Farm blasts rumour donkey ‘collapsed’ while giving kids rides during heatwave

Greater Manchester is set to sizzle in almost 30C temperatures this week as another heatwave sweeps Britain.

'Fed up' passengers have hit out at Ryanair after their flight home to Manchester was delayed by more than 24 hours. The flight from Rhodes was delayed on Friday evening (August 5), passengers have told the Manchester Evening News.

Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley has been blasted by fans after his comment to England Lioness player Alessia Russo. On Wednesday 3 August, the football legend, 23, appeared on Good Morning Britain to chat with Richard and Kate Garraway after winning the Euros with the England national team on Sunday. Richard first asked: "How are you feeling? It's three days on now.

Dramatic photos show a bullet-riddled car after a 16-year-old girl was blasted in a drive-by shotgun attack in south Manchester. Police are hunting the gunman who opened fire at a crowd at a party outside a house in Moss Side on Friday.

Jacques O'Neill looked like he was having a whale of a time while Love Island fans watched his former love interest go on a date with her new man. The 23-year-old was all smiles as he hit the fairground in Manchester following his emotional exit from the ITV2 dating show.

A man has been charged with the manslaughter of a man who died more than two years ago following an alleged assault.

The mum of a disabled teenager was given a police escort off a Ryanair flight following complaints from fellow passengers about her being too loud and ‘verbally aggressive’. Lyndsey Fitzsimmons, 39, became ‘irate’ after being approached about her behaviour on the flight from Lanzarote to Manchester Airport, a court heard on Tuesday (July 26).

A 22-year-old woman who changed her life after not being able to fit in the rides at Thorpe Park had a drastic transformation from 27st 2lb - size 28 - to 13st 4lb - size 12 - after having an irreversible gastric sleeve operation at just 20.

A mum had to be escorted off a Ryanair flight by police after passengers complained she was being too loud and 'verbally aggressive'. Lyndsey Fitzsimmons became 'irate' after being approached about her behaviour on the flight from Lanzarote to Manchester Airport, Minshull Street Crown Court heard on Tuesday (July 26).

More than 30 years ago, two mates were putting the world to rights over a Nepalese curry and a couple of pints when they noticed a small vegetarian cafe on Lapwing Lane, just off Burton Road in West Didsbury. Though neither of them had run a restaurant before, something about it piqued their interest.

Entire aisles at a large Manchester supermarket are currently empty with a number of fridges that failed during this week's heatwave still out of action.

Passengers at Manchester Airport have suffered long waits for luggage amid reports of staff absence in handling agencies as temperatures soared. In Terminal One on Tuesday afternoon there were reports baggage conveyors 'broke down' for around 30 minutes while later in the day travellers reported two-hour delays in Terminal Three.

Health chiefs in Greater Manchester are carrying out emergency planning and response meetings - which featured heavily during the Covid-19 response - as they anticipate heatwave pressure breaking over the NHS, the Manchester Evening News understands.

Schools across Greater Manchester have announced closures and early finish times amid the heatwave. Extreme temperatures have been affecting the region, where a rare red weather warning is in place until Tuesday night.

A train operator is telling customers to not travel on some routes tomorrow as temperatures are to reach the high 30s. Northern Rail has told people to not travel between Manchester and Hadfield, in Derbyshire, while all rail travel in the North East, East Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber is advised against.