Plans to build office campus on 'New Islington Green' approved despite overwhelming opposition from residents

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told the Manchester Evening News last year that they were left 'with no alternative' than to start proceedings.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has suggested he will have to come up with another unorthodox attacking plan at Manchester United. Manchester City have played with a false centre-forward on a number of occasions during the coach's time at the club, and enjoyed great success in last year's Carabao Cup semi-final at Old Trafford where a 3-1 defeat flattered the hosts.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United fans fear the club may not have signed Bruno Fernandes last January if the club had firmed up their interest in Newcastle midfielder Sean Longstaff.The 23-year-old was identified by United as a long-term addition to their midfield following his breakthrough with the Magpies after the departure of Ander Herrera.MEN Sport revealed United held encouraging talks with Longstaff's representatives during the summer transfer window but he was

direct to your inboxGraeme Souness is convinced Manchester United and Manchester City will come up short in this season's race for the Premier League title. Souness believes his former club Liverpool will retain their crown this term.

direct to your inboxPrimary schools in London will remain closed following a government U-turn.It comes after Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced 50 education authorities in the south of England would be closed to primary school pupils for the first two weeks of term.The list failed to encompass several school areas in London, where Covid-19 rates remain alarmingly high as the new strain continues to spread across the country.Latest scientific advice warns that the new strain variant

direct to your inboxPlans for 151 new homes in Partington have been submitted to Trafford council.Hundreds of representations have been filed against the proposals.The application, for full planning permission, for land off Hall Lane 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 and Peel Investements in February.The initial planning statement said there would be 25 two-bedroom homes; 111

from Bolton, say they don't yet know what caused her death. They fear it could be connected to an undiagnosed stomach problem, which caused her pain for several years. Silhesha leaves behind twins Aliyah and Hugo. Her inconsolable partner Marc Stott said he had made plans to propose to her in the near future. "Just like her name, she was one in a million, there was no one else like her," he told the Manchester Evening News ."She drove me to be a better man.

direct to your inboxThe Premier League has confirmed it has no plans to pause the 2020/21 season amid a rise in positive COVID-19 casesReports surfaced on Tuesday that chairmen of top-flight clubs had held informal talks about a two-week break in action. That came on the back of Manchester City’sPremier League clash with Everton being postponed on Monday night due to a COVID outbreak in the City squad.

Sign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and aboutConstruction is about to begin on a brand new theatre beneath Manchester Central, after work was halted to make way for the Nightingale Hospital.53two's new venue will take shape in the Grade II-listed railway arches in the city centre, with Manchester Gin's distillery and bar as their neighbours.Construction of the theatre was supposed to begin in March 2020, but the space had to be used

direct to your inboxResidents are being asked to have their say on plans for the part-pedestrianisation of Deansgate following a row with a bus company over measures introduced earlier this year.

with the Woodland Trust planting over 130,000 trees on land around Winter Hill last year.Pete Stringer, GI planning and technical manager at City of Trees, added: "The new planting proposals will help deliver on the government’s commitment to increase tree planting to 30,000 hectares per year, across the UK, by 2025 as well as Greater Manchester’s goals to be carbon neutral by 2038.“We hope this year’s planting programme will be the first of a longer partnership between City of Trees and Bolton

direct to your inboxNew apartments, offices and a hotel will be built in Manchester city centre under proposals approved by councillors.But a 17-storey building that looked like it belonged in ‘1970s east Berlin’, as well as a retirement complex in the south of the city, were refused planning permission.A number of major developments were considered at the final Manchester council planning committee meeting of the year on Thursday.Plans to build an office ‘campus’ on an area of open land in

Manchester Music Then and Now: Music Worth Fighting For, will premiere online tonight (December 18).Set to premiere on the United We Stream site at 8pm this evening, the documentary will be available to watch subsequently on the Visit Manchester site.Featuring interviews and insights from members of Blossoms, Courteeners, New Order, Happy Mondays, Working Men’s Club and Elbow – as well as such emerging Manchester artists as Yemi Bolatiwa, Valve and DJ Olli Ryder (the son of Shaun Ryder) – the

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterA huge knife was found in a man's waistband after he attempted to run from police.Police were searching for a wanted person in the Tonge Fold area in Bolton at around noon on Monday, December 14.A man spotted officers turning onto Hengist Street and immediately ran away, says Greater Manchester Police's Bolton North neighbourhood team.Police managed to catch up with the man, then detained him and searched