Even more Manchester gig venues, nightclubs and theatres awarded lifeline funding

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United are in a two-horse race with West Ham United to sign Lyon striker Moussa Dembele, according to reports.United have been looking to bring long-term striking reinforcements into the club for the last two windows but have instead been forced to settle on short-term alternatives.Erling Braut Haaland was a target in January but United opted against making a move after they refused to agree to a buyout clause and percentage of future sales.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Sunday, November 8 are:These are cases in which a patient has tested positive for the virus within 28 days of their death - or when Covid is mentioned on their death certificate.NHS England provides an update on Covid-19 related fatalities each day.The figures do not include deaths in care homes or other settings.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United have been told they need four more new signings if they are to challenge for the Premier League title once again.United finished third last season but were 33 points adrift of runaway champions Liverpool.During the summer transfer window, Donny van de Beek, Alex Telles, Edinson Cavani and Facundo Pellistri all arrived at Old Trafford.However, top target Jadon Sancho ended up staying at Borussia Dortmund - for the time being at least.United

to mark the 200th anniversary of the massacre last August.Since then officers, architects and Jeremy Deller, the Turner Prize-winning artist who designed the memorial, have been trying to find ways of making it more accessible.Plans for a wheelchair lift, bridge or ramp were among six options considered by the design team working in consultation with the Peterloo Massacre Accessibility Campaign group.But the council’s communities and equalities committee were told in September that none of the

Pennine Acute, which runs Fairfield General Hospital, Bury, The Royal Oldham Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary, recorded 21 more deaths.

straight to your inbox every day, freeDavid de GeaMade a good save from Layvin Kurzawa and came out to thwart Angel di Maria. Pulled off a great stop from Kylian Mbappe.

straight to your inbox every day, freeDavid de GeaMade a good save from Layvin Kurzawa and came out to thwart Angel di Maria. Pulled off a great stop from Kylian Mbappe.

Molly-Mae Hague has been having a tough old time of it lately after having a mole removed over fears it could become cancerous, so we don’t blame her for needing a weekend with her bestie Maura Higgins to cheer her up.But the Love Island pair seemingly broke Manchester’s strict lockdown rules, which were put into place when the government introduced a new tier system, when they hung out together.Maura appeared to have travelled over 200 miles from her Essex home, which has also been placed in

United's main injury concerns heading into their Group H European clash are Edinson Cavani, Harry Maguire and Mason Greenwood, while Eric Bailly and Jesse Lingard have not travelled to Paris either.

predicted we would run out of ICU beds entirely by November 12.

Molly-Mae Hague and Maura Higgins appeared to break Tier 2 lockdown rules as they spent the weekend together in Manchester. Love Island star Maura, 29, is said to have travelled from her home in Essex to stay with Molly-Mae and her boyfriend Tommy Fury, both 21, at their plush Manchester apartment.

Greater Manchester may be offered millions in extra funding to accept the strictest coronavirus restrictions as Boris Johnson seeks to prevent a lockdown revolt and mayor Andy Burnham presses for a Commons vote to break the “impasse”.The Labour mayor was said to have had a “constructive” conversation with the Prime Minister’s chief strategic adviser, Sir Edward Lister, over the weekend and further talks have been scheduled for Monday.Senior Conservatives, including the influential chairman of

'Martyn's Law', launched by Figen Murray, mother of victim Martyn Hett.Sir John had heard counter-terror measures were not 'traditionally' assessed in applications for public venue licences.

straight to your inboxThe international break is over and now there is a chance for Manchester City to get back on track when they welcome Arsenal to the Etihad Stadium tomorrow.

Johnny Marr has praised Sacha Lord, the Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, for leading legal action against the UK government over the detrimental impact that a local lockdown would have on the hospitality sector in the north of England.News of this legal challenge comes ahead of Boris Johnson’s expected announcement today (October 12) of a three-tier lockdown strategy for England in order to prevent a further rise in coronavirus cases.