High profile police patrols will be used for days in bid to snuff out gang violence after Love Factory stabbing

Pep Guardiola praised Jeremy Doku's decision-making in the final third after the £55million winger continued the bright start he has made to his Manchester City career against Nottingham Forest.

Pep Guardiola revealed Rodri had apologised to his Manchester City teammates after he was sent off during the win against Nottingham Forest at the Etihad.

Michelle Keegan has delighted fans by being reunited with a fellow former Coronation Street star as they celebrated the fifth birthday of the hit comedy, Brassic. The Sky show is gearing up for the release of its fifth series, with filming for the sixth already underway.

Layton Williams has shared that being paired with Nikita Kuzmin on Strictly Come Dancing came as a 'surprise'. Fans of the BBC One dance contest were introduced to each of the 15 celebrities who are in the running to take home the Glitterball trophy this year during Saturday night's launch show.

Police stormed a Ryanair flight that had suddenly been forced to turn around after a 'mid-air fight' broke out on board. A man was arrested at Manchester Airport by officers for alleged drunk and disruptive behaviour.

It's finally that time of the year when we'll get to watch a bunch of famous faces strut their stuff on the dancefloor which can only mean Strictly Come Dancing is back.

Parking restrictions are being imposed in a residential area close to Salford Quays as well as Ordsall Park - against the wishes of some living in the area.

The 1975 have added a fourth London date to their 2024 UK and European ‘Still At Their Very Best’ tour – get details below.Earlier this week, extra dates were added to the tour, including gigs at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Manchester’s AO Arena and a third show at London’s The O2.Now, the band will play a fourth show in London on February 20, which is confirmed to be the final additional date of the tour.It was also recently confirmed that the band will stage the world’s first “carbon removed” live event at the London gigs.Tickets for the new gig will go on presale on Wednesday, September 13 at 10am BST, with general sale following on Friday, September 15 at the same time. Buy tickets here.A post shared by The1975 (@the1975)A European run will then follow in Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Milan and many more, before they wrap up at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany on March 22.The newly announced dates will follow the band’s 32-date North American tour, which starts in Sacramento, California on September 26.

Adam Thomas has been flooded with support as he shared a major Strictly Come Dancing update. The Waterloo Road actor is just days away from making his debut in the ballroom after signing up to the BBC One dance contest this year.

DC United youngster Kristian Fletcher has completed a loan move to Championship side Swansea City.

A man has been jailed for abducting and raping a teenage girl he groomed through an Xbox console.

Gary Neville was encouraged by what he saw from Rasmus Hojlund on his Manchester United debut but believes unfair comparisons with Erling Haaland must stop.

A man claims he was kept in a police cell for four hours and feared he would spend years behind bars after the police suddenly knocked on his door.

Hundreds of flights across the UK have been cancelled and delayed over the past two days leaving passengers stranded and throwing holiday plans into chaos.

Manchester United pulled back a two-goal deficit to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 at Old Trafford and in doing so, answered a major concern of Erik ten Hag's.

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes was attempting to set Marcus Rashford up for a long-range effort in what turned out to be a brilliant move for Casemiro's goal against Nottingham Forest.

Love Island’s Ekin-Su has shared her “nightmare” after being on a plane that made an emergency landing.The Love Island 2022 winner was on a flight from Bodrum, where she’d been holidaying with ex Davide Sanclimenti, when she claimed the "engine exploded" and “sparks and flames” broke out en route to Manchester.The flight was diverted and later landed in Antalya, with Ekin-Su calling the experience “terrifying”. "Nightmare experience," she wrote on Twitter.

Manchester United will face Nottingham Forest for the 109th time on Saturday but it would be a massive surprise if the scoreline looked anything like the one from their 1999 encounter.

Pep Guardiola will be taking charge of Manchester City for the next two games despite his absence.

The nursing regulator has confirmed it is looking into claims against Lucy Letby's former boss Alison Kelly. As the Manchester Evening Newsreported yesterday Ms Kelly, who was director of nursing at the Countess of Chester Hospital before leaving in 2021, has been suspended from her current role, nursing director at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Salford, after she was accused of ignoring concerns about Letby.