Firefighters work through the night to tackle fire at recycling facility

Manchester Evening News.“That’s the only interaction she has outside of me.“Its really nice to see a clean route that a lot of kids walk to school as opposed to it being covered in debris and beer bottles."Danielle Wright is the founder of the Salford Litter Heroes.

direct to your inboxAn officer standing guard at a police scene is asked to lay a floral tribute.An awful crime has been committed.The street has been teeming with forensics teams for hours in the wake of the tragedy.Evidence markers sit in precise spots as crime scene investigation officers quietly go about their work.As night falls, a Manchester community is coming to terms with what has happened.Yards from people's front doors, a man was attacked.

direct to your inboxHow will local elections, postponed from last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, look in 2021?With lockdown still in place and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s road map out of lockdown yet to be announced, this year’s local and mayoral elections across Greater Manchester are set to look very different.Trafford council is busy preparing, as up to a third of its council seats are being contested on May 6.The authority is expecting a wave of applications for postal votes ahead

here When asked by the Manchester Evening News , the force refused to provide the officer's name, but outlined some of the details of the case.

direct to your inboxTwo singers from Manchester are set to try impress The Voice UK coaches tonight.Identical twins Jahz and Darius Duncan will be hoping for a turn of a big red chair when they audition for Will.i.am, Olly Murs, Tom Jones and Anne-Marie in the ITV singing compeition.Jahz and Darius, who perform under the name 2ché, currently live together in Chadderton together and say various factors during the pandemic lead to them applying for The Voice.

Mohamoud Mohamed was just 17 when he was killed.Two weeks before his tragic death, a chilling message was passed between some of the gang members who would later be convicted of his killing.Lyrics to a rap track said: "I swear that's Mo let's kill him, kill him..."His death happened against the backdrop of rivalry between a Moss Side-based street gang, known as AO or Active Only, and the Rusholme Crips, with whom he was associated.It's the latest case when rap and drill lyrics have been the dark

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

straight to your inbox every day for freeJuan Sebastian Veron says that his failure to deliver consistently was the cause of his failure at Manchester United.The Argentine arrived at Old Trafford in 2001 with high expectations.

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

direct to your inboxIt was a tragic twist of fate.Artist George Mayer-Marton had carefully packed his possessions and life's work to save them from the Nazis by emigrating to England.The Hungarian had made his reputation and home in Vienna - but his Jewish heritage and artistic brilliance made him vulnerable.The German invasion of Austria in March 1938 was the trigger for him to leave that year.

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direct to your inboxWhat do a United States Army veteran, a former property developer, and a retired Bentley engineer have in common?They are all among Manchester’s vaccination volunteers, and have come out of retirement to help fight the virus with every jab.As the UK passes over 500,000 vaccinations a day, the MEN has spoken to three people playing their part in the biggest vaccination drive in NHS history.Their stories are testament to quiet public spiritedness that is helping the UK through

What do you think about the school's message to the mum? Do you think schools should be sending safeguarding staff to check on pupils if there's little communication between home and school? Do you feel under pressure to be submitting your child's work to school? Let us know in the comments here, or share your views on our Manchester Family Facebook page. The mum, who did not want to be identified, said with her son only just turning five, he doesn't legally have to be in school until

direct to your inboxWork is set to begin on a £68m new hospital to expand Salford Royal.The new six-storey development - named the James Potter Building in honour of the hospital's recently retired long-standing chairman - will take until Summer 2023 to complete.It will make Salford Royal a central hub for 90 percent of major trauma operations across Greater Manchester, providing support for people involved in serious incidents such as car crashes or life-changing falls.Planning permission for

direct to your inbox Firefighters were called to a flat in New Islington after a blaze started in a bathroom.

Dancing On Ice bosses have been urged to fire Rufus Hound from the show following shocking claims he made about the Manchester Arena attack. Survivors of the terrorist attack and MPs spoke out against the comedian competing on the hit ITV show.The 41 year old had previously posted comments on Twitter implying that he thought then Prime Minister Theresa May had been behind the cruel tragedy in order to help the Conservatives win the ongoing general election.

direct to your inboxFirefighters in Greater Manchester were delayed by three months in helping with the Test and Trace system because of a row over health and safety, a report states.Crews were tasked with knocking on the doors of people who the Test and Trace programme was struggling to contact in Manchester.But they were delayed by a health and safety agreement - designed to enable unions to determine extra jobs firefighters would carry out during the pandemic - a Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of