Flood warning issued for parts of south Manchester today as region prepares for more thunderstorms

A trailblazing junction aimed at protecting cyclists from traffic while also improving overall road safety has opened in south Manchester.The ‘Cycle Optimised Protected Signals’ (CYCLOPS) junction at Royce Road in Hulme will allow cyclists to make to make a safe right turn while being protected from ongoing traffic.In addition, segregated cycle lanes have been created on Chorlton Road, running from Chester Road to Stretford Road.The junction marks the first part of a £13.4m cycling and walking

town centre are to be closed to traffic allow venues to create outdoor seating areas.

coronavirus lockdown.

Torrential rain could bring flooding to Greater Manchester this afternoon, forecasters have warned.A yellow weather warning for rain is in place in the region from 5pm today until 2am tomorrow (Sunday).Downpours could cause 'spray and flooding on roads', according to the Met Office website.The bad weather could cause issues for people catching public transport, with longer journey times predicted.It could bring flooding to a 'few homes and businesses', according to the Met Office

Moss Side where two men were fatally shot to come forward. Greater Manchester Police are urging witnesses to 'search their conscience' and 'do the right thing' and report any information to them.

despite local residents telling the MEN that it was attended by up to 200 people and had a DJ, PA system and gazebos. His comments came after Greater Manchester Police also insisted that the shooting happened at 'an unplanned, spontaneous gathering' and not a rave.

Hulme will be closed to traffic in all directions until Sunday.The closure will allow resurfacing work to take place, as part of a £13.4 million 'CYCLOPS', standing for Cycle Optimised Protected Signals, project from the council.The work will also include the installation of new traffic lights.Subject to weather conditions, the junction will reopen on Monday.Designed to fully separate cyclists from general traffic, the 'CYCLOPS' junction will connect Chorlton to the city centre while also

Didsbury and Withington via Old Moat, will be removed and replaced, while adjustments to the carriageway ironwork will also take place. The planned work will take place through four phases.From June 17-20, Burton Road will be closed to traffic between Palatine Road and Abberton Road.

Further storms and downpours are expected to hit Greater Manchester.It comes after thunder and lightning erupted in some parts of the region on Monday, while flash floods caused traffic chaos on the roads.The Met Office has issued two new yellow alerts warning of thunderstorms.It warns of thunder and lightening from 1pm today until 6am on Wednesday morning.According to forecasters, there will be slow-moving heavy showers on Tuesday aftermoon.Some places may miss them, but where they do occur

Luke Shaw reveals practice match detailsManchester United conducted an intra-squad friendly at the weekend as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer further prepared his team for the return of competitive action. The match at Old Trafford, which was primarily designed to help players build fitness after almost three months without a competitive game, ended in a 4-4 draw, with Luke Shaw scoring twice, as the left-back revealed.

hereCycle stands would also be purchased in a bid to better connect Piccadilly, Victoria and Deansgate rail stations for people travelling on foot or by bike, as well as bus hubs at Piccadilly Gardens, Shudehill and Chorlton Street. It follows the current project to designate part of Deansgate as a pedestrian and cycle zone, and widen pavements so people have enough space to observe social distancing.

Manchester Council have announced they will review every statue in the city in response to the Black Lives Matter protests. Thousands of people joined demonstrations all over the country this weekend, including in Manchester, London and Bristol.

death of George Floyd, with the same spirit that made the ‘Working-Men of Manchester’ resolve to refuse to touch cotton produced by the slavery of the American south, on the same day they wrote that letter to Lincoln.There’s much more to today’s event than solidarity.Every black person in that crowd will have had some experience of being stereotyped, scapegoated, insulted, even attacked, because of the colour of their skin, will have experience of people who don’t know what it’s like, or don’t

Manchester Evening News and said: “The video of George Floyd’s death was awful and it was all over social media, asked me to write a press release for an event today, he had other Friends who were organising events in Bristol too and we set up a Whatsapp group and it’s sort of expanded to this.“I didn’t really know what to expect, but some of the things people said today was really fruitful and lovely.“There’s a lot of white people here, and it's great that people showed solidarity but it also

Greater Manchester leaders have pledged to build ‘stronger dialogue’ with local black communities in the wake of the ‘callous murder’ of George Floyd.

Activists protesting against the death of George Floyd knelt in the middle of Oxford Road during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Manchester.