Knifeman drags woman to the ground and tries to rape her in horror town centre attack - police have made an arrest

A ‘plain, boring, rectangular box’ Travelodge near Deansgate railway station will serve ‘hen and stag parties and football fans’ and destroy ‘beautiful’ Victorian buildings, objectors say.Plans for the 152-bed hotel at 2-4 Whitworth Street West are recommended for approval by Manchester planning officers ahead of a planning committee meeting on Thursday.The proposed development would see two vacant Victorian warehouses demolished in place of the building which will also sit on top of Rowendale

terrorism, including more than 1,000 people affected by the attack at the Manchester Arena.

Police have issued a warning to Trafford Centre to shoppers to wear a face covering - or receive a fine.The Greater Manchester Police team in Stretford said they had officers in the shopping centre yesterday, and will be back again on Sunday.So far five tickets have been issued to people who did not have a covering and could not present valid exemption.The fine is now £200 for a first offence, reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days.The government has also warned that repeat offenders receiving

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Police investigating the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Manchester city centre have released an image of a man they want to speak to. Officers were called to the canal tow path near Dale Street at around 6.50pm on Saturday, July 11.  A girl and her friends were approached by a group of men at around 5.15pm, police said.

Hare Hill Park in Littleborough was cordoned off for much of Thursday (October 8) following the report.Police were called to the park at 1am on Thursday after a man reported he had been sexually assaulted by another man.Officers confirmed details of the allegation, appealed to the public for more information and started an investigation.Today a statement from Greater Manchester Police confirmed officers had conducted an investigation and concluded no crime had been committed.The statement said:

Longsight provides learning opportunities for people in the area and is one of the groups to benefit from the fund. Fiona Gallagher, Community Development and Volunteer Coordinator at Northmoor, said the donation would go towards the day-to-day costs of running the centre.

murdering 21-year-old Jason Comerford in February 1994, in Manchester city centre.Jason was fatally stabbed to the neck after a night out.But Strike pleaded guilty to manslaughter, on the grounds of diminished responsibility.He has remained in a mental health facility since 1997, after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.A key breakthrough in the investigation of Jason's death came when more advanced DNA techniques became available to GMP's cold case unit.Get the latest updates from

Littleborough was cordoned off for much of last Thursday following the incident.Police were called to the park at 1am after a man reported he had been sexually assaulted by another man.In a statement Greater Manchester Police said: "Police were called at around 1am on Thursday, October 8, to a report of sexual assault at Hare Hill Park, Littleborough."It was a reported that a man had been approached by a second man in the park who has sexually assaulted him."Enquiries are ongoing and no arrests

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straight to your inbox every day, free Lee Grant has singled out his fellow Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson's concentration as a quality that has impressed him so far this season. Henderson has returned to Old Trafford to provide competition for David de Gea following two fantastic seasons on loan at Sheffield United, in which he helped them earn promotion to the Premier League and earn a top-10 finish on their return to the top flight.

straight to your inbox every day, free Manchester United named their 25-man squad for the Champions League group phase on Thursday morning, and Mason Greenwood's absence from the 'A list' of players may have raised eyebrows among some supporters.

straight to your inboxDefensive communicationWhen even the defender you spend a world-record fee on begins to look like he's falling into the death spiral that is playing in central defence for Manchester United, it might be time to consider the wider issues that are plaguing this side at the back.Harry Maguire might not be the £80million fix to United's defence that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer thought he would be, but he was lauded at Leicester City and wanted by Manchester City last summer.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has apologised for taking two hours to respond to the Manchester Arena terror attack.At the public inquiry into the attack on Wednesday, the service blamed 'silence' from the police on the night of the bombing which led fire service bosses to assume there was a continuing marauding terror strike and so firefighters were kept back.But they pointed to an infamous terror training exercise at the Trafford Centre some 12 months before the Arena attack where

Moston.Jesse Idehen, 21, of Scarborough Street, Moston has been charged with causing a public nuisance.He will appear at Manchester Magistrates Court on Tuesday, October 27.Police were called to reports of an illegal rave taking in Broadhurst Fields at around 9.20pm on Sunday, May 31.The gathering breached COVID-19 restrictions.

here"The government has said the 10pm curfew is based on Belgium, but they also have police to disperse people on the streets."My personal feeling is that the curfew is probably doing more harm than good as it’s creating a major incentive for people to carry on drinking and partying at home. And that is where we are told the virus spreads - gatherings in the home."He added: "If it is doing more harm and damaging businesses, then the government shouldn’t just plough on with it.

straight to your inboxManchester United fans want to see five changes to the team that was defeated by Crystal Palace last weekend for the Premier League clash against Brighton.

straight to your inbox Manchester City fans are raving about Liam Delap after he scored on his senior debut against Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup. Pep Guardiola stuck true to his word and named a youthful side for their third-round clash with the Cherries.