Scots gun nut caught with eight weapons after armed police swoop in Glasgow city centre

direct to your inboxThugs shouted 'Manchester Manchester' at horrified onlookers after battering a man in a shop doorway in Liverpool city centre. Mobile phone footage shows two men kicking and punching the man on Basnett Street in front of Christmas shoppers on Sunday, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Glasgow is at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak after 38 staff tested positive for the deadly bug. Royal Mail bosses today confirmed the cases at the Glasgow Mail Centre in the city’s Springburn, where around 1,000 people are employed.

direct to your inboxA man was taken to hospital after he was rescued from a canal in Manchester city centre.Emergency services were called to the Rochdale Canal, off Castle Street, shortly before midnight on Friday.The man had already been rescued before firefighters arrived.He was taken to hospital by North West Ambulance Service (NWAS).It's not clear who pulled the man from the water.A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: "At 23.44PM on the 18th December GMFRS were

direct to your inboxPolice were scrambled to Manchester city centre after a car crashed into railings.Pictures from the scene showed a badly damaged saloon car after it had crashed through railings on Great Ancoats Street.The road was closed briefly while the wreckage was cleared from the carriageway.A flatbed truck later removed the damaged car.Unconfirmed reports from the scene suggested the crash followed a police pursuit.The incident happened on Great Ancoats Street at its junction with

direct to your inbox Andy Burnham has announced a new victim support hotline to take calls from people unhappy with the way Greater Manchester Police is dealing with their reported crime, in the wake of a blistering inspection report.

direct to your inboxThree people are in hospital including a young child after a van crashed into a bus in Manchester city centre last night.Police, fire and ambulance crews attended the incident on Angel Street near the Co-op headquarters in the NOMA district at around 9.24pm.A transit van appears to have collided head-on with a bus while travelling the wrong way down the one-way road.

direct to your inboxCity centre residents are being warned about the dangers of parcel theft after a surge in incidents this year.Covid restrictions and the subsequent spike in online shopping has meant postal deliveries are at an all time high.But for shared buildings in Manchester city centre that often means parcels being left in insecure postal rooms or communal areas, especially as busy drivers are being told to have 'zero contact' with customers.Thieves are then taking advantage by

direct to your inboxJeremy Corbyn's brother led an anti-lockdown march in the city centre today.Piers Corbyn was one of around 500 people who marched through Manchester in another protest against lockdown regulations.The protesters marched through the city centre, starting in Piccadilly Gardens at around midday.

direct to your inboxThe fire service was called to the city centre on Friday morning to a fire in a lighting unit at a commercial property.Crews from Moss Side and Salford were called to Lloyd Street and spent just under an hour at the scene.A spokesperson for GMFRS said: “On Friday, 11 December, at 8.37am, firefighters were called to a fire on Lloyd Street in Manchester.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very

Vanderpump Rules, what will a future season look like? Well, Andy Cohen isn’t worried.“Listen, so they’ve got Lala [Kent], James [Kennedy], Scheana [Shay], Tom [Sandoval], Tom [Schwartz], Katie [Maloney], Ariana [Madix] [and] the new people,” the longtime producer, 52, said on the Monday, December 7, episode of his “Radio Andy” show.

straight to your inboxManchester City fans want to see Aymeric Laporte partner Ruben Dias at the back in the upcoming Manchester derby, rather than John Stones.City have finally started to gather some momentum, after an inconsistent start to the campaign, as Saturday's 2-0 victory over Fulham saw them win successive Premier League games for the first time this season following last weekend's 5-0 mauling of Burnley.Both victories saw Stones star in the heart of defence as the 'Barnsley

Glasgow shopping centre. Tanya Black passed away aged just 25 on Carleston Street, in the Springburn area of the city, on Friday.Emergency crews raced to the scene around 9.20am after being called to reports of concern for a person.

direct to your inboxFashion boss Seema Malhotra is fighting back after lockdown by launching her first ever dedicated store.Seema, the owner of the Manchester-based online fashion brand Forever Unique, has opened the shop in the Trafford Centre.Determined Seema, one of the stars of the hit ITVBe reality series The Real Housewives of Cheshire, believes there's now light at the end of the tunnel for retail and Manchester - the 'fashion city' - where her brand was founded."Who could have predicted

direct to your inboxAs Manchester city centre's population continues to grow, so does the clamour for green space.But while campaigners urge the council to create oases in the city centre, woodland on the outskirts, abundant in wildlife, is underused.Here, Manchester Evening News city centre reporter Steve Robson explores the potential of the Lower Medlock Valley, immediately east of the city centre.At first blush, it is not the most inviting of entrances.Where Great Ancoats Street becomes Pin

direct to your inboxManchester city centre has seen a 480 per cent increase in the number of people claiming universal credit in just five months, it has emerged.A report that went before the council's economic scrutiny committee on Thursday paints a bleak picture of the impact of coronavirus restrictions on Manchester this year.And, in particular, the wide range of concerns in the city centre from vanishing footfall to fears about trade in 2021.In many ways, the data included in the report from

direct to your inbox A pub in Manchester city centre has been hit with a fine after it allowed customers in to drink during the coronavirus lockdown.