Staffing cuts at customer services centre would affect Manchester's most vulnerable residents, say councillors

Calls had been made by Liberal Democrat councillors in Manchester for Rashford to be given the freedom of the city, the highest honour that can be given to a citizen.

Manchester Evening News has seen an early internal planning document circulated within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

revised tier system, which will come into force on December 2 when the national lockdown ends, government ministers will impose the top level of restrictions on the highest risk areas.Previously, ministers had entered into discussions with local leaders over the what measures would be needed and how they would be funded.In Greater Manchester, mayor Andy Burnham led several days of intense talks as he tried to negotiate a more substantial financial package than the one the government had

Manchester Council’s Books To Go service provides people who have difficulty leaving their homes with a chance to continue reading by bringing their local library directly to them.

After months of exercising at home, fitness fans will soon have a new luxury facility to explore in Manchester.Plans for a new million-pound gym have been revealed in the city centre.Taking shape on Great Ancoats Street - currently the site of some much-loathed roadworks - the new gym will be a collaboration between two existing brands.Lifestyle Fitness will be turning the two-storey unit into a boutique health club, in partnership with Northern Quarter gym V1BE.The new flagship site in Ancoats

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straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United spent £80million on a centre-back last year and still need a centre-back. The world record fee they shelled out for Harry Maguire was inevitable after the costly refusal to back Jose Mourinho the previous summer, although that is not United's version of events.United claimed they were prepared to spend £100m on a centre half if the ideal target was available.

An MP has urged Stockport councillors to reject the region’s long-term development plan at a crunch vote this evening.The borough will be the first to have its say on whether to progress with the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) - an ambitious blueprint setting out where homes and businesses should be built between now and 2037.Redrawn twice, it has proven highly controversial due to its plans to build on green belt sites across the conurbation - although the vast majority of planned

Manchester cty centre walking tour has been named as one of the best in the world.Invisible Cities, which offers three different guided tours around the city has been handed a 2021 Lonely Planet Best In Travel Community award.Each year the tourism publication ranks the top spots to travel across the globe for the following year.And the tour company has been ranked best as Lonely Planet re-imagines its awards following a year that saw the world grind to a halt.Invisible Cities offers three guided

coronavirus patients have died in the second wave of the pandemic in Greater Manchester, the MEN can reveal.

Patient safety and care is our top priority and we are undertaking an investigation into a recent incident at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital involving a small number of patients who became unwell during dialysis treatment. "All patients are well and continue to be monitored, and their families are being kept fully informed.

Manchester Evening News, we have pledged to pay tribute to the special people who have died with this terrible disease.This week, more families have been in touch with tributes for loved ones.Here are some of their stories.If you want to pay tribute to a loved one, fill out the form here.Brenda was born in Rusholme and moved to Wythenshawe in 1973.She was wife to Derek, mum to Mark and Dawn and sister to Bernadette.Brenda moved into a care home in February 2019.She died aged 87 at Wythenshawe

The service will be available to all clinical, domestic, administrative and corporate staff working in hospitals, the community, primary care and North West Ambulance Service and care home and social care staff.Health and care staff working for community and voluntary social enterprise organisations in Greater Manchester can also access help.For more information, advice and support visit penninecare.nhs.uk/mcrhub-covid19,call 03330 095 071 or email [email protected].

a movement began that would eventually lead to the formation of the Albert Kennedy Trust.Now rebranded as akt, the charity supports LGBT+ young people who are facing homelessness, experiencing familial rejection or living in a hostile environment.While the charity is deeply rooted in Manchester, the charity also has bases in London and Bristol.Hayley Speed, the Assistant Director of Services at akt, says the closure of Manchester's safe queer spaces during the pandemic, like the Gay Village, has

A huge tower offering 360-degree panoramic views from hundreds of feet above Manchester could appear over Christmas - should lockdown restrictions allow it.Described as ‘one of the tallest mobile attractions in the world’, SkyView360 is set to appear in Exchange Square under plans submitted to Manchester council.The slow-moving rotating observation deck lined rises from the base of the LED-lined tower, which would be set up adjacent to Selfridges and the Arndale, to reach a height of 80 metres -

Town hall leaders are preparing for the ‘most dire financial position we have ever faced’ in light of the Covid-19 pandemic as they try to balance the books next year.

hereMr Hipgrave, the former head of the Joint Security and Resilience Centre, said it was a 'ministerial intention' to introduce the new legislation, accompanied by a range of digital tools and capabilities.And he praised the 'Martyn's Law' campaign launched by Figen Murray and named after her son Martyn Hett, who died in the 2017 Arena attack - saying planning work had been done 'with the Martyn’s Law proposals in mind'."Figen has absolutely amplified the Martyn's Law point with ministers," he

Ardwick Green has been drawn up with the aim of unlocking the area’s potential - particularly through the redevelopment of vacant brownfield sites.The community which has grown around the three-acre green, which was Manchester’s first public park, is increasingly attracting the attention of developers and investors.It also borders the £850m regeneration of Mayfield and the neighbourhood of Brunswick, which is undergoing its own £106m regeneration programme.By adopting a neighbourhood development

No trains are running between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield after a train derailed.Major disruption is expected on services through Sheffield until the end of the day, National Rail Enquiries warn.A freight train derailed just north of Sheffield, resulting in all lines through the South Yorkshire city being blocked.Transport for Greater Manchester tweeted about the incident, saying: "Due to a derailment at Sheffield there are no rail services between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield in

Trafford Centre have announced it is now under new management from today.Following the the appointment of a new owner, a fresh team of managers will now take over the Greater Manchester landmark.The news comes after the 207,000 square metre complex was on the brink of closure after previous owners Intu tumbled into administration in June after struggling with £5bn debts.The new change in management is a move which centre chiefs say is a "new chapter" for the popular site, while promising