Huge power cut affecting hundreds of homes in Wigan

Salford bus stop on a main road. The Lamborghini Huracan - worth more than £160,000 - was left in a bus stop box in Chorley Road, Swinton.

direct to your inboxSuicide bomber Salman Abedi asked a taxi driver to 'pray for me' as he drove him towards Manchester Arena to commit mass murder.Exchanges between Abedi and Tariq Nadeem on the night of the bombing were revealed on day 48 of the public inquiry into the atrocity on Monday.Abedi, said Mr Nadeem, also gave him a pocket copy of the Koran as a 'present' as they travelled.Mr Nadeem, a taxi driver for 10 years, agreed to take Abedi to Shudehill via Granby Row in Manchester at around

direct to your inboxHundreds of homes in north and east Manchester have been hit by a power cut.The black-out began at around 4.15pm.Electricity North West said 522 customers have been left with no power.The situation could continue until around 7pm.Engineers are on their way to work on a fix.

direct to your inboxTwo sisters have been slapped with a £150 fine EACH after feeding a McDonald's hash brown to pigeons in Piccadilly Gardens.Jacqueline Falconer, 53, and her sister Nicola, 48, were Christmas shopping in Manchester city centre on Wednesday morning (December 9).They said they left Primark to get breakfast from McDonald's - and got their sausage and egg McMuffin meals to take away, due to Covid-19 restrictions.The sisters, from Worsley, Salford, sat on a step in Piccadilly

direct to your inbox The author of a damning Greater Manchester Police (GMP) inspection report says she believes the risk to the public in the region is 'high' as a result of the issues identified.

direct to your inboxAround 400 new homes, including affordable housing inside a historic landmark, are proposed as part of the continued transformation of Ancoats and New Islington.A ‘mobility hub’ with shared car and cycle parking, as well as new commercial and green spaces, also form part of proposals by Manchester council and housing providers.Ancoats, hailed as the world's first industrial suburb on the eastern fringes of Manchester city centre, has undergone major regeneration since the

straight to your inbox every day for freeDavid de GeaHelpless for the first two goals on his return to the team and failed to instil any confidence among those in front of him. 3Aaron Wan-BissakaAngelino ghosted past him so often he must have been wearing an invisibility cloak.

direct to your inboxJose Mourinho's former assistant at Manchester United has claimed they would have won the Premier League if Manchester City had not breached Financial Fair Play regulations.United finished second to their arch-rivals in the 2017/18 season, with Mourinho since claiming it was one of the proudest achievements of his career.

direct to your inboxEarlier this year, the news was announced that Manchester billionaire duo Mohsin and Zuber Issa had bought Asda from Walmart in a landmark £6.8bn deal.The deal, which put the supermarket back in majority British ownership for the first time in over 20 years, was confirmed after an offer from a consortium of Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity firm TDR Capital.But today The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has launched a Phase 1 investigation into Bellis

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Parklife will push back its dates from its usual slot in June to take place on September 11 and 12.Formed from the ashes of Joy Division in 1980, New Order went on to become one of the most influential electronic acts of all time with enduring hits including True Faith and Blue Monday.The band released their latest single, Be A Rebel, in September - their first new music since 2015's critically-acclaimed album Music Complete.New Order said: “The connection between ourselves and Manchester has

direct to your inboxPiccadilly remains the busiest railway station in the north west, with more than 32 million passengers passing through last year.And with Manchester city centre's phenomenal growth expected to continue in the coming decades, it is only likely to get busier.That is why the city's leaders say they are determined to get the redesign of Piccadilly right, first time.The next stage in that process is responding to the government's refinements to the design of HS2, the high-speed

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