Neighbours told to keep windows and doors closed following chemical spill at a factory in Rochdale

Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterTwo teenage brothers tragically died after the tide engulfed them during a family day out at a beach near Blackpool, an inquest has heard.Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali Athar Shabbir, 16, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, were warned by their mother not to venture too far into the water at the beach near St Annes Pier in Lancashire.The pair entered the water to play with their cousin between 6pm and 7pm

direct to your inboxThe ambulance service said failures and delays at a counter-terrorism training exercise held a year before the Manchester Arena atrocity 'would unequivocally have resulted in unnecessary loss of life' in the event of a real attack.Exercise Winchester Accord was held overnight on May 9, 2016 - a live exercise involving the scenario of a marauding terrorist firearms attack (MTFA) on the Trafford Centre.But feedback from the exercise by North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) shown

Manchester Magistrates Court heard. However, after accompanying her home, she launched an abusive tirade at one officer standing ‘face to face’ with him.As she shouted abuse she spat in his face, some of the bloodied spittle landed in his eyes, nose and mouth, the court heard.

straight to your inbox every day for freeRio Ferdinand has claimed he urged Manchester United to sign Ben Godfrey while the defender was at Norwich City.The 23-year-old joined Everton for £25million in the summer transfer window following the Canaries' relegation to the Championship.Initially working his way into the Everton XI at left-back, Godfrey has become a regular in the heart of Everton's defence and was a key performer as Carlo Ancelotti's side beat Liverpool at Anfield at the

straight to your inbox every day for freeFormer Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves drew comparisons between Bruno Fernandes and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne following the Reds' win against Real Sociedad.The 26-year-old Fernandes led the way once again last night as he scored a decisive double during United's superb 4-0 victory in Turin.With further strikes coming from Marcus Rashford and Daniel James, Fernandes and co already have one foot in the last-16 of the Europa League ahead

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer is not happy with Manchester United's position in the Premier League - despite the club having made clear progress in recent months. That's according to ex-Red Owen Hargreaves, who bumped into the Old Trafford boss during a chance meeting where the pair spoke about the club's current fortunes.

Bury, on the evening of August 12 of last year.They all deny the charge.

Bury, on August 12 of last year.Kamran Mohammed, 19, of Kingsdale Close, Bury; Mohammed Izaarh Khan, 21, of Palace Street, Bury; and Khayam Ali Khurshid, 28, of Eton Hill Road, Bury, have gone on trial accused of murder, which they deny.They also deny a second charge of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.Raheem Hall, 19, of Hardfield Street, Heywood, denies possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life, but admits a second charge of assisting an offender.Jurors at Manchester

direct to your inboxAn expert paraglider with an 'adventurous spirit' who was murdered as he trekked across Mongolia told his wife before he left he would be safer there than in Manchester, an inquest heard.Award-winning Steve Nash, 53, from Cheshire, had planned to travel 350km in 10 days across the Khangai Nuruu mountain range with a friend, Gareth Aston, in August, 2016.The inquest heard he continued alone after Mr Aston sustained a hip injury halfway through the journey.The day after they

straight to your inbox every day for freeGraeme Souness revealed Jose Mourinho told his Sky Sports colleagues Dean Henderson believes he should have been introduced to Manchester United's team two years ago.Henderson has been integrated into United's squad this season, playing back-up to David de Gea after two positive seasons on loan at Sheffield United.

straight to your inbox every day for freeGary Neville says Manchester United's defence failed to do what Ole Gunnar Solskjaer asked of them for West Bromwich Albion 's opening goal. United fell behind after just 90 seconds when Mbaye Diagne beat Victor Lindelof to Conor Gallagher's cross and headed in from six yards to give West Brom a shock early lead.

straight to your inboxRodri says Manchester City's recent penalty misses made him angry, so he told his teammates in the dressing room after the Liverpool match that he would demand to take the next spot kick. So when Ilkay Gundogan was fouled in the first half against Tottenham and the referee pointed to the spot, it was Rodri who immediately took the ball and scored - despite goalkeeper Ederson showing interest in taking it himself.

straight to your inboxThe Den, Cold Blow Lane.Even the address of Millwall’s ground brought a shudder to the spine of away fans brave enough to go there in the dark days of the 1970s and 80s.Things had not improved a great deal when Manchester City went to the new Den, just down the road, at a crossroads moment in their history.What happened next was a sweet and sour night which saw the Blues begin a fight back to which today’s unprecedented success can be directly traced, but which also exposed

Radcliffe on Christmas Eve, 2019. Gwen's loved ones have shared their memories of her with the inquest set to continue.

direct to your inboxPlans to build a 17-storey office tower on Deansgate have been thrown out after councillors sided with residents of a neighbouring building who said it would block out their sunlight.The glass tower planned to replace Speakers House would also have an overbearing impact on neighbouring heritage buildings, according to Manchester’s planning committee.Members had been warned that their reasons for refusal were ‘weak’ and would not stand up to an appeal by property firm Kames,

direct to your inboxSuicide bomber Salman Abedi wasn't identified and went unchecked as a consequence of 'significant, serious, unacceptable and unjustifiable failures' in security at Manchester Arena, the chairman of the public inquiry into the atrocity was told. Barristers representing families who lost loved ones delivered submissions on Monday on evidence relating to the security arrangements in place at the time.