Bury line between Manchester city centre, north Manchester and Bury.
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hereIt meant passengers on some trams had to be evacuated while services through the area were suspended.A rescue truck was sent to remove the stranded vehicle.The drama began at around 5pm and the vehicle was removed at around 8pm.Pictures from the scene showed officials helping a motorist from the stricken car before the car was removed.Manchester Metrolink tweeted: "There is a disruption on the Airport line due to a car blocking the tracks.
Services will now operate Manchester Airport to
.Bury line between Manchester city centre, north Manchester and Bury.
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) announced that 465 jobs at Manchester Airport would be axed.
Those to be made redundant at Manchester, which has around 3,500 employees, include security officers, engineers, customer service staff, bus drivers and car park attendants.It follows a huge decline in passengers amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis - from 30.3m between April and August 2020, to 2.8m in the same period this year.Unite - the main aviation union - have also blamed the job losses on the government's failure to provide support to the sector.Union bosses have said they will immediately
when it emerged that the designs for the centre’s orchestra pit were too small and the acoustics not appropriate. It has also had a steady stream of financial problems, leading the council to first plough in an additional £19m in 2018, followed by another £10m in the summer of this year.
The lecturer said he was baffled to learn from a friend employed at the Etihad drive-through test centre that there were plenty of slots available.
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
the public inquiry into the atrocity heard opening statements on behalf of counter terror cops, Greater Manchester Police (GMP), British Transport Police (BTP), North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) as well as the venue operator SMG and the security and stewarding contractor Showsec.It heard that: As the hearing resumed in Manchester, Matthew Butt QC, representing National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters, admitted the organisation 'was not aware of Abedi or any of the intelligence that
hereA Transport for Greater Manchester spokesman said they were using a mix of single and double trams across the network.Danny Vaughn, head of Metrolink, said: "We are using all the trams available to us and running as many doubles as possible across the network."Unfortunately, it is not possible to run every service as a double or have our entire fleet on the network at any one time."He said regular maintenance - as well as vehicle removals due to damage or extra maintenance - also led to
Manchester Airport are facing redundancy after an aviation company proposed to make substantial job cuts.
hereSpeaking as the total number of cases rose to 4,368 in 24 hours and Covid-related deaths were recorded as 41,788, Mr Burnham also called on the Government to consult consistently with the regions - and invite more regional voices to the COBRA meetings, one of which is to be held today (Tuesday).He said: "If he (Boris Johnson) listens more to people at a regional level we would build a greater sense of national unity in facing this virus going into the rest of autumn and the winter."Referring
a curfew would be the 'nail in the coffin' for Manchester pubs.
A 10pm curfew would be the 'nail in the coffin' for pubs and bars in Greater Manchester, operators have warned.Hospitality businesses are bracing for the opening time limit to be introduced across the region, as similar restrictions come into force elsewhere in England.As well as being a further blow to already financially stricken sector, industry leaders fear it will only shift the problem elsewhere, leading to more day drinking, house parties and large crowds leaving venues at the same
Manchester Evening News."Ever since the Government lifted lockdown it has been so busy. Everyone was so nice before but now it's become quite nasty."A lot of the calls I take are from elderly people who can't travel far or are desperate for a test."You can hear the distress they are in by their voice.
hereThe action is not understood to have been organised by trade unions, but by local activists in a display of solidarity with drivers at loggerheads with bosses over changes to their pay, terms and conditions.The bus firm has warned of ongoing disruption throughout the morning while services get back to normal. A number of school services are affected, including those for Cardinal Langley High School in Middleton, Unsworth Academy in Bury, Hopwood Hall College in Middleton and Rochdale, Holy
National Rail Enquiries website says: "A fault with the signalling system at Cheadle Hulme is causing disruption to journeys between Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe/Stoke on Trent. "Trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 45 minutes or revised." A statement on the Avanti West Coast website says: "Due to a fault with the signalling system at Stockport some lines are blocked.
A search of a terraced house in Salford will continue today a week after dawn raid triggered a major investigation.Greater Manchester Police's Salford division are leading the inquiry after receiving intelligence.But the information about alleged use of firearms has resulted in Counter Terrorism officers, the bomb squad, and the intelligence services being involved.Events started at 6am on Tuesday when armed police backed by Counter Terrorism officers executed a warrant at the property in
Several roads have been closed by police after reports a collision involving a bus and at least three cars.Charlestown Road in Blackley is closed in both directions between Grange Park Road and Booth Hall Road due to a road traffic collision, Transport for Greater Manchester said in a tweet.Pictures from the scene showed a number of damaged cars including a black Audi Q7.Eyewitness Robert Duck told the M.E.N: "The Audi tried to overtake a bus at speed, it hit the back of the bus and then hit