Paedophile arranged to meet '13-year-old girl' at his house - while his partner was at work... he was set up

Levenshulme, said she was walking her daughter, Oona, home from school on Thursday (September 24).As Oona was riding her bike along the pavement on a street in Levenshulme, the passenger door of a van opened and hit her.Sophie says her daughter was sent 'flying' into a wall.Thankfully, Oona only suffered cuts and bruises."She’s a little bit shook up but she’s a brave little soldier,” Sophie told the Manchester Evening News.

Builders working on renovations on the Manchester Jewish Museum building have discovered a 150-year-old time capsule buried within its historic synagogue walls.A glass jar, which remains intact thanks to a wax seal, was found hidden deep within a wall cavity in the cornerstone of the original museum building situated on Cheetham Hill Road.The rare find is filled with money, synagogue papers and newspapers dating back to the 1870s.Experts at the museum now believe the artifact was buried around

coronavirus are not subject to a 'legal requirement.' In an interview with Times Radio on Thursday, the Health Secretary appeared to confuse matters when he said: “If the app tells you to self-isolate, then you should self-isolate."But if an NHS Test and Trace contact tracer tells you, then you must by law.”Asked whether that was complicated to understand, he said: “Not really, it is really straightforward.”Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free

A paedophile who posed as a younger man online to have sexual chats with a child was caught by an undercover police officer.Steven Marchington, of Chadderton in Oldham, thought he was speaking to a teenage girl when he performed a sex act on himself over webchat.In fact it was an undercover officer who had joined the online forum for teenagers, posing as 13-year-old 'Holly'.Manchester Crown Court heard Marchington messaged the undercover officer under the username David UK, saying he was a

straight to your inboxMicah Richards has hit back at social media users who claim he is only getting jobs due to Black Lives Matter. The former Manchester City defender has become a prominent football pundit since hanging up his boots in 2019.

Manchester Evening News' political editor, Jennifer Williams, also appeared on The Andrew Marr Show to talk about the new support payment, which will be "welcomed" in Greater Manchester.

Matt Hancock has warned that the country is facing a “big moment” as coronavirus hospital admissions continue to rise.The Health Secretary said it is vital that people follow the rule of six, or the more stringent measures imposed here in Greater Manchester.“It is deadly serious,” he told Radio 4’s Today programme on Friday (September 18).“The results of not doing so will be that this goes more out of control and we have to take more stringent measures which have a bigger economic impact and

here"Of course, as I have said repeatedly, there are operational challenges but thousands of people every day are being tested in Manchester in order to get a grip of the outbreak there."Debbie Abrahams, Labour MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, raised issues around local contact tracing in Greater Manchester and accused the government of 'still not getting the basics right'."I don't underestimate the challenges that the health secretary has faced over the last few months," she told MPs."But

coronavirus. It took the primary school pupil three days to get an appointment for a Covid-19 test, despite having a chronic lung condition and asthma.

The mother of Manchester Arena bombing victim Sorrell Leczkowski said she 'may as well be dead' as she paid a moving tribute to her 'precious and perfect' daughter.Sorrell, 14, travelled to the Ariana Grande concert at the Arena with her mum, Samantha, and grandmother, Pauline.Both were seriously injured.Sorrell, who lived with her family in Leeds, tragically lost her life - one of 22 who died in the bombing.Her mum, Samantha, and other family members compiled a highly-emotional statement to the

hereThey haven't been recovered.During the break in, a 500-year-old oak door was damaged, as was the church's burglar alarm and a fire exit door.Manchester Crown Court heard there was about £3,500 worth of damage caused.Fleming had cut himself, and left a trail of blood around the church, prosecutor Anna Chestnutt said.Blood swabs were sent off for testing, and it was found to contain Fleming's DNA.The church also had a CCTV system which captured Fleming.He was circulated as wanted, and was

Andy Burnham has slammed health secretary Matt Hancock for the way the government has announced a string of new coronavirus restrictions affecting Greater Manchester.The region’s mayor says the approach has kept local leaders in the dark and led to ‘anxiety and confusion’ among residents.He said he fears ministers are in danger of ‘losing the public’ and is calling for a return to daily briefings led by expert scientists and medics.Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Mr

Have your say on the local lockdown measures in our survey:"Of course the national measures which were announced yesterday will come into force in Greater Manchester, it's very important that people follow them."We took further action in Bolton.

One Manchester student said he cycled 13 miles and visited three different testing centres before eventually managing to get a coronavirus test.Many trying to access a test online have been met with the error message: “This service is currently very busy. More tests should be available later.

hereHealth Secretary Matt Hancock has said that the easing has been made possible due to the hard work of 'residents, communities and local authorities', to bring infection rates down.He added that 'further work' is now underway with local leaders in Bolton, which for now remains subject to more stringent measures, after infection rates soared in the borough.Mr Hancock said: “I’m very glad we’ve been able to make this change, working with local councils, because local lockdowns are working to