The rise and fall of the Piccadilly Gardens 'Berlin Wall'

direct to your inboxA rally in Manchester today (Saturday) called on the government to implement a 'zero Covid strategy' by introducing stricter measures to save lives.The small gathering in Piccadilly Gardens is said to have mirrored events held across the country.Support for the call is said to have been garnered from doctors, scientists, students and trade unions - with organisers criticising what they called the hovernment's 'reckless return to regional tier measures'.They said it would be

straight to your inboxSummer signing Diego Rosa has said his farewells to Gremio ahead of a January move to the City Football Group.Manchester City and the CFG agreed a move in August for the midfielder, but couldn't complete the transfer until he turned 18 in October. The Brazilian under-17 World Cup winner signed for an initial £2.65million with another £1.75million to be paid when the deal is completed in January.

direct to your inboxA man has been injured in a car crash in north Manchester. Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the scene on Cheetham Hill Road, in Cheetham Hill, at around 9.30pm tonight (Tuesday).

here“People were leaving them at the door - we left a little sign saying what he was doing and a box for people to put stuff in,” she explained to the M.E.N.“Everytime we came home the doorstep was just full of items - bag after bag, with more people arriving.

hereAfter two weeks of evidence at the Manchester Crown Court trial, the judge began summing up the case.Mrs Justice Yip told jurors the partial defence of loss of control would apply if there were 'extremely grave' issues that would lead Wadsworth to feel a 'justifiable sense of being seriously wronged'.Wadsworth says he felt 'humiliated and betrayed' after claiming Ms Belshaw made revelations to him on the day of her death, on May 20.The defence claims Ms Belshaw admitted she had previously

Three men arrested following a suspected road rage shooting in Salford have been released under investigation, police have said.The suspects were held on suspicion of attempted murder yesterday (Thursday).It came following an incident on November 17 in Lower Kersal.A 38-year-old man turned up at hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand at around 7.20pm.He was discharged the next day.Greater Manchester Police said that following an altercation between two drivers, one got out of his vehicle,

straight to your inboxGary Neville believes Manchester City have been second best to Liverpool in the transfer market in the past couple of years.City finished runners-up to champions Liverpool - by some distance - in the Premier League last season.

hereA chunk of the wall however has been preserved.

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mounting tensions between Greater Manchester leaders and the government over lockdown measures.

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in Wigan.There were 1,250 cases in Wigan for the week ending November 16 the latest data from Public Health England shows.That is 507 fewer than the week before and over 1,000 fewer than the peak in Wigan on October 27, when there were 2,272 cases in previous seven days.It means Wigan's rate, now 380.3 per 100,000 of population, has fallen 45 per cent from its peak level on October 27.Manchester is the only area to fall further from the peak level, but the city is in many ways an isolated case

Manchester's Finest showed a huge pile of rubble on the floor the next morning. Council bosses say it's a 'new beginning' for the Gardens.

A luxury £27m four-star hotel backed by former Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo has been given the go ahead by city planners.The 151-room hotel near Piccadilly Gardens is a joint venture between the footballer and Portuguese hoteliers Pestana, and will be part of the CR7 brand when it opens in 2023.A ground floor bar, cafe, basement gym and roof terrace are proposed over 11 floors, while the area outside the hotel will also be improved with widened pavements and new trees.It will take