Everywhere kids can eat FREE or for £1 in Manchester in last week of summer holidays - including Asda, M&S, IKEA and Morrisons

Pupils at a north Manchester high school are missing dinner because the canteen is so busy, parents claim. One parent of a child at Co-op Academy on Plant Hill Road in Higher Blackley said her son often has just a cookie or doughnut for his lunch as that's all that's left by the time he gets to the front of the queue.

The dad of a girl who was visited by the Queen in hospital after the Manchester Arena bombing has recalled how 'kind and genuine' the late monarch was.

Manchester United brought the curtain down on their summer recruitment drive with the additions of Martin Dubravka and Antony on transfer deadline day a little over a week ago.

Campaigners and politicians in Greater Manchester have reacted with anger after Liz Truss announced she was to allow fracking  to return to the UK. The PM has scrapped a 2019 ban on the fossil fuel extraction process as part of a wider energy bills strategy.

Two children from Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH) sat proudly alongside Pep Guardiola and the rest of the Manchester City squad for the official 2022/23 squad photo.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit Manchester today for a charity summit.

Florence Coke, or Mama Flo as she’s much, much better known, is getting ready for a very busy day, but she’s been tested over the past 24 hours. Her fryer broke at 4.30pm the day before, and she had to shut the shop and race into Manchester to get a new one. She returned to a huge queue of customers all down the street.

Manchester United reportedly handed Christian Eriksen a £12m signing-on bonus to ensure they beat Tottenham to his signature. The Dane arrived as a free agent in the summer following the end of this contract at Brentford. He became Erik ten Hag’s second signing as United boss and has played all five games so far this season.

One mum has revealed a 'life-changing' way to buy her children's shoes for school that doesn't involve dragging them from store to store.

The managing director of under-fire train operator Avanti West Coast has stepped down from his role, it was confirmed tonight. Phil Whittingham will leave his position on September 15 to 'pursue other executive leadership opportunities'.

Courteeners have projected the artwork of their debut album ‘St Jude’ across Manchester in honour of the album’s upcoming anniversary. View the photos below.The projections follow the band’s announcement earlier this week that they would be celebrating the record’s 15th anniversary with a deluxe reissue followed by a massive homecoming gig at Manchester’s Heaton Park.The band previously performed at the venue in 2015 and 2019, and will now return for the anniversary headline show on June 9, 2023 where they’ll play ‘St. Jude’ in full, alongside hits from across their back catalogue.

The billionaire Issa brothers have agreed a £600m deal for Asda to buy the Co-operative Group's 129-strong petrol forecourt chain.

A sweet birthday gesture for his wife almost killed a dad-of-three. Scott Lee, 30, was trying to put up a Happy Birthday banner for wife Paige when he slipped and put his foot through a pane of glass.

A man whose beloved dog was killed in a hit and run in Ancoats earlier this month is calling for improved road markings and speed control in the area - and says he feels 'on edge' every time he takes his other dogs for walks now.

A trans memorial tree in Manchester's Sackville Gardens has been left 'irreparably damaged' after going up in flames during pride celebrations. The National Trans Memorial, which is the first of its kind in the UK, caught fire on Sunday night (August 29) as revellers enjoyed the third night of pride.

Town hall chiefs insist they are holding an under-fire housing association to account after a Manchester Evening News investigation into conditions on a Rochdale estate. Two-year-old Awaab Ishak died in December 2020 after living in a property affected by damp and mould on the Freehold estate.

US rap sensation Jack Harlow has announced he'll be bringing his Come Home The Kids Miss You world tour to the UK this autumn, including a date at London's Wembley Arena. 

Casey Affleck has quipped that Jennifer Lopez should "get ready for some real dysfunction" after she tied the knot with his brother Ben. The 47-year-old actor - who was a notable absentee when his older sibling married the 'Waiting For Tonight' hitmaker at his $8. 9 Georgia home on Saturday (20.

Jack Harlow has announced details of new UK headline shows for later this year – see details below and get your tickets here.The rapper will head to these shores in November for the latest leg of his ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’ tour, in support of his recent album of the same name.Harlow’s newly announced tour dates begin in Birmingham on November 2 at the O2 Academy, before the tour visits London, Manchester and Leeds, finishing up in Nottingham at Rock City on November 8.Tickets for the shows go on sale at 9am BST on Thursday (August 25) – see the full list of gigs below and get your tickets here.November2 – Birmingham, O2 Academy3 – London, OVO Arena Wembley4 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse7 – Leeds, O2 Academy8 – Nottingham, Rock CityThe announcement of the tour comes shortly after Harlow and Måneskin pulled out of this weekend’s Reading & Leeds Festival due to “scheduling conflicts”.The festivals fall on the same weekend that both acts will be performing at the MTV Video Music Awards in the US, where Harlow will also co-host the show. Reading & Leeds said they were “saddened” by the choice, and announced Charli XCX and AJ Tracey as their replacements on the festival line-up.Harlow released ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’ earlier this year.