Manchester's delayed Factory arts project to get £45m town hall loan as budget balloons further

the music industry celebrated over 1,000 venues, festivals and arts spaces being awarded Cultural Recovery Funding to survive until April and weather the storm of closures and complications brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

United have already sent a number of academy stars out on loan this summer, with Max Taylor the latest to follow Under-23 teammates Dylan Levitt, James Garner, Tahith Chong, Matej Kovar and Aliou Traore in securing a temporary move. And MEN Sport understands centre-back Bernard, 19, has been in talks with League One and League Two clubs over a possible loan until the end of the season.

#Bolton "This is due to issues with a set of points (equipment that allows trains to move from one track to another) near #Lostock "Really sorry to passengers impacted this morning.our engineers are on site fixing the points issue near #Lostock"The problem was found early this morning after track maintenance work was finished later than planned.

straight to your inbox every day, freeBolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt felt he didn't see enough desire to win at all costs from his side against Grimsby Town. Wanderers picked up their first clean sheet of the season against the Mariners but were unable to break the deadlock against Ian Holloway's side.

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Brooke Vincent held a mini-Coronation Street reunion on Tuesday with Sam Aston and Hayley Tamaddon as the trio's babies met for the first time.The 28 year old met up with her co-stars for a spot of lunch as they no doubt cooed over each other's children from the inside of a restaurant in Greater Manchester. Sophie Webster actress Brooke looked gorgeous in a camel coat and a pair of wet-look leggings as she exited La Famiglia with her baby son, Mexx.

Calls have been made for transparency about the spiralling costs of high-profile Manchester projects, including the delayed and increasingly expensive Factory arts complex.Councillors are seeking an independent review of the council’s capital programme, which is reporting 'concerning' overspends across several schemes.An audit of the proposed projects was planned within the last year, but was cancelled as they were deemed ‘low risk’, a meeting heard.There are also concerns the original budgets

hereAfter being released under investigation following the search, Mir went onto commit further drugs offences.In November last year, he was locked up for 40 months following a hearing at Manchester Crown Court.But a number of issues meant the offences Mir committed in March weren't dealt with by the sentencing judge in November last year.Prosecutors told the court it initially took time to conduct forensic examinations into the drugs seized.But then from September last year to March there were

Click here to subscribe to Level up! The Esports and Gaming Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spreaker.So, what will the final score be? And what team will Solskjaer go with against Spurs? We used FIFA 21 to simulate the outcome of the game.To set up this simulation, we used kick-off mode within FIFA 21 but didn't select a team to control; we then selected the teams and watched the match play out by itself, to give us a prediction.The AI difficulty was set to legendary, with the

straight to your inboxManchester United want to take Luka Jovic on loan from Real Madrid, according to reports.With just five days remaining of the summer transfer window, it's understood that United are still holding various talks to bring in more players before it closes on October 5.As transfer deadline day looms ever closer the rumours have started to gather pace and the latest claims are that United have joined the race to sign Jovic from Madrid.According to AS Madrid are willing to let the

Manchester Arena attack - who was only evacuated from the scene more than 40 minutes after the bombing - told a paramedic: "I'm going to die, aren't I?", a public inquiry has heard. John Atkinson, 28, was not taken from the blast site for 46 minutes, before being carried on a cardboard advertising hoarding to a casualty clearing station.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola turned to 17-year-old striker Liam Delap, making his Premier League debut, to try to stem the tide as Manchester City slumped to a 5-2 home defeat by Leicester. And while that was a remarkable vote of confidence in the youngster – who scored on his first appearance for the Blues in the Carabao Cup on Thursday – it was also a bold gamble.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Sunday, 27 September.Delap in contention as Jesus injury adds to City’s striking woesManchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been discussing his limited striking options ahead of Sunday’s game against Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium.With club-record scorer Sergio Aguero one of seven first-teamers to miss the opening Premier League game at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Gabriel Jesus led the line and scored in a 3-1 win.

straight to your inboxGabriel Jesus has added to Manchester City's injury woes as he has been ruled out for a month with a knock picked up against Wolves.Jesus missed the midweek Carabao Cup win over Bournemouth, with young striker Liam Delap coming in and scoring a fine goal on his debut.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Friday, 25 September.City debut goal a ‘dream come true’ - DelapManchester City striker Liam Delap says scoring on his debut was a ‘dream come true’ after helping his side reach the Carabao Cup last-16. A youthful City side overcame Championship side Bournemouth 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday night with Delap opening the scoring after 18 minutes.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola declared that Manchester City could soon have a different striking option after Liam Delap's impressive debut.The 17-year-old striker took just 18 minutes to get off the mark, with a sweet left-footed finish into the top corner after a clever through-ball from Phil Foden.And the imposing six-footer - the son of former Stoke star Rory - showed some neat touches and plenty of aggression as the Blues booked a fourth round tie at Burnley next week by beating