Fears frontline firefighters will strike at same time as support staff

posted on Facebook, alongside photos of his father with their family. “But as dad was so well known the news is starting to reach out earlier than we would have liked.

“This is the only bus that gets me to work on time,” says Caitlyn Lamb, as she waits for the number 11 service from Cheadle to her utility firm job in Edgeley. The 26-year-old sets off each morning from Woodford, near Stockport’s border with Cheshire, getting the 42B bus to Cheadle, then hopping on the number 11 to arrive at work on the other side of the borough in good time.

Presenter Steve Jones and his rarely-seen American wife Phylicia Jackson-Jones looked loved-up as they basked in the sunshine on holiday in sunny Cornwall. As temperatures in Britain this week are hitting the 30s, they couldn't have picked a better time for a getaway to the coast.

‘Not enough vaccines, test results delayed for days, and people cancelling Pride plans’ - monkeypox fears are building as the number of cases in Greater Manchester are on the rise.

Proposed cuts to bus services in Stockport could have a ‘devastating’ effect, a borough transport chief has warned. Government funding helped to keep bus services going during the pandemic, as plummeting passenger numbers put them at risk.

Manchester United are considering signing Marko Arnautovic this summer window and the transfer revelation has raised eyebrows at Old Trafford and beyond.

The Tonight Show… host Jimmy Fallon have covered Tears For Fears‘ hit ‘Head Over Heels’ – and turned it into a song about the weather.The pair performed their rendition as part of The Tonight Show‘s ‘First Drafts Of Rock’ segment, which typically sees Bacon join Fallon to play a classic song under the guise of it being an early draft of the song’s actual lyrics.On Wednesday night’s (August 3) episode, Bacon and Fallon performed their own version of Tears For Fears’ 1985 song, ‘Head Of Heels’, which is the second single from the British band’s second album ‘Songs From The Big Chair’.In the clip, which you can watch below, Bacon and Fallon appear in a hazy video accompanied by a backing band and wearing their hair in curls.Footloose actor and musician in his own right Bacon sings: “I wanted to be with you alone/ And talk about the weather/ There’s rain up in Seattle so if you’re going out/ You might need an umbrella.”Fallon sings on the second verse: “Got a degree in meteorology/ To talk about the weather/ According to the dew point the humidity’s up/ As the temperatures climb/ That’s just, just, just summertime.”The original song lyrics feature the opening lines: “I wanted to be with you alone/ And talk about the weather.”The two later sing in unison on the chorus: “For the weather you can call Tears for Fears/ We’ll check the radar if the skies will be clear/ Warm front’s coming, so the clouds disappear/ With a gentle breeze, 80 degrees let’s, let’s, look at the four-day forecast/ four days forecast for days,” [lyrics via Billboard].‘Head Over Heels’ spent a total of 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at Number Three in 1985.

Four Vietnamese nationals feared to have died in a mill fire in Oldham have been named. They are married father Cuong Van Chu, 39, married Uoc Van Nguyen, 31, Duong Van Nguyen, 29, and 21-year-old Nam Thanh Le.

Jacques O'Neill has said that he feared claims of ADHD raised by his family "looked like an excuse for his behaviour".The Love Island star said he was left feeling "so angry" after learning his mum had revealed his ADHD diagnosis while he was inside the villa. The rugby player, 23, appeared on Thursday’s (4 August) Good Morning Britain where he discussed his decision to quit the ITV2 series back in July, after his explosive behaviour when former Islander Adam Collard arrived and made a beeline for Paige Thorne. As he recalled his departure, Jacques said he felt that revealing his ADHD looked like "an excuse for his behaviour" but has since understood why his mum spoke out.

Erik ten Hag has explained what role Benni McCarthy will have at Manchester United after his surprise appointment this week.

Danny Miller stepped out for the first time since it was reported he had married his long-term partner Steph Jones. The former Emmerdale actor reunited with one of his former ITV soap co-star Chris Bisson at the Trafford Centre where a VIP event was held to officially launch the opening of Summer Daze, the centre’s biggest outdoor entertainment to date.

Steve McClaren believes Erik ten Hag's greatest strength as a manager is his ability to read how a game is going and make changes quickly.