 60 services were at risk of being pulled or having their timetables slashed from October as the government’s Covid recovery funding came to an end.
A pensioner paraded in a hood by police officers in India after allegedly being caught with a huge drugs haul is a convicted paedophile jailed for abusing two young girls in the 70s and 80s, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. Stephen Slotwiner, 76, formerly of Rochdale, was arrested in Goa after officers said they found him with £16,000 of drugs.
A woman was rescued from a vehicle after a huge five car smash in Tameside on Tuesday morning (September 6). Emergency services scrambled to the scene on Talbot Road, Hyde, shortly after 11am.
A cannabis farm was uncovered in a house in Moss Side after emergency services were called to a fire.
Police have clamped down on 'inconsiderate' football parking after an elderly woman fell from her wheelchair when trying to get around a badly parked car. Greater Manchester Police announced they had sized a number of vehicles that had been causing an obstruction during the Manchester United v Arsenal game at Old Trafford on Sunday (September 4).
Rail services continue to be severely disrupted in East Manchester as repairs are carried out after a mains pipe burst last week, flooding the line. The major leak has been stopped, Network Rail have said, but extensive repairs are still being carried out.
Coronation Street fans have been worried about Audrey Roberts for some months as she turned to drinking to deal with her fears of growing older. And a reason for their concern was soon given as the street legend, played by Sue Nicholls, revealed to her friends that she tried to take her own life in emotional scenes.