Plans for 149 new flats in Old Trafford narrowly approved

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese New Year is the biggest, most lucrative and brashest season of the year in mainland China cinemas. It is a time for big-budget tentpoles and fun films that are pitched as family entertainment.Having reserved their place in the releasing calendar for months or even a year, seven films open simultaneously on Friday (Feb.

link!There would also be four two-bedroom bungalows for private sale as well as four three-bedroom semi-detached homes and a mix of three, four and five bedroom detached properties.The homes would be less than a mile from nearby Allanton Primary School and Hartwood Train Station.

NEW YORK -- Are we off to see the wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz — again?New Line Cinema is making a new adaptation of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” L. Frank Baum children’s novel, with Nicole Kassell, the visual architect of “Watchmen,” set to direct.

Old, which is set on a beach that mysteriously ages people rapidly.Starring the likes of Gael García Bernal (Y tu mamá también), Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) and Rufus Sewell (The Man in the High Castle), the first footage previews a typically creepy thriller.Dropped during last night’s (February 7) Super Bowl, the clip shows the characters settling down for a holiday on the secluded beach, before things take a darker turn.The synopsis describes it as “a chilling, mysterious new thriller about

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

Antonio Ferme editorThe first look at M. Night Shyamalan’s next movie is finally here.The teaser is one of the few film trailers that debuted during the Super Bowl, which is conspicuously light on movie spots this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic shaking up every studio’s release calendar.“Old” centers on a group of people who find a dead body on a beach and slowly realize there is something unnatural happening.

M. Night Shyamalan has another creepy movie coming out!

Nicola Sturgeon announced the latest figures at the daily Covid-19 briefing where she revealed there had been a further 1,149 cases of the virus overnight.

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice is an incredible mom to her four young girls, and it’s hard to believe how quickly they’re growing up! Gia, 20, Gabriella, 16, Milania, 15, and Audriana, 11, whom she shares with her estranged ex husband  Joe Giudice, have been on our TV screens for years, and even have their own social media presences now.

direct to your inboxAldi has announced it will open a new store in Denton as it continues its expansion throughout Greater Manchester.It will also upgrade its existing store in Middleton.The two projects, costing a combined £2.5m, will create more than 150 jobs.Today (Monday) Aldi announced it would be splashing out on one new store in Denton and on upgrading its current store in Middleton.The projects are expected to be completed by the end of the year.Last summer Aldi announced it was looking

Stockport, and £2m in a new travel hub, including a park and ride facility in Tyldesley.

direct to your inboxPlans to convert Oldham’s former county court into apartments have been approved despite councillors’ concerns it could become a ‘modern slum of the future’.A meeting of the planning committee gave the green light to the proposals to transform the empty court building on Rochdale Road in the town centre into 43 flats.The building closed in July 2017, and all cases were transferred to Tameside Magistrates’ Court.During the time it was empty it became a home for ‘property

The Pussycat Dolls are planning to release new music ahead of their rescheduled comeback tour this year, according to band member Ashley Roberts.

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 more than 400 new homes in Partington have been approved.Trafford council’s planning committee met last night (Thursday) to discuss proposals from developer Countryside Properties for 449 houses on land off Hall Lane, and another plot next to the Manchester Ship Canal.Plans were submitted in two applications.The first will see 151 homes on land off Hall Lane, including a mix of two, three and four-bedroom homes.There will be 78 affordable houses on site, according

direct to your inboxPlans for 149 new flats in Old Trafford are set to be decided upon this week.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. Investar Ltd are behind the application and plan for the flats, which will sit on a 40,000-square-foot plot on Talbot Road, close to White City, are part of Trafford Council’s huge Civic Quarter Masterplan.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Campaigners who have fought against plans for 600 new homes in Paisley welcomed a shock move by councillors to block the development.Planning chiefs had recommended permission be granted to a consortium of developers who wanted to build the properties on surplus land at Dykebar Hospital, despite admitting serious problems around biodiversity, roads and schools.But in what has been described as an “unusual

Nioh series’ game director has said there are no plans at Team Ninja for a third instalment, but has teased Ninja Gaiden news.Fumihiko Yasuda, the director of the series, has spoken to Video Games Chronicle (VGC) about its future potential, stating that there are no plans for a third entry in the Nioh series, nor a potential port to Xbox systems following its addition to PC next month.“There are no current plans for the Nioh series to be on Xbox consoles at this point, but of course the Ninja