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A festival of football will be coming to Manchester to celebrate the countdown to the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 tournament this summer.

direct to your inboxThe awarding of a 250-year lease to allow for a controversial glass tower to be built in Manchester’s Northern Quarter did not need extra scrutiny, councillors have heard.Salboy, the firm owned by billionaire bookie Fred Done, had plans for a 17-storey office block opposite Shudehill bus station approved last June despite fierce opposition over recent years.The decision was made by the council’s chief executive Joanne Roney under delegated powers during the first months of

including an updated application relating to a long-disputed tower block on Shudehill, were green-lit by Joanne Roney under powers delegated to her by councillors during the early days of the pandemic.

Plans for more than 400 new homes across Manchester have become the latest to be signed off by the council’s chief executive - instead of the city’s planning committee.

New council houses, huge tower blocks and the further redevelopment of a former bus depot are among the latest plans to be ruled on by Manchester’s top civil servant.