'Everyone round here knows someone that has passed away': On the streets of Moss Side, Manchester's Covid hotspot

direct to your inboxRoy Keane rarely misses an opportunity to aim a dig at Liverpool - and this was the case once more during the build-up to Manchester City's crunch clash at Anfield. The Manchester United legend was in the Sky Sports studio along with fellow pundits Micah Richards and Graeme Souness.

straight to your inboxLifelong Manchester City supporter Vera Cohen has died at the age of 104, the club has announced. Vera, who raised money for the Christie hospital through her famed baking skills, started supporting City in the 1920s and held a season ticket for nearly 90 years.

direct to your inboxWhat will Manchester city centre look like on the other side of the pandemic?There is much debate about whether the rapid expansion of recent decades will continue, not just in Manchester, but in cities around the world as we readjust.Will fewer people want to live in high-rise, high-density areas and prefer the suburbs? Are the days of huge offices filled with hundreds of employees numbered now that many businesses have successfully operated with staff working from

direct to your inboxAn expert says outbreaks of Covid-19 are appearing in care homes after residents have had their first dose of the vaccine.Professor Martin Vernon, a consultant geriatrician in Greater Manchester, says he is “deeply concerned” by infection outbreaks “within, and beyond 21 days of vaccination”.The former national director for older people at NHS England says he would like to see second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine administered as close as possible to the 21 days advised

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direct to your inboxAs rain thrashes the streets of south Manchester, a mattress lies abandoned and soaked in an alley off Whiley Street in Longsight.It's a prime example of the area's fly-tipping problem.It causes genuine frustration for residents like John Collins battling to clear the streets of garbage. “It’s a regular thing - it’s been going on for years,” John, from Longsight, tells the Manchester Evening News .

direct to your inboxThe term supermodel became most prominent in the 1990s with Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista and Naomi Campbell fronting magazine covers around the world.The likes of Bella and Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Kaia Gerber are the current queens of the runway, and a schoolgirl from Salford is hoping to emulate their success one day.Twelve-year-old Georgia-Deon Hamnett, from Irlam, has got the catwalk in her sights after being

straight to your inboxWhether or not Manchester City sign Lionel Messi this summer, they can reflect on a much more professional approach than they managed when they bid for him in the frantic hours after they were taken over in 2008.As manager at the time Mark Hughes tells it, while he and his staff were on the golf course so frenzied were the bids for a marquee signing that when one club director remarked to a colleague about how messy the situation was it was misinterpreted as an instruction

direct to your inboxThe Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is to open emergency Covid beds for adults in a sign of the unprecedented pressure facing Greater Manchester’s hospitals.Sir Richard Leese, the region’s health chief, said the situation in the system was now ‘critical’ as NHS bosses have scrambled to discharge as many people as possible ahead of a sustained peak over the coming three weeks.Crisis meetings have been held to determine the ability to scale up beds, as Salford Royal and

direct to your inboxThe NHS has sadly confirmed the deaths of 29 more patients in hospitals in Greater Manchester who had tested positive for Covid-19.The region's hospital death toll now stands at 4,757.NHS bosses said on Friday a further 993 people who tested positive for the virus have died in hospitals across England.It brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 65,104.In the north west, a further 94 hospital deaths were reported, the NHS said on Friday.A

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direct to your inboxThousands of homes narrowly escaped potentially devastating flooding in Didsbury and Northenden last night after the River Mersey came perilously close to breaching its banks.The Environment Agency has confirmed the waterway was just 2cm away from disaster last night as Storm Christoph raged through the region.A severe 'danger to life' warning was issued in parts of the south Manchester suburbs last night as the river hit the highest levels ever recorded.Around 2,000 homes

direct to your inboxThe fatal stabbing of 17-year-old in Moss Side last summer was part of the same gang feud which ended in a deadly knife attack in the same part of south Manchester in 2016, a murder trial has heard.Four accused teenagers, said to be members of AO, a street gang based in Moss Side, deny murdering Mohamoud Mohamed, 17, who was said to be a member of the rival Rusholme Crips outfit.Greater Manchester Police's anti-gang team, XCalibre Taskforce, had tried to reach out to Mohamoud

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United return to Premier League action on Wednesday evening with a trip to Fulham.United played out a goalless draw with Liverpool at Anfield last time out, on Sunday. That result kept Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men three points clear of the reigning champions in their bid to win a first league title since 2013.

straight to your inboxJohn Stones has opened up about his Manchester City transformation - and revealed how Micah Richards helped him.Stones has come in from the cold to form a blossoming central defensive partnership with Ruben Dias in Pep Guardiola's side. The pair kept another clean sheet as City beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday night.

straight to your inbox every day for freeMicah Richards and Roy Keane were in disagreement at half-time over Manchester United's performance against Liverpool after the former Man City defender claimed they were overly negative.In a low-key opening 45 minutes, Liverpool started the game brightest with Thiago Alcantara and Xherdan Shaqiri pulling the midfield strings.United grew into the half and continued to pose a threat on the counter-attack, although Marcus Rashford was penalised several

straight to your inboxBarcelona presidential candidate Joan Laporta has claimed that Lionel Messi wants to stay at the Nou Camp.Messi rocked the footballing world in the summer when he announced he wanted to leave Barcelona due to complaints over how the club was run, with Manchester City being inserted as the immediate favourites to sign him.After weeks of wild speculation, the six-time Ballon d'Or winner eventually revealed he would be staying at Barca after all, in order to avoid a court

direct to your inboxA young man from Manchester lured to Merseyside to buy a car was 'ruthlessly' gunned down following an alleged armed robbery, a murder trial has heard.Miguel Reynolds, 21, formerly of Whalley Range and Moss Side, was fatally shot in Netherton, prosecutors allege. He later died in hospital.A witness described it as a 'merciless execution', jurors have been told.

straight to your inboxFormer Manchester City defender Micah Richards has hailed Phil Foden as a 'superstar' following his latest eye-catching performance. The England international netted the only goal of the game in the 1-0 victory over Brighton, which moved City four points off the top with a game in hand.