"He's not getting a Blue Peter badge for this homemade effort" - driver used old blue rope to secure car battery

straight to your inboxBrighton boss Graham Potter questioned how much time was added on in Manchester United's dramatic win over his side.Bruno Fernandes' 100th-minute penalty secured victory for United after Brighton had equalised earlier on in stoppage time.

straight to your inboxIf it is any consolation to the Manchester United supporters irritated by Matt Judge's presence at Kenilworth Road there are usually direct flights from Luton to Dortmund. United's turbulent transfer window still has the best part of a fortnight to run and their first win of the new season at Championship newcomers Luton Town will barely ease the pressure valve.

rate in the country with more than 200 cases per 100,000 people.Despite this, symptomatic residents in Bolton and across Greater Manchester say they have struggled to get tested.M.E.N readers have tweeted about their struggles to book a test on the government website.One woman, who lives in Abbey Hey, Gorton, was told to head to Bolton for a test, despite living in Manchester and not being able to drive.Meanwhile, two Bolton locals say they were both told to drive to Burton-on-Trent for

straight to your inboxMaybe the most disappointed at Manchester United passing on Gareth Bale are Adidas. Their client will sport the swoosh at Tottenham rather than the three stripes he has donned for seven years with club and country and Adidas have been denied a star pairing.The prospect of Bale and Paul Pogba posing in Adidas regalia would have doubtless made a banner on the East Stand exterior but those mythical days of sportswear sponsors part-financing transfers are distant.

straight to your inboxGareth Bale made his Premier League introduction at Old Trafford but is destined to never play for Manchester United."We were disappointed in Southampton at the time because we were first there, but they never came back to us," Sir Alex Ferguson said of Bale's 2007 switch to Tottenham.

straight to your inbox Manchester United are unlikely to intervene as Tottenham close in on re-signing Gareth Bale. The MEN understands United had no plans to buy Bale, 31, in a permanent deal but had refused to rule him out as an emergency loan option amid an impasse in negotiations for Jadon Sancho.Bale was open to joining United but no contact was made with his representatives and Spurs have accelerated plans for Bale to return to the club he left seven years ago.

straight to your inboxIt's not a transfer window if Manchester United aren't being linked with Gareth Bale, but this time supporters are split on the speculation.After finally getting their window underway with the arrival of Donny van de Beek from Ajax, M.E.N.

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straight to your inboxYoung Manchester United defender Teden Mengi appears to have been given a new squad number of 43 for the upcoming season.With a week to go until United get their Premier League campaign underway against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side stepped up their pre-season preparations with a friendly against Aston Villa on Saturday.United, with a team lacking many of its stars who have only just returned from international duty, slipped to a 1-0 defeat at

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City evening headlines for Friday, September 11.England captain Harry Kane has revealed what he told Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood after the incident that resulted in their dismissal from the national team squad.The youngsters were sent home after breaking Covid-19 protocol following the 1-0 Nations League victory over Iceland.And Kane was quick to contact Manchester City midfielder Foden and Greenwood immediately after the news broke.“As a senior

One Manchester student said he cycled 13 miles and visited three different testing centres before eventually managing to get a coronavirus test.Many trying to access a test online have been met with the error message: “This service is currently very busy. More tests should be available later.

but was told the closest facility open to him was Llandudno in Wales - 80 miles away.

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has struck a deal with operators to run around 300 additional bus journeys every weekday. Duplicate buses that will be used exclusively by school and college students will have their route numbers marked with an ‘S’ to show they are school services.