Staff shortages cause birth centre and ward closures - how inspectors found maternity services had 'deteriorated' at one hospital

A man has been slapped with a fine and a community order after attempting to burgle a popular south Manchester pub. Anthony Woods and another man were spotted by security staff of The Christie hospital breaking a window and entering the Red Lion pub on Wilmslow Road, Withington, on January 10 last year.

Omar was always careful to make sure nobody he knew ever saw him enter or leave his local bookies. As a Muslim man, gambling for him is forbidden.

Kerry Katona has shown off her fun side as she paid a visit to the Manchester branch of the infamous Karen's Diner, where staff are intentionally rude and disrespectful.The former Atomic Kitten, 42, was joined by her fiancé Ryan Mahoney and three of her children Heidi, 16, Maxwell, 13 and DJ, eight. As she arrived at the establishment, Kerry sported a grey jumpsuit with a tie-waist design, as she posed for photos with her daughters. Meanwhile, Ryan opted for a similarly casual look as he donned black jeans and zip-up hoodie, which he paired with a pair of white Gucci trainers.

Police have issued another 24-hour order to increase stop and search powers following two violent episodes reportedly linked to gangs. A Section 60 order for parts of north Manchester is now in force until 4.15pm on Friday, March 17.

An abusive thug threatened to stab his girlfriend in the neck if he saw ‘blue lights’ as she dialled 999. Omar Ajmal, 36, had been separated from his partner for nine months when he turned up at her house and demanded to know who she’d been sleeping with.

The Manchester Evening News is offering SEVEN lucky readers the chance to win £200 of vouchers to spend at the popular DIY and home improvement store, B&Q.

A Manchester United academy player has gone viral over video of him reciting the Qu'ran. In a post by his brother, 15-year-old Amir Ibragimov is seen reciting a portion of Surah Al-Furqan inside the Trafford Centre.

A fourth child has been arrested following a spate of attacks on children which were filmed using phones. Greater Manchester Police is investigating a series of incidents in Wigan town centre from February and March, with children targeted as young as nine.

Staff at the popular Escape To Freight Island have been told they'll need to reapply for their jobs, following the decision by the foodhall and beer garden to change its bar operations. Bar and events company Peppermint, which runs festival and event bars all over the UK, is taking on staffing of the huge Piccadilly venue.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Get the dialect coach on the line — we’re going back to Southeastern Pennsylvania with “Mare of Easttown” creator Brad Ingelsby. The writer-producer has set the new feature film “Echo Valley” at Apple Studios, and recruited Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney as his stars. “Echo Valley” will follow Oscar winner Moore as Kate Garrett, a woman reeling from a personal tragedy who spends her days boarding and training horses on the secluded and picturesque Echo Valley Farm. Late one night, her wayward daughter Claire (the Emmy-nominated heat-seeker Sweeney) arrives at her doorstep, frightened, trembling and covered in someone else’s blood. From that simple premise, “Echo Valley” becomes a heart-pounding thriller about just how far a mother will go to save her child. 

A restaurateur has branded some former Love Islanders and influencers as 'cheeky' for demanding free food in exchange for 'exposure' - after being inundated with requests on social media.

Preventing extremist prisoners from radicalising people who visit them behind bars 'cannot effectively be achieved' under the current system, the chairman of the Manchester Arena bombing public inquiry has said.

A whistleblower has claimed staff 'really need help' and are 'locking themselves in' rooms at break times at The Kingsway School. The Cheadle school hit headlines previously after videos emerged of students queuing up outside the front gates following a new 'search' policy being introduced.

Two Kinder eggs found by plain clothes police officers in a Wigan park were seen concealing an entirely different surprise to normal. The chocolate eggs are famous for hiding a children's toy inside.

At just before 8am on Thursday morning this week, Simon Conley, who runs Fountain Fresh at New Smithfield Market, the Manchester arm of a large Spanish import company, was packing up having started his day at midnight. He’d sold eight pallets of tomatoes that morning, with 50 boxes of tomatoes on each pallet, leaving a couple left for tomorrow and another delivery in transit.

Work has finally begun on the epic £250m indoor Therme water park and spa next to the Trafford Centre - after the EventCity complex was fully demolished. Therme Manchester will become the first well-being resort of its kind here in the UK.

Twenty-two people died and hundreds were injured when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated an explosive device in the foyer at the venue at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017.A 207 page report has found two pieces of information about Abedi were assessed at the time by the security service as not being terrorism-related, but Chairman Sir John Saunders said, having heard from MI5 witnesses at the recent hearings, he considered that did not present an “accurate picture”, reports BBC News.One officer admitted they considered a possible pressing national security concern on one of the pieces of intelligence but did not discuss it with colleagues straightaway and did not write up a report that same day.As a result of this, Sir John said: “The delay in providing the report led to the missing of an opportunity to take a potentially important investigative action. Based on everything the security service knew or should have known, I am satisfied that such an investigative action would have been a proportionate and justified step to take.

NHS staff and rail workers are among those striking in March, as ongoing disputes over pay and working conditions escalate amid the cost of living crisis.

You'd be hard pressed to find anybody who enjoys being crammed into stuffy, portable, large tin can to travel miles from one place to another. For many, commuting can be the bane of their existence and it can be made even worse by the actions of the others.

Last year shoppers from far and wide travelled to the Trafford Centre after H&M opened a shiny new homeware store. The store has proven hugely successful, and certainly feeds the appetites of Manchester's homeware fanatics- a trend which is growing exponentially.