Plans for 149 flats in Old Trafford to be decided upon this week

direct to your inboxA botched terror training exercise which foreshadowed delays in getting firefighters to the Manchester Arena bombing was a 'disaster', the public inquiry into the atrocity has been told.The emergency services took part in a huge terrorism training exercise, in which a suicide bomber scenario was played out at the Trafford Centre in May, 2016, a year before the real attack at the Arena.But Greater Manchester Police failed to alert fellow blue light colleagues about the

direct to your inboxA 14-year-old boy is hospital after being hit by a car in Old Trafford.The incident happened on Stretford Road at around 6.45pm last night, police said.Emergency services were called to reports of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian.The boy has serious but not life-threatening injuries, police added.No arrests have been made an investigation is ongoing.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign

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direct to your inboxPlans for a huge new community park and 162-home development on the site of a former power station in Tameside have been revealed.A public consultation has been launched on proposals to create a new park across 62 acres of land near Stalybridge, named the ‘Tame Valley Park’.A ‘community hub’ would be built on the former Hartshead Power Station site, to the north of Spring Bank Lane, which was demolished in 1989.The land, which has been mostly prohibited from public use

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Manori Ravindran International EditorIf there was any question about the original content ambitions of Comcast-backed pay-TV operator Sky under its new leadership, a 125-title film and TV slate for 2021 reflects a company poised to build a distinct, autonomous service that can compete with its deep-pocketed SVOD rivals.Sky in late 2019 renewed its output deal with HBO — which allows the business to offer the U.S.

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straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United have opened their Old Trafford stadium to be used for vaccination training.St John Ambulance will be granted access to four hospitality suites across the stadium to utilise as a training centre for hundreds of volunteers as part of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme.The suites will be adapted and used as a large-scale training facility over the next five weekends.The adaptation of Old Trafford is part of a UK-wide programme which

direct to your inboxPlans for 149 new flats in Old Trafford have been narrowly approved.Trafford council’s planning committee met last night to discuss the application from developers Investar Ltd.Proposals are to demolish the multi-storey building at 66 Talbot Road and build two buildings, one six-storey and one 13 storeys in height, for the apartments.

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direct to your inboxPlans for more than 400 new homes in Partington are set to be decided on this week.Across two separate applications, 449 homes are going to Trafford council’s planning committee.The first would see 151 homes on land off Hall Lane in Partington from Countryside Properties.The application, for full planning permission, for land sitting along the Manchester ship canal in the village includes a mix of two, three and four-bedroom homes.It was submitted by Countryside Properties

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