Plans to redevelop Central Retail spark blazing row between Manchester council's political leaders

Sky News reported that the FIFA-backed tournament would involve Europe's biggest football clubs and "reshape the sport's global landscape".

straight to your inbox every day, freeGary Neville has questioned the timing of reported plans to form a new European Premier League - calling it "another wound for football".Manchester United and Liverpool are reported to be in talks about joining the proposed competition.

blog post he says it's estimated shutting businesses such as pubs and gyms would cost the region's economy about £70m a month.

Chorlton.In January, Manchester Council announced it would be undergoing a major review into how new buildings and investments met the city’s high development standards.Running from February until May, the review received a total of 562 responses via emails and online comments.247 comments, accounting for 44 percent of the total responses, were in opposition of Manchester Metropolitan University’s (MMU) aims to sell the Ryebank Fields site.Manchester Council declared the Chorlton site to be ‘by

A new £12m ‘cold weather fund’ to help rough sleepers into accommodation and keep them Covid-safe over the winter has been announced by the government.But Manchester council say the funding does not go far enough, while homelessness charities have warned that plans to reopen communal night shelters could risk lives.The fund will be split into a £10m cold weather payment to support local authorities in providing self-contained accommodation.An additional £2m will be made available to faith groups

Bosses say they will be able to contain the economic fallout of the pandemic during the current 2020/21 financial year - but a bleak picture has been painted for the years to come.

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and have promised to build a ‘vibrant new neighbourhood’ in its place.

straight to your inbox every day, free“The performance against Spurs was disgraceful. A disgrace to the badge with that performance.

straight to your inbox every day, freePogba revives Madrid talkPaul Pogba said it is a 'dream' for him to one day play for Real Madrid.“I am at Manchester. We know that this has been spoken about a lot and I have not [spoken about it],” Pogba said while on international duty with France.

straight to your inbox every day, freeFormer Manchester United captain Roy Keane has warned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that the squad could 'throw him under the bus' following their embarrassing defeat to Tottenham.United have lost two of their opening three Premier League fixtures, entering the international break on the back of a 6-1 drubbing at the hands of Tottenham.

Plans to remove dangerous cladding from tower blocks in Manchester city centre have been submitted - three years after the issues were first identified.Residents of City Gate in Castlefield have lived with the knowledge that their buildings were clad in the same aluminum composite material (ACM) found at Grenfell Tower.Two months after the tragedy in August 2017, leaseholders at the three towers were told by property management firm Rendall & Rittner that they would have to pay up to £7,000 to

straight to your inbox every day, freeFormer Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has urged Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to rile up his players after their 6-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.United were heavily beaten on an embarrassing afternoon at Old Trafford which has seen them come under heavy criticism.It leaves Solskjaer's side with one win from their opening three Premier League games but the manner of all three performances are cause for concern.The United boss admitted after the game the heavy

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United’s number seven shirt is one of the most iconic in football, and its new bearer is Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani.Some of United's greatest ever players have worn the number, with George Best, Nobby Stiles, Ray Wilkins and Bryan Robson among its wearers - stars who have helped to give it such a legendary status over the decades.But what about those who've been given the responsibility of wearing the number since the arrival of the Premier

Plans to build on green belt land in Trafford have sparked a row between party leaders.The Trafford Conservative group leader Coun Nathan Evans shared a blog post on his group’s website over the weekend, which accused Labour of ‘misleading’ residents over the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and what it meant for the borough.But Trafford’s Labour council leader Coun Andrew Western hit back saying Coun Evans was treating residents like they had ‘short memories’ over the matter and the

Manchester council still wants the Christmas markets to go ahead - despite the city's soaring coronavirus rates.With just a month to go until the markets usually open, the council has still not made a final decision.The markets were notably absent from a list of events that were cancelled issued last week including Bonfire and Fireworks displays, the Christmas lights switch-on and New Year's Eve fireworks.In a press release, the council said the markets remain 'under review'.On Monday, a council

straight to your inboxManchester United fans were missing Roy Keane in their team's humiliation at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men were thrashed 6-1 by Spurs as Jose Mourinho enjoyed his return to Old Trafford.