Rape charges against police officer dropped - but he remains suspended and may still face disciplinary action

Ask any Manchester United fan, Rio Ferdinand is a club legend.

Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Newcastle United will compete in next season's Champions League.

The Warehouse Project will be back in September, with the likes of Bicep, Honey Dijon, The Blessed Madonna and Jamie Jones on the bill for its 2023 season. It’s also revealed that it will be opening up two new areas of its Depot Mayfield home, including the roof.

A student at the University of Manchester had his "life ruined" after long Covid left him permanently disabled and forced to drop out of medical school.

David Benedict Canny casting of Mike Faist (“West Side Story”) and Lucas Hedges (“Manchester by the Sea”) and abundant efforts to honor Annie Proulx’s short story “Brokeback Mountain,” immortalized in Ang Lee’s screen version, are all in place. Above all, the sincerity underpinning director Jonathan Butterell’s premiere of a stage version is never in doubt. But despite a live soundtrack of bluegrass and country songs, the production only proves you can have too much fidelity. Sticking so doggedly to the original, the production fails to find anything approaching a satisfying theatrical form. Staged in-the-round in London’s 602-seat Soho Place theater, Ashley Robinson’s notably sparse adaptation of Proulx’s story confuses literary with literal. Borrowing the story’s introductory paragraphs, Robinson provides a cliched framing device, showing the older version of Ennis (Paul Hickey) waking up besieged by difficult memories. From his bedside radio, we hear the first of Dan Gillespie Sells’ original country songs welling up. The pedal steel guitar sets the scene, but its title and chorus “Don’t Let the Years Get You Down” is an immediately worrying indication that the production will be telling as well as showing.

A police officer has been jailed for leaving a teenage boy with catastrophic injuries when she crashed her patrol car into him.

Coronation Street fans believe they have spotted a flaw as Amy Barlow's storyline takes a fresh turn. Earlier this week, viewers of the ITV soap saw Amy accused of harassment after spotting former friend Aaron Sandford's old flame Mia at the garage, and told her he raped her.

A police officer who caused a teenage boy to be left in a 'vegetative' state after crashing into him while responding to an emergency has been jailed. PC Sarah De Meulemeester, 26, drove at speeds of up to 61mph on 30mph roads in wet conditions through Stockport on Boxing Day 2020.

Slowthai has been dropped from the line-ups of a number of UK festivals and has had some headline shows cancelled after he appeared in court on rape charges earlier this week. A Glastonbury set is among the performances to have now been pulled.

Adrian Sanderson looks almost unrecognisable after bidding farewell to the famous hairstyle that saw him dubbed 'Captain Curtain' by on-screen husband Thomas Hartley, during the former couple's time on Married At First Sight UK. The pair's tumultuous relationship saw Thomas say: "Captain Curtains can f**k off" after an argument on the reality show, even likening him to Ian "H" Watkins from Steps.

Christine McGuinness was compared to Pamela Anderson as she rocked a red swimsuit during her getaway with ex-husband Paddy. The model ditched Cheshire, where the couple still live together, and jetted off to sunnier climes in her first holiday abroad with her children in four years.

A law change is being proposed to ease the distress caused to rape victims while police carry out their investigations. Officers will only be allowed to request personal records from rape victims when strictly necessary in future, the Justice Secretary has told MPs.

The Grand Tour fans have been given a look into its upcoming series as Amazon Prime Video confirmed the new show's release date.

Eurovision Song Contest viewers say they were 'emotional' as they were quick to spot a massive change to Graham Norton's role on the show. The Irish TV star is, quite frankly, a Eurovision legend and viewers are used to watching the action unfold with his quick-witted commentary.

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Politicians, unions and, most importantly, long-suffering passengers had their say today after much-criticised train operating company TransPennine Express was brought under Government control.

Andy Burnham has vowed to 'restore trust' in train services for 'long-suffering passengers' following the announcement that TransPennine Express would be brought under government control.

The Eurovision Song Contest kicked off on Tuesday night (May 9) with its first live show in Liverpool. The annual competition is being held in the UK on behalf of last year's winners Ukraine after Sam Ryder took second place in the 2022 competition.

A TikTok star has been found to have 'racially abused' a police officer after being pulled over for drinking in her car. Priya Sahi - known as Queen Bee filmed and uploaded her arrest to her social media following of over 100,000 users.

READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp communityKaty Perry, who will be performing at the Coronation Concert in Windsor Castle on Sunday evening, was also invited. The singer was seen wearing a lilac outfit with a matching hat. British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, BBC director-general Tim Davie, Australian musician Nick Cave, TV presenter Jay Blades, and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber were also in attendance.