Inquest opens into death of dad, 30, who was hit by a car on M602

A nostalgic bar themed around a classic Blockbuster video rental store will open in Manchester's Northern Quarter later this month. Bosses of the Blockbusters NQ bar say they will be ready to open to the public on May 27, eight years after the last Blockbuster branch closed its doors for the final time due to the rise of streamed content.

Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Thursday, May 12.

Prince William spoke of his own grief Tuesday as he gave a personal tribute to the families of 22 people who were killed when a suicide bomber targeted an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena five years ago. William and his wife Kate, were attending the official opening of a public memorial in the city of Manchester, which comes ahead of the fifth anniversary of the terror attack on May 22, 2017.

A jury will hear the inquest of a mother who was stabbed to death by her ex-partner. Daniel Patten, 31, killed Regan Tierney at her home in Salford before taking his own life.

Reality star turned trailblazer for the modern family, Kate Ferdinand, is redefining the role of stepmother. Famously stepmum to husband Rio’s three children, the couple welcomed their firstborn together, Cree, at the height of lockdown in December 2020 to become a beautiful blended family of six.Their brood is as far from the stereotypical 2.4 children as it gets. Yet, with one in four families now stepfamilies in the UK, it’s not just Kate’s relatives who are challenging the norm while providing her with more love than she ever thought imaginable.

A new inquest into the death of a teenager who died while being chased by police in a stolen car is set to take place later this autumn. A jury at Manchester South Coroner’s Court, in Stockport, heard details about the death of Kyle Hudson, 16 earlier this year.

Voters will take to the polls for the local elections on Thursday.

A 36-year-old man died after crashing into a 'bridge rail' on the M602, an inquest has heard. Jaroslaw Jaszczyszyn was pronounced dead shortly after the collision in the early hours of December 19 2021.

An original passport picture of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis is thought to have been the last picture taken before his death.

Coronation Street actress Kimberly Hart-Simpson took on the role of Nicky Wheatley in the ITV soap opera. After a short break, she's returning to the cobbles and is injecting a new lease of life into her character. During her first stint on the show was when she met widower Daniel, before having to leave four months later to start a new life with her daughter.

A drag queen who recently appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK said they were involved in a ‘homophobic attack’ on a train from London to Manchester over the weekend.

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has joined forces with his children Arron and Alicia to launch a new state-of-the-art gym in his hometown of Oldham. The Scholes family have invested £500,000 on the huge 10,000 sq ft development on Lees Road in the town.

Three people have tragically died and two others left injured following a horror car crash on the A38 in Derbyshire. The one car involved, a silver Ford Focus, was on the southbound carriageway of the major road during the early hours of Saturday morning (April 23) when it left the road and crashed into a tree.