No longer riding 2019’s wave, the PM fights to keep his head above 2020’s tsunami

straight to your inboxEric Bailly suffered a head injury and was taken off on a stretcher while wearing a neck brace following a collision with Harry Maguire during the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea.Bailly returned to the starting line up as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer opted for three centre-backs, the same formation used against Chelsea in the three victories earlier in the campaign.Just minutes before the half-time whistle, Bailly and Maguire jumped for the same ball and collided with each

Levenshulme and parts of Burnage could form Greater Manchester’s first fully filtered, active neighbourhood.Plans for the project included a 'cycle and walking link' in the area, blocking traffic access to roads by 'modal filters' that favoured cyclists and ‘school streets’ that restrict traffic during specific hours in order to be safer for families to walk.Formed by residents in the area and a dedicated project team, the Network received support from Manchester City Council and Transport for

Stargazers have captured amazing images of a comet shooting across the skies in Greater Manchester.Comet Neowise was discovered in March and is one of the few comets this century that can be seen with the naked eye as it approached the sun.Formally named C/2020 F3, it has taken its nickname from the space telescope Neowise from which it was first sighted just before lockdown.Moving westwards from the constellation of Auriga towards the Lynx constellation, the three mile wide comet has travelled

Manchester Crown Court heard. As the pursuit began, Mahmood, of Crumpsall, went through a red light before accelerating at speeds of 90mph.

A road rage driver smashed a metal pole across a stranger's head, leaving blood trickling down his ear. Mohammed Chaudhry, 29, confronted his victim and followed him to a residential street after taking issue with the way he drove on Kingsway in Cheadle.Manchester Crown Court heard how on November 9, 2018, the victim was driving home from work when he became aware of a VW Golf being driven by the defendant.

here A spokesman for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: "At just after 10am on Thursday, July 9, two fire engines from Marple and Offerton and specialist appliances from Ashton-under-Lyne assisted North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) at an incident near Lakes Road, Marple, involving a man and a woman who had been thrown from startled horses. “Crews used stretchers to assist the pair before handing over to colleagues from NWAS.

Wythenshawe boozer and ran past a group of punters with it before hiding it in a bin outside.Murphy, who has never been in trouble with the police before, was told he was "fortunate" as a judge agreed to suspend his jail term.

Manchester Evening News : "Many of the people we work with at the women's centre do not have English as their first language, they might not come from an educated background, they may not be able to read or write.

Heywood and Rochdale.Officers executed warrants at six addresses in the two towns early on Thursday morning (July 2) and arrested nine people.Greater Manchester Police today said two men have been charged with various offences.Anthony Lutkevic, 30, of Tonge Street, Heywood has been charged with two counts of possession of a firearm - namely a shotgun and a grenade and possession with intent to supply class B drugs.Dillan Kennedy, 25, of no fixed address, has been charged with possession with

in Gorton.It replaces a 19th century railway bridge which was removed in another big engineering feat earlier this year.A section of the A57, a trunk road from the city centre to east Manchester and Tameside, has been closed for the day whilst the operation is carried out.The bridge, 25 metres long, four metres high and four metres wide was delivered from the factory in one piece on the back of a lorry today.A huge crane has been brought in and was used to lift and then lower the green coloured