Manchester-born suspect in notorious murder dies in Ireland

A man who is currently wanted by police on recall to prison is a convicted murderer, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.

Marcus Rashford missed Manchester United's 4-2 FA Cup win over Newport County at Rodney Parade on Sunday.

Tributes have been paid to BBC broadcasting legend Walter Love, who has died at the age of 88.

A crime crackdown plan in Rochdale has been approved.

NHS bosses in have pleaded with people to help family members get out of hospital as they deal with hundreds of patients stuck on wards. More than 800 people who are medically fit to go home have been stuck in hospital beds this week in Greater Manchester, as they struggle to get care home placements or for social care packages that would allow them to be discharged.

Deliverance, has died.The 85-year-old was killed in a car crash on Wednesday alongside his passenger and girlfriend, Bertha Brooks, who was 78.The collision happened in Haywood County, North Carolina, and also caused the death of Coward’s pet Chihuahua dog and pet squirrel.According to People, the actor was turning onto the highway when he was hit by an oncoming vehicle, a truck driven by a 16-year-old, who was subsequently taken to hospital.Authorities reported that neither Coward nor Brooks were wearing seatbelts, and that the other driver was apparently not speeding.Coward’s most memorable role was in John Boorman’s thriller, Deliverance, starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox.His memorable role as ‘Toothless Man’, one of two sadistic mountain men in the movie, involved a disturbing assault scene with Voight and Beatty’s characters.It became the fifth-highest grossing film of 1972, and was nominated for three Oscars, three BAFTAs and five Golden Globe Awards.In 2018, the year before his death, Reynolds revealed that he recommended Coward for the role. He told Conan O’Brien: “John Boorman, an Irish director, the best director I ever had, said, ‘Where am I gonna find these guys … the Mountain Men?’ And I said, ‘I know a guy.

The man at the centre of a murder investigation in south Manchester has been named - as his family paid tribute. Sadiq Al-lami, 30, died in an assault at a set of traffic lights during an 'altercation' on Kingsway, in Parrs Wood, Didsbury, in the early hours of Tuesday.

A second man has been charged with the murder of Badri Issa who was stabbed to death in Moss Side.

The mother of a teenager found stabbed to death said she blames a man who he owed £180 for drugs for her son's death, a jury has heard. Callum Riley, 17, died after being stabbed at a property on Heywood's Darnhill estate.

As Manchester woke up, one of its busiest roads had ground to a halt in the aftermath of a deadly attack. A murder investigation is underway following the death of a 30-year-old man who was assaulted in a traffic light 'altercation' on Kingsway, in Parrs Wood, Didsbury.

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester have been stripping off to produce not one but two cheeky calendars for 2024.

Tributes have been paid to a doctor who looked after patients in Stockport for over four decades. Dr Sikander Malik worked at four GP practices and two hospitals during his 43 years spent working in the borough.

A man has denied murdering a university graduate who was stabbed to death. Raami Mohamed, 21, pleaded not guilty to murdering 22-year-old Badri Issa in Moss Side.

BBC's The Traitors is back with a bang for its second season and millions of us are once again hooked on the intense psychological reality show.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Andre Marshall. Andre, from Whalley Range, was shot dead on May 20, 2015, and his body was found near St Clement's Church.

A desperate worker at a dodgy shop tried to hide among knock-off products - including fake Chanel and Louboutin bags - as police carried out a raid on Manchester's notorious 'Counterfeit Street'. Muhammad Mohamoodi attempted to camouflage himself between racks of items at the Bury New Road unit when officers burst in.

A man has been charged with murder as part of investigations into the death of Andre Marshall in 2015. Andre, from Whalley Range, was shot dead on May 20, 2015, and his body was found near St Clement's Church.

Over £3 million in speeding fines were issued to motorists in Greater Manchester in a year, new figures have revealed. Between November 2022 and November 2023, over 30,000 fines were issued after motorists were caught by speed cameras across the region.

The slightest thing could cause James Riley to see red. Whether his girlfriend didn’t clean to his exacting standards, if a meal was undercooked or overcooked, or if she accidentally spilt a drink, he was prone to an outburst. Ellie Moxham said it was like treading on eggshells around him, as he undermined and criticised her.

A teenage boy has denied murdering a dad found unconscious in a flat in Wigan. Paul Marsh, 49, died following an incident at a property in Atherton last year.