Firefighters tackle blaze at terrace house in Salford

direct to your inboxA Manchester MP will be hosting a webinar aimed at dispelling the myths around the Covid vaccine.Gorton MP Afzal Khan will be hosting the session on Thursday February 25 and will be joined by health experts and faith leaders.The webinar comes after the low uptake of the Covid vaccine among BAME groups, with medical experts warning about the dangers of disinformation when the virus already has a disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities.Speakers at the webinar include

direct to your inboxResidents were evacuated and the M67 motorway had to be closed following a huge warehouse fire in Tameside on Sunday afternoon. At the peak of the blaze more than 125 firefighters were scrambled to tackle an enormous fire at a three-storey self-storage warehouse in Denton, causing a huge plume of smoke which could be seen all across Greater Manchester.

Manchester Evening News.“From 1996 to 2001 it was a catalogue of errors in that school in terms of representation the systems in place and things like that.“It wasn’t the tip of the iceberg stuff in terms of dealing with overt racism, it was just how everything was communicated which is a parallel to today.“They didn’t have any type of method, strategy or policy to support the black children at that time.“There was a growing black and Asian community as well, I won’t say it was a battle everyday

Bury. Officers were called to a property in Daisyfield Court, off Bolton Road, at about 6.30pm on Wednesday (February 17) to a report of concern for the welfare of a man.

hereWeapons including a hammer and a knife were seized by police, as well as two cars.Blackfriars Road remained closed off yesterday afternoon, as did neighbouring King Street and Garden Lane.Searches were carried out around a building site where a new apartment block is being constructed.Residents reported seeing armed police on Friday night.Footage obtained by the Manchester Evening News shows the incident unfold in the street.One person appears to lunge at another person twice and strike out

huge police investigation amid reports of shots being fired.Police said around 20 men were involved.

Salford which have mental health support teams out of the 76 mainstream schools in the city, including academies. It comes after Salford was selected as a Greater Manchester 'trailblazer' site alongside three other areas to set up mental health support teams in schools.The 'multi-agency' team brings together the health, voluntary, community and social enterprise sector into groups which coordinates support for schools.

direct to your inboxThe delay in getting firefighters to the Manchester Arena bomb attack meant 'vital assistance to the dying was denied them', the inquiry into the atrocity has heard.Regular fire engines loaded with one stretcher each and specialist fire service vehicles each with five stretchers, as well as firefighters trained in treating blast injuries, took two hours to get to the Arena after Salman Abedi detonated a huge bomb in his backpack as mainly young concert-goers were leaving an

direct to your inbox Firefighters are battling a large blaze at a builders merchants in Stockport.

direct to your inboxA new initiative aimed at transforming black-owned business in Greater Manchester is set to be launched next month.The programme, ran by the Black United Representation Network (BURN), will be providing black-owned businesses in the region with their own board of advisors.With a limited number of spaces available only 10 businesses will be able to take part in the scheme.Those looking to apply for the programme must fit the criteria of being a black-owned business, have at

direct to your inboxExactly why the earth opened up and swallowed a chunk of Walmer Street in Abbey Hey is still to be fully explained.A number of factors no doubt contributed, including the enormous rainfall deposited on Manchester by Storm Christoph.While the investigation continues, the desperately sad stories of those forced to flee their homes reveals some wider truths about the struggles so many in our city are facing.Seventeen properties have been evacuated and four are now in the process

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straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United's game against Southampton got off to a heated start as Alexandre Jankewitz was sent off just over 70 seconds into the match due to a horror tackle on Scott McTominay.The Southampton youngster was making just his second senior appearance when he flew into a tackle on McTominay in the middle of the pitch, going over the ball and catching the United midfielder on his thigh.Referee Mike Dean immediately brandished a red card for the

direct to your inboxHundreds of MPs have voted for a demand that the government set up a national taskforce to tackle the cladding crisis.Millions of people around the country are living in buildings deemed 'dangerous' due to cladding or other features reassessed in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.The blaze in 2017 left 72 people dead.MP Lucy Powell was among those to speak in Parliament tonight about the nightmare thousands of leaseholders have been through trying to get their homes made

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direct to your inboxResidents at a block of flats have spoken of the moment they were evacuated from their homes as part of a major investigation into organised crime - which has seen suspected guns and grenades seized and a man pinned down in the street by armed cops.Police, backed by bomb disposal officers, swooped on Milton Close in Stretford on Friday night (January 29).

straight to your inbox every day for free David Luiz has revealed that Bruno Fernandes told him he was trying to 'surprise everyone' with his free-kick approach against Arsenal on Saturday evening. Manchester United were held to a goalless draw at the Emirates, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side restricted to a handful of chances in the match.