Investigation launched as graffiti leaves city centre building with cleaning bill worth 'thousands'

While places like Paris, Berlin and Barcelona spring to mind when it comes to city breaks in Europe, there are some cheaper alternatives available, allowing you to enjoy your holiday without worrying about costs. Among them is the Polish city of Krakow, where pints cost you less than £3 and bars can be found around every corner.

Phil Foden has returned home as his partner is expecting the birth of their third child, it is reported.

Manchester City star Phil Foden has left England's Euro 2024 camp and returned to the UK due to a "pressing family matter".

Bowling For Soup have announced a 20th anniversary UK tour of their album ‘A Hangover You Don’t Deserve’, set to kick off next year.The band – comprised of Jaret Reddick, Chris Burney, Gary Wiseman and Rob Felicetti – will embark in early 2025 with a show on February 5 at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. From there, they will make stops in Edinburgh, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Plymouth, Swansea, Nottingham, and Brighton.

Coronation Street star Claire Sweeney has left fans with a prediction over her romance with Ricky Hatton as they have been flooded with messages branding them a 'lovely couple'. It's been a couple of months now since the pair were first spotted hanging out together.

Manchester City's pre-season friendlies will be under way this time next month, as the preparations for the 2024/25 season begin just a week after the end of Euro 2024.

Throwing a star-studded shindig on the second night of Taylor Swift's sold-out Eras Tour, Wembley Stadium was lit up with shots of showbiz elite scattered among the crowd.The pop queen, 34, enthralled her global fanbase, singing and dancing away atop the London stage.Though her UK segment has wrapped for now, shell be dashing back across the pond between 15th and 20th August. However, it seems some celebs simply couldnt hold out till then, and joined the 88,000 other fans in celebration at the packed venue.

Greater Manchester Police has opened a new investigation into the death of teenager Charlie Millers following a coroner's intervention.

The driver of a car worth well over £100,000 has had his vehicle seized by Greater Manchester Police after an early morning incident on a road in the city centre. McLaren, who manufacture the car, describes it as "equally at home on the track as it is on the open road"

Huge queues of people have been lining the streets in Manchester city centre following the launch of a new café.

The Smashing Pumpkins, has spoken about the “mind-blowing” experience of playing her first shows with the band over the last week.In April, the band announced Wong as their new guitarist, after conducting a search that saw them receive over 10,000 public applications for the role.The position came up after longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder announced he was leaving the band last October. After narrowing down the applications, a small group of finalists auditioned in person in Los Angeles in March, with Wong coming out on top.Last Friday (June 7), the band kicked off their joint UK tour with Weezer in Birmingham.

It's impossible to walk down Market Street in Manchester without running into at least a couple of charity workers. Spread across on of the busiest thoroughfares in the city centre, they interact with hundreds of Mancunians every day.

A man stabbed to death in Bolton can be named today as Michael McCann. Mr McCann, who was 35 and believed to be from the Bolton area, died following reports to police of a stabbing in The Haulgh area of the town, just outside Bolton town centre, last Friday evening.

Millions will tune in to watch celebrities battle it out in this year's Soccer Aid. This year's charity match takes place at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge and will be broadcast live on ITV on Sunday night.

The Prince of Wales has arrived at Chester Cathedral to watch his close friend the Duke of Westminster marry Olivia Henson in the society wedding of the year. While it was previously suggested that Prince George - who is the Duke's godson - would take on a role as a pageboy on the big day, the young royal is not in attendance.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has shared his thoughts on Taylor Swift, after attending one of her ‘Eras’ tour dates.The pop-punk icon took to Instagram earlier this week to share a photo of himself at one of Taylor Swift’s shows, as part of her record-breaking ‘Eras’ tour dates.While at the show in France, he accepted friendship bracelets from fans and went on to share his admiration for the live performance.“Just saw Taylor Swift eras tour in Lyon France!! Great production. Great voice. Great entertainer.

Gogglebox star Dave Griffiths is enjoying a holiday to Dubai without partner Shirley, as the couple face rumours they’ve quit the hit show.The Caerphilly-based couple joined the Channel 4 show in 2015, and have been a hit with fans ever since. As the show wrapped up its latest series, Dave took to Instagram to announce he was jetting off to Dubai.

Teri Hayden, a trailblazing talent agent whose work in early 1980s Ireland helped launch the onscreen careers of Gabriel Byrne and Brendan Gleeson, as well as his son Domhnall Gleeson, died April 18 after a long illness. She was 75.

Bargain retailer B&M has announced plans to open 14 more stores this summer, with the first one set to open its doors as early as this week. The bargain high street retailer revealed today that the newest store will be opening in Maesteg, Wales, this Saturday - with Greater Manchester expected to see two store openings and a big expansion over the next three months.

A man has been charged today (June 3) in relation to the death of Kiena Dawes. Almost two years ago, on July 22, 2022, Kiena was sadly found deceased by British Transport Police on the line near Barnacre.