'My son was shot dead in Manchester... I want you to know him'

Think you know your Greater Mancunian Star Wars actors from your iconic Manchester music venues? Well go on then, you can prove it with the quiz below.

Boxing legend turned reality TV star Tyson Fury was snapped parking like a king as he arrived at Jimmy Egan's Boxing Academy in Manchester to film a top-secret advert.The world champion, 35, was photographed parking his Rolls Royce on a patch of grass as he sported a Gypsy King hat, pink polo shirt and blue shorts, which he teamed with some white socks and black-and-white trainers. Following an outfit change, Tyson filmed the commercial at a fish and chip shop in Ashton-Under-Lyne, for which he sported a Gypsy King vest top and blue shorts.

Step foot onto the streets of Manchester and you will be hit with a cacophony of sounds you would expect to hear in any modern city.

This month marked the landmark anniversary of one of Manchester's worst ever rail disasters. Two trains crashed on a viaduct sending one plummeting into the river below, drowning a number of passengers trapped in the wreckage.

A man and a woman have admitted moving a mum's dead body out of a flat and dumping it on a footpath. Kerry Newman, 40, died on July 17.

A man and woman have pleaded guilty to taking a woman's dead body out of a flat and dumping it on a footpath.

This is the horrifying moment Liam Smith was shot outside his home in Wigan.

A former couple who plotted the killing of an electrician before he was shot and doused in acid have both been found GUILTY of murder. Michael Hillier blasted dad-of-two Liam Smith in the face yards from his home in Wigan, before throwing sulphuric acid over his body.

Tyson and Tommy Fury’s dad once gouged out a man’s eye after a 12 year feud over a bottle of beer. John Fury, 59, also a former professional heavyweight boxer, was sentenced to 11 years in jail in February 2011 for the “cold-blooded” attack at a car auction. He was eventually released in February 2015 – four years into the jail term – and later said: “He's lost an eye and I've lost five years of my life.” John was back in the news this week after flipping over a table during a press conference with Tommy, who is set to come out of boxing retirement to fight YouTuber KSI.

Legendary broadcaster Chris Tarrant has hit back at claims that he had a blazing row with former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Speaking on his new reality series At Home With The Furys, Tyson, 35, told his wife Paris Fury, 33, that the last time he had been to Gleneagles in Scotland he had had a dispute with the TV legend.Tyson said, “I had a big row with Chris Tarrant the last time I was there” but divulged no further details.

We're just as invested as you are in the Netflix reality show At Home With The Furys. It gives us a unique insight into how the family tick when they're away from public events. There's a focus on mental health, the importance of family and realities of parenting.

The Government has today confirmed plans for Eton College to launch a new sixth form in Oldham - and announced two new free schools will also open in Manchester. They are among 15 new free schools given the go-ahead in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country.

Manchester United have announced Mason Greenwood is to leave the club.

Covid cases - and hospitalisations - are on the rise earlier than expected this year, according to one of Greater Manchester's leading GPs.

An army veteran troubled by concerns about his business was found dead on a beach in North Wales, an inquest heard. Gareth Arnold - affectionally known by some as 'Cheeky' - disappeared after leaving his in-laws' home in Bury, apparently to buy clothes for a family holiday in Barbados.

The life of boxing legend Tyson Fury is being explored in a new Netflix series which airs this week.

George Harrison‘s mother has revealed that she was “disgusted” at how audiences would scream throughout The Beatles‘ live shows.As BBC News reports, Louise Harrison made the comment in a letter she sent to a young fan of the Fab Four called Janet Gray. The pair are said to have had regular written correspondence between 1963 and 1966.Twenty-five letters to Gray are due to go under the hammer at the Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction on Saturday, August 26.In one response, Louise said she was “disgusted at the way the so-called fans just screamed” at one of The Beatles’ gigs in Manchester.“Nobody with any sense would pay and queue for a ticket just to stand on a seat and scream and not hear one sound from the stage,” she added.

Police are hunting a gunman after shots were fired on a street in south Manchester.

This week, I haven't been able to put my book down.

The owner behind one of the ‘maddest’ shop fronts in Greater Manchester, pleasing football fans heading to Old Trafford, has died.