The tragic toll of Manchester's rap wars where lyrics foreshadow killings

James have announced that they will return with their new album ‘All The Colours Of You’ later this year – you can hear the LP’s title track below.Partly recorded before the coronavirus pandemic, the sixteenth album from the Manchester legends sees them teaming up with producer Jacknife Lee – who worked remotely on the record from his own home.Set for release on June 16, the record also sees the band offering their own take on the state of the world – ‘All The Colours Of You’ looks at the end of

direct to your inboxPolice found a quantity of suspected drugs after shots were fired from one car at another racing through the city centre last night.St Peter's Square has been reopened following extensive searches by Greater Manchester Police today.Officers responded to reports of suspected gunshots and a car crashed into a lamppost at around 8.30pm on Saturday evening.They found a silver Vauxhall Astra abandoned at the scene.Following a short footchase, three teenagers were arrested on

direct to your inbox More than 5,500 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals alone after contracting coronavirus. And tragically, this number continues to rise everyday.

red light.Karl Freeman, 52, collided with a car and died after suffering a serious brain injury, an inquest has heard. Our sister title The Manchester Evening News reports how Mr Freeman was not wearing a helmet and ‘not paying proper attention’ and was almost double the drink drive limit.

Oldham. The Metrolink line was blocked between Westwood and Oldham Mumps due to a road traffic collision at around 7.50am this morning (Tuesday).

Officers from the fire service and Greater Manchester Police are currently on site at The Royal Oldham Hospital following a tragic accident this morning involving one of our lifts that an maintenance engineer contractor was working on.

direct to your inboxCoronavirus has brought heartache to thousands of families across Greater Manchester.More than 5,200 people have died in our region's hospitals alone. And tragically, this number is continuing to rise.

direct to your inboxA gang of attempted carjackers led police on an early hours chase through a south Manchester suburb.The thieves tried to steal a Seat Ibiza - which was occupied - directly in front of officers from the serious collision investigation unit, according to police.The balaclava-clad men struck on Barlow Moor Road, in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, at around 12.45am this morning (February 19).Greater Manchester Police (GMP) say an officer was alerted to “an ongoing robbery attempt of a Seat

straight to your inbox every day for freeThere is a brilliant moment in the 2009 film Looking for Eric in which the main character played by Steve Evets has visions of his Manchester United idol Eric Cantona.Evets, who plays United fan and postman Eric Bishop, has regular dialogues with Cantona throughout the film and at one stage asked the Frenchman for his favourite Old Trafford goal."It was not a goal," replies Cantona.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United have had headier nights in Turin but are heading into the next round of the Europa League, barring an almighty collapse. In the eerie setting of a crowdless Juventus Stadium, home to neither club in a two-legged knockout tie, United capitalised on Real Sociedad's inability to find a home from home and their experience told.

direct to your inboxThe NHS has confirmed the deaths of 18 more patients in hospitals in Greater Manchester who had tested positive for coronavirus.Nationally, a further 309 hospital deaths were reported on Thursday.Of those, 42 were in hospitals in the north west region.Six further deaths have been recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, with five more at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.Three further deaths were recorded at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh

direct to your inboxAn expert paraglider with an 'adventurous spirit' who was murdered as he trekked across Mongolia told his wife before he left he would be safer there than in Manchester, an inquest heard.Award-winning Steve Nash, 53, from Cheshire, had planned to travel 350km in 10 days across the Khangai Nuruu mountain range with a friend, Gareth Aston, in August, 2016.The inquest heard he continued alone after Mr Aston sustained a hip injury halfway through the journey.The day after they

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United striker Marcus Rashford praised Kylian Mbappe after the Frenchman's sensational performance against Barcelona on Tuesday. The Frenchman, starting on the left flank for Paris Saint-Germain, hit a hat-trick in a 4-1 win, and was widely praised for his display.

straight to your inbox every day for freeMason Greenwood was substituted in the second-half against West Ham because Manchester United are managing his game-time.Greenwood, 19, has started in six of United's last seven matches but was replaced by Edinson Cavani in the 86th minute, much to the surprise of many observers who felt he had performed better than fellow forwards Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.Martial was starting for the first time in four games but failed to score while

direct to your inboxPassengers were today pictured leaving Manchester Airport dressed in masks and full suits - as concerns mount over delays to the UK's hotel quarantine policy.The travellers pictured arriving into the city with suitcases were among around 1,000 understood to be arriving at the hub each day - with about the same number thought to be flying out. People should only be flying for 'valid reasons', which excludes holidays.

direct to your inboxAn expert says outbreaks of Covid-19 are appearing in care homes after residents have had their first dose of the vaccine.Professor Martin Vernon, a consultant geriatrician in Greater Manchester, says he is “deeply concerned” by infection outbreaks “within, and beyond 21 days of vaccination”.The former national director for older people at NHS England says he would like to see second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine administered as close as possible to the 21 days advised

direct to your inboxMore than 5,000 people have now died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The tragic milestone was passed on Sunday as another 27 deaths were recorded.It means the region's hospital death toll is now 5,006.The 5,000th death in Greater Manchester was recorded 329 days after the first - when a man in his 60s died at North Manchester General Hospital on March 8, 2020.

direct to your inbox A woman from Manchester says she has been waiting over six months for a holiday refund from Teletext Holidays. Tanya Rowe from Fallowfield paid £1,284.75 for a trip to Kusadasi in Turkey with her mum as a family break away.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United youngsters Amad Diallo and Joe Hugill enhanced their growing reputations as the Under-23s defeated rivals Liverpool 6-3 in a thrilling game at the Kirkby Academy.Diallo was making his first appearance for the club after completing his long-awaited transfer from Atalanta at the start of January.It took just 14 minutes for the 18-year-old to truly announce his arrival, robbing Liverpool defender Billy Koumetio and netting a composed finish