Mother and daughter homeless for Christmas after car crashes into their house for a second time

direct to your inboxA suspected drink-driver and three of his passengers were taken to hospital after a car smashed into a popular Manchester city centre restaurant at 3am on New Year's Day.No staff were inside Tampopo when the dramatic smash happened in Albert Square.But the car burst into flames on impact and firefighters had to help a man and a woman from the vehicle.They and two others were taken to hospital for treatment.The Ford Fiesta smashed into the front of Tampopo restaurant in Albert

direct to your inboxA man has been charged after a gas explosion at a house in Wythenshawe left a mum and her young daughter in hospital.

direct to your inbox A man has died after being hit by a car in Middleton on Christmas Eve. The 30 year-old pedestrian was involved in a collision with a grey BMW 320i M Sport on Rochdale Road just after 7.30pm on Thursday, December 24.Emergency services raced to the scene he was rushed to hospital in a serious condition.

direct to your inboxA family is trying to track down the person behind a kindhearted random act of kindness.An envelope with a £5 note inside had been left in the car park of Asda in Chadderton on Christmas Eve.Inside the envelope, which had a Christmas tree drawn on it, the card read: "To whoever has found this, I hope you have a lovely Christmas, treat yourself."Keep smiling, there is light at the end of the tunnel!Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with

direct to your inboxLike this entire year, Christmas Day in 2020 is anything but normal.It's a restricted, and for some quite sad time.But Greater Mancunians did have something to smile about today...

straight to your inbox every day for freeThere's no rest for Manchester United, who were last to play on Wednesday night and are first to kick off on Boxing Day. That gives Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad little time to prepare for a tough test at Leicester tomorrow, let alone fit in a proper Christmas Day with the family.

direct to your inboxA man in a Manchester United mask stands alone with his holdall bag in an empty, closed check-in hall. His story is anything but festive.He tells me he he left home following a row with his girlfriend and decided to jet off on a flight abroad on a whim.But now that he is in Manchester Airport with no ticket, he just wants to get back home to east Manchester.Last year I visited the airport on December 24 to capture the heartwarming moment couples reunited for the festive

straight to your inbox every day for freeMauricio Pochettino is reportedly in line to become the new manager of Paris Saint-Germain after Thomas Tuchel was sacked on Christmas Eve.Tuchel leaves the Parisian club one point behind league leaders Lyon and with PSG having secured their spot in the last 16 of the Champions League, eliminating Manchester United in the process, earlier this month.The MEN understands United approached Pochettino about the possibility of taking over as the new United

direct to your inboxTributes have been paid to a dad-of-four who died after his car crashed into a fence in north Manchester.Jeff Beaumont, 67, is thought to have suffered a medical episode whilst driving his Volkswagen Golf on Crescent Road in Crumpsall.Emergency services were called to the junction of Duchess Road at around 1.40am on Monday, 14 December.Mr Beaumont, who lived in the Cheetham Hill area, was taken to hospital where he was sadly pronounced dead a short time later.Police believe

direct to your inboxDreaming of a white Christmas?Sadly, forecasters have predicted there will be no snow on Christmas Day this year.But the Met Office has said Greater Manchester is likely to see widespread frosty conditions that will bring a 'seasonal feel' to festivities on the day.Temperatures across most of the country will stay in mid-single figures on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but no snow is expected to settle, Met Office forecasters have predicted.They said that despite a wet

Bolton, last night (December 18) after a white Vauxhall Insignia smashed into the front of a house near Welling Street. The window frame was bent back and the wall was broken due to the crash.

direct to your inboxA man who claimed to be attending a Black Lives Matter protest was part of a group which robbed a homeless man, a court heard.Said Hassan, 27, was one of a number of men who 'surrounded' the man in Piccadilly Gardens.A judge said the robbery was 'nothing to do' with the Black Lives matter protest, which took place in the city centre on June 6.Hassan has now been banned from Piccadilly Gardens for three years.Manchester Crown Court heard that just before midnight, the homeless

direct to your inboxPolice were scrambled to Manchester city centre after a car crashed into railings.Pictures from the scene showed a badly damaged saloon car after it had crashed through railings on Great Ancoats Street.The road was closed briefly while the wreckage was cleared from the carriageway.A flatbed truck later removed the damaged car.Unconfirmed reports from the scene suggested the crash followed a police pursuit.The incident happened on Great Ancoats Street at its junction with

After her fiancé Bradley Dack branded her The Grinch, Olivia Attwood decided to give the footballer a festive surprise by giving their flat a Christmas makeover. With the help of Lasting Memories Weddings & Events, Olivia transformed their Manchester flat into Santa’s Grotto complete with two giant Christmas trees, festive garlands and stunning decorations.

direct to your inboxA homeless couple have been jailed for torturing a man with a hot iron after he let them stay in his flat.Michael Rowbotham, 44, and Natalie Wightman, 39, tied up their victim's feet and wrists with a belt before using weapons such as an iron, a lighter, a hammer and a knife to injure him.Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how the couple, who were both addicted to drugs, burnt the man's feet, slashed his knee caps and pressed a hot iron to his cheek.In a victim

Ramones festive track ‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)’.The song, which originally featured on the New York band’s 1989 album ‘Brain Drain, has been reworked into a more downbeat version by the Manchester trio.