Plans for new leisure centres in Altrincham and Stretford scrapped

direct to your inboxA new training centre is set to help forces veterans land their first job in the construction industry.Planners have given the go-ahead for the specialist hub, at Hillside Farm, in Romiley, despite previous applications being refused on the grounds of its green belt setting.It will be run by Nomad Construction Training - a community interest company (CIC) - that has delivered a pilot programme to veterans struggling with the transition to civilian life.Named Project RECCE,

direct to your inboxBosses in Tameside are to consult on withdrawing services from three of the borough’s loss-making leisure centres, including its bowling centre and trampoline park.At a meeting of the executive cabinet on Wednesday, members agreed to launch a public consultation on initial proposals to withdraw Active Tameside services from Adventure Longendale, Active Oxford Park and the Etherow Centre.When not closed under lockdown measures, Active Longendale, on Manley Grove in Mottram in

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.

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

NY PopsUp, a months-long festival starting February 20 that is billed by organizers as a model for how live performances can return amid Covid-19, has set details for its high-profile inaugural edition.

sent to the Scottish Government later this year.Health board officials have already told of plans for it to become Scotland’s first “digital hospital”; while the current Monkscourt Avenue site is to be redeveloped as a health and wellbeing village after the relocation in seven years’ time.

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.

Golden Globes will be broadcast from both New York and Los Angeles for the first time, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler splitting the bi-coastal hosting duties. Fey will be live from Rockefeller Centre in Manhattan while Poehler will present from the ceremony’s usual home of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said.

Sony Pictures Classics has made some tweaks to its release schedule for four upcoming pics and one that’s already in theaters.

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester leaders have agreed to spend more than £69m on developing a ‘world class’ public transport system in the city-region. The combined authority will progress plans for a long-awaited £15m railway station in Golborne, extra Metrolink stops, and improved bus services on northern and eastern routes.

Worsley, at around 5.45pm on Monday (January 25). After parking up at Worsley Leisure Centre to answer his phone, a stranger opened the car's passenger door and threatened the driver with a 12 inch knife.

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this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyBury News'In her response, Baroness Berridge, said: “I would first like to thank you and Bury Council for your commitment to raising educational standards across Radcliffe.“I recognise the need for new secondary school places in Radcliffe and the frustrations caused by the delay in announcing the outcome of the latest free schools wave.“I can assure you the government remains committed to the free schools programme.“The outcome of the latest

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterPriority groups will be given coronavirus vaccines at the University of Bolton Stadium from next week as part of an expansion of venues offering the jab.Health chiefs say the new inoculation centre will bring welcome additional capacity to the Covid vaccination programme in Bolton.Hootons Pharmacy, based in Lee Lane, Horwich, is expected to begin vaccinating at the home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Yams Day, the annual celebration of the departed A$AP Mob co-founder A$AP Yams, arrived yesterday. Unlike in previous years, which have featured concerts at the Barclay's Centre in New York City, 2021's edition is an hour-long video tribute to Yams' influence with rare footage and interviews from figures like A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, Metro Boomin, Key!, and more.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the wake of Hipgnosis Song’s blockbuster growth, former Geffen Records president Neil Jacobsen, who launched his own songwriter-producer management firm in 2019, is lining up a $200 million IPO on the New York Stock Exchange for a new company called the Music Acquisition Corporation.

Powerful gun lobby the National Rifle Association of America has filed for bankruptcy in the Northern District of Texas where it will reincorporate as a nonprofit, leaving New York State, where it was founded in 1871.