Mum calls for schools to be closed on days when pollution levels are high

A man who recently scooped a massive £1 million win on the National Lottery after buying a ticket at his local Asda store says he owes his success to his late mum’s advice.

Former Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott believes that Erling Haaland will outshine Liverpool's new striker Darwin Nunez this season, despite the latter's impressive outing in the Community Shield.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Australia’s only out gay head of state, has an important message for public health authorities dealing with the monkeypox outbreak. Barr said that it was important to get the message out that this was not some “niche disease” that only impacted gay men. Barr was speaking to the media following Thursday’s National Cabinet meeting where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, state premiers and territory chief ministers met to coordinate the national response to COVID-19, foot and mouth disease and monkeypox. Barr said that some of the commentary around monkeypox was “concerning”.  “This monkeypox is not a gay man’s disease. Monkeypox is transmitted by close, personal contact.

Peter Hook and the Manchester Camerata have announced two ‘The Sound Of Joy Division Orchestrated’ UK concerts in the autumn.Hook collaborated with the chamber orchestra back in 2019 for a trio of gigs, including a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which saw the musicians “revisit the post punk elements that shaped Joy Division’s ground-breaking sound, aligned with a full orchestra to reflect and respect the spirt which defines their heritage”.‘The Sound Of Joy Division Orchestrated’ will return with shows at the O2 Apollo Manchester on October 14 and London Palladium the following night (October 15).Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.“Covid has given these events strange timings, but after touring and playing Joy Division normally shall we say, I am looking forward to this new working more than ever. It takes JD’s music to a whole different place, emotionally and aurally.

Though the cultural zeitgeist is a few years removed from Banksy mania, street art remains a potent weapon for political and social criticism. The relationship between graffiti and vandalism is still hotly contested, but what might happen if an ambitious street artist took his designs even further… like, for instance, into someone’s living room? That’s the premise of “I Came By,” an upcoming Netflix thriller from British Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari.

Pep Guardiola has no doubts that Manchester City will be challenging Liverpool for the Premier League title again this season.

A man has been charged with child abduction after police were called to an Aldi store in Heywood last weekend.

Air pollution has been high on the agenda in Manchester, with wrangling over the Clean Air Zone proposal ongoing and the city experiencing an ozone pollution episode last week.

A man has died after emergency services were called to a concern for welfare on the M60. Police were called to Barton Bridge on the motorway at about 9pm on Saturday (July 23).

British humor! Hugh Grant made his first appearance at San Diego Comic Con for his role in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves — and had a lot of fun with some cheeky innuendos.

Kalvin Phillips has responded to social media comments from George Ezra after revealing he sang one of the pop artist's ballads during his Manchester City ‘initiation test’.

Jamie T has shared a new track called ‘Between The Rocks’ – you can listen to it below.The single serves as the latest preview of the south London singer-songwriter’s fifth album ‘The Theory Of Whatever’, which is due for release next Friday (July 29) via Polydor. It follows on from previous songs ‘The Old Style Raiders’ and ‘St George Wharf Tower’.In the breakdown of the high-octane tune, T sings of “how a couple [of] thousand records can turn platinum in a couple of days/ ‘Cause I’m still in that very moment/ I’m just a thousand miles away.”Co-written by former Maccabees guitarist Hugo White (who also produced T’s new album), ‘Between The Rocks’ arrived yesterday (July 20) alongside an official visualiser that’s set inside a church.T recently announced some additional dates to his 2022 UK headline tour, which will take place throughout November.The musician headlined the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury 2022 last month, marking only his second live appearance in the past five years.

Manchester City will get their pre-season under way in earnest on Thursday morning when they face Club America.