Major emergency response after police called to concern for welfare of woman

A woman battered a pensioner with his own walking stick before robbing his pizza. Jade McDonnell, 27, approached the elderly man as he sat down for a rest after a day of shopping in Manchester city centre.

The Government has today confirmed plans for Eton College to launch a new sixth form in Oldham - and announced two new free schools will also open in Manchester. They are among 15 new free schools given the go-ahead in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country.

A long-neglected footpath linking Salford with Manchester city centre is set to be transformed as part of the Bee Network at a cost of more than £150,000.

Gabrielle will lead the line-up for this year’s Battersea Park In Concert series.The singer will close the three day event which kicks off this Saturday (August 26) and wraps up on Monday (August 26) at the London park.Also on the bill that day are MOBO award winning saxophonist Yolanda Brown and The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars.

Lucy Letby claimed she was being victimised and received an apology after two doctors tried to warn that she could be responsible for a series of baby deaths, documents show.The 33-year-old, now deemed to be the most prolific child killer in modern history, was on Friday convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more following a ten-month trial. She is today (Monday) due to be sentenced Manchester Crown Court by judge Mr Justice Goss.

A new photograph of Prince Harry has emerged online with the Duke seeming to have thick, dark hair, despite being pictured just days earlier with thinner receding locks. Pictures taken at a polo match in Singapore showed the 38-year-old royal's ageing appearance as his hair looked light and thin.

Three people were in hospital with injuries tonight after police were called to reports of a disturbance on an estate in Salford.

Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Friday, August 18.

It's not every day you stroll around Salford Quays to find Manchester United legend Nicky Butt working in an ice cream van.

Joy Division‘s Ian Curtis is set to return to Manchester one year after it was painted over with an ad for Aitch‘s debut album.In August 2022, the landmark painting of the Manchester legend – located on the side of a house on Port Street in the city’s Northern Quarter from October 2020 – was covered to make space to advertise Aitch’s debut ‘Close To Home’.The Manchester rapper quickly promised that he and his team would make things right after learning of the situation.It’s come to light that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been painted over with my album artwork. This is the first time I’ve heard of this, me and my team are getting this fixed pronto.

A man was 'cut with a weapon' after a fight broke out outside a pub in Prestwich.

Former Manchester United youngster Charlie Savage said it was an 'amazing feeling' to score his first goal for Reading during their shock 4-0 Carabao Cup first round victory over Millwall on Tuesday night.

A mum of two was left “stressed and anxious” after she was told by staff on a TUI flight to stop breastfeeding her newborn baby. Chelsea Williams, 28, was feeding her five-week-old baby on a flight from Manchester Airport to Spain on Friday, July 30 when a flight attendant left her embarrassed and close to tears.

Plans for the next phase of development for a special education school in Stockport have been lodged - after staff and pupils were forced to move out an old building due to 'structural issues.'

Manchester United are not planning to let Hannibal Mejbri leave the club permanently in the final weeks of the transfer window, despite continued interest in his signature.

A major road in Manchester city centre has been sealed off by police this afternoon following a serious crash.

A family says a dream trip to America turned into 'something off Fawlty Towers' after they were told their flight booking didn't exist.

Homes have been evacuated after a suspected gas leak in Bolton. Emergency services raced to a property on Huxley Street in the Smithills area of the town shortly before 5:30pm this evenng in response to a 'concern for welfare' for a person.

When Hugo Stafford started suffering from fatigue and a high temperature, doctors thought he might have had a viral infection.

An 18-year-old boy was fighting for his life with serious injuries in hospital today after a horror motorbike smash in the early hours.