Here are your Manchester United evening headlines for Friday, September 16.
Neighbours 'heartbroken' as fences installed in Hough End Fields reveal scale of development
28.08.2022 - 09:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Campaigners have told of their 'heartache' as fences installed in Hough End Fields showed the scale of a leisure centre development.
Work is set to begin to to build 3G pitches and a car park on the fields in Withington next month, subject to being given the green light by the council. Campaigners believe the expansion contradicts Manchester City Council's environmental targets.
It comes just weeks after protestors chanted 'shame on you' as councillors agreed to fund the £11.9m plans. Now fences have been installed in the south Manchester beauty spot ahead of a council meeting next month which will decide whether to rubber stamp the plans.
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Peter Lythgoe, of the Save Hough End Fields group, said: “It’s jolly sad isn’t it? Especially a perfectly good football pitch, being destroyed in front of your eyes like that in order to make a car park and some plastic football pitches.
“The area that is fenced off now is going to become a car park. I know there are some people who can’t actually bring themselves to go onto the fields because they’d have to look at it, which is very sad.
“The other week, we had a little picnic and I actually marked out on the grass the area that would be taken away for the plastic pitches and it took me 10 minutes to walk around the perimeter of that.
“The area that’s fenced off on the grass now, that’s going to be a car park, looks quite interesting with one lonely set of goal posts. You’ve got the area that’s fenced off around the trees, some of which will be chopped down and in front of that area will be another area, at least four times the size of what is fenced off now.
“I think they’re not [fully fencing]
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16.09.2022 / 15:39
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been proven right about Raphael Varane at Manchester United
Manchester United's 2-1 win over Liverpool at Old Trafford last month will be recognised as the turning point in Erik ten Hag's tenure.
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16.09.2022 / 10:47
Heartbroken parents issue plea after 17-year-old son's electric bike death
The parents of a teenager who died after crashing an electric bike have urged cyclists to wear helmets to 'prevent families going through this same tragic hell'.
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15.09.2022 / 21:29
Man City 'join Chelsea in race' for Rafael Leao and more transfer rumours
Manchester City are reportedly set to join Chelsea in the race to sign Rafael Leao from AC Milan.
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15.09.2022 / 08:51
Little children lined up and shot by Russian soldiers in front of horrified neighbours, says NHS nurse
A brave nurse has told of little children being lined up and shot by Russian soldiers in war-ravaged Ukraine.
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14.09.2022 / 09:01
"Not if it means turning into Little London": Readers share thoughts on latest city centre developments
Last week saw plans revealed to develop the area around the Great Northern Warehouse on Deansgate, aiming to make it an 'oasis' in the city.
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14.09.2022 / 06:47
Raphael Varane pinpoints big difference between playing for Manchester United and Real Madrid
Raphael Varane has identified one of the key differences between the Premier League and La Liga.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
13.09.2022 / 22:25
Man City 'interested' in AC Milan's Rafael Leao and more transfer rumours
Manchester City are reportedly interested in signing Portuguese winger Rafael Leao from Serie A giants AC Milan.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
13.09.2022 / 21:27
Raphael Varane names quality trait Erik ten Hag has as Manchester United manager
Raphael Varane is finally starting to deliver the kind of performances that many Manchester United expected when he arrived at the club last year.
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13.09.2022 / 08:03
Raphael Varane trait has answered Manchester United's demand in defence
It is no great coincidence that all four of Manchester United's victories so far this season have come when Raphael Varane has started.
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10.09.2022 / 18:49
Disgust as Manchester playing fields wall daubed with anti-monarchy graffiti following Queen's death
Vandals who daubed anti-monarchy graffiti on a Manchester playing fields wall have been slammed. Two messages appeared on the wall on Hough End Fields in Withington this morning (Saturday) as Charles was officially declared King.
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10.09.2022 / 14:41
Huge redevelopment at Great Northern Warehouse could mean the end for Odeon's city centre cinema
Odeon has confirmed it is ‘aware’ of plans to redevelop the Great Northern Warehouse which would see the ‘removal’ of its cinema.
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08.09.2022 / 19:05
Pupils kept indoors as high school put on 'lockdown' due to police incident
Pupils were kept indoors on Thursday afternoon (September 8) after a high school was put on 'lockdown' due to a police incident nearby. The incident, which did not happen at the school but in an area nearby, caused The Westleigh School to be put on lockdown.
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05.09.2022 / 16:37
Neighbours in shock as body found in children's playpark
Local residents living around Openshaw Park in Bury have been left shocked after the body of a man was found in a children's playpark.
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03.09.2022 / 18:35
Mum shares 'clever' hack to buy kids school shoes - without taking them to shops
One mum has revealed a 'life-changing' way to buy her children's shoes for school that doesn't involve dragging them from store to store.
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03.09.2022 / 00:07
New apartments behind Chorlton social club will cause 'total chaos', warn neighbours
Plans to build a block of flats behind a social club in South Manchester have been given the green light despite concerns it would cause parking 'chaos'.
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02.09.2022 / 21:18
Bleed kit installed outside shopping centre where security guard was stabbed
A community have come together to install a life-saving bleed kit at a busy shopping centre. The kit is being installed at the site of a non-fatal stabbing in a 'frenzied' attack last August in Middleton.
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02.09.2022 / 13:29
Hedgehogs and badgers get 'right to roam' with gaps in fences aroudn paintball centre
Stressed-out hedgehogs and badgers around a paintball centre in Greater Manchester's largest area of green belt woodland are getting a "right to roam". A backdated planning application for the fun-seekers facility - launched in 2014 - has been approved by councillors on Salford's planning and transportation regulatory panel.
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29.08.2022 / 11:11
Raphael Varane explains his Manchester United squad number
Raphael Varane has revealed why he wanted to keep the shirt number he first wore at Real Madrid when he completed his move to Manchester United a year ago. United signed the French defender on a four-year deal worth £42million a year ago, and he quickly established himself as a key player at the club.