2022 is set to be a huge year for boxing and Manchester is set to take centre stage among it all, as the city and it's surrounding areas continue to develop top boxers.
16.12.2021 - 19:26 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
As the festive season gets into full swing, it’s usually a time for merriment, cheer and food.
While uncertainty hangs over the Christmas 2021, there will still be a socially-distanced opportunity to push the boat out, explore something new and enjoy good food with your nearest and dearest.
From opulent settings, to cocktails and steaks fit for royalty, Manchester is not short of excellent dining opportunities.
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2022 is set to be a huge year for boxing and Manchester is set to take centre stage among it all, as the city and it's surrounding areas continue to develop top boxers.
A woman is still fighting for her life after she was caught in a horror smash on the M60, a devastated mum has spoken out claiming her teenage son was battered by a stranger in a random and unprovoked attack in Trafford, and with just days to go before Christmas, hundreds of police officers took to the city's streets as part of a huge crackdown on crime.
A heartbroken family has paid tribute to a grandfather following his death in a crash near Trafford on Monday, a village in mourning came together just metres from where a little girl's life came to an abrupt end and a 'remorseless' teenager who brutally murdered a dad-to-be in the street was told he must spend at least 16 years in jail.
Coronavirus cases in one Greater Manchester borough have seen a huge increase of 131 per cent, an ex-firefighter who plied two women with alcohol and drugs before raping them has been jailed, staffing levels within the NHS are raising concerns as the workforce is hit by a challenging combination of Covid cases and people isolating and a man in his 20s is currently fighting for his life in hospital after he was involved in a crash in Bolton.
Five Manchester City players have been named in the best Premier League XI so far this season.
The M.E.N has revealed the first picture of the 10 year old girl who was killed after she was hit by a car in Oldham on Saturday, Covid infection rates in half of Greater Manchester's boroughs are the highest they have ever been, a pervert who grabbed a Piccadilly Station worker by the face and tried to kiss her has been jailed and people in Greater Manchester claim they have been left waiting several days for PCR test results.
Huge delays continued at Manchester Airport as hundreds of passengers missed their flights, a woman in her 60s was the fifth person to be killed on roads in Greater Manchester this weekend and a little girl aged just 10 who died after being hit by a Land Rover last night was publicly named.
Manchester city centre hit with a dispersal order after Mad Friday trouble, 'chaos' at Manchester Airport due to long queues through security and the 'fit and healthy' mum who died a week after getting coronavirus.
A lifelong Stockport County fan died at just 46 from Covid-19 after being unable to get the vaccine, the Manchester Evening News revealed a fascinating snapshot of how the public here really feels about Boris Johnson’s biggest political priority: ‘levelling up’ and Greater Manchester Police has told bereaved families 'the force let you down' as it admitted a series of failures on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing.
The response of the ambulance service on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing was 'inadequate', a QC for the bereaved families has said at the inquiry, a dad-of-four was cremated rather than buried with pictures of his family after Greater Manchester Police failed to tell his wife that he had left a suicide note and a businessman sank vodka parked up in his Tesla before crashing - on the way to an alcoholics anonymous meeting.
Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick will be telling some of his players to tread carefully in the coming weeks with key personnel just a single yellow card away from suspension.
Ambulance crews were seen sitting outside an emergency department in Oldham as pressures continue to hit the region’s NHS system, the parents of missing student Charley Gadd have today issued an urgent plea for members of the public to help them find their son last seen in Manchester and an inquest heard that the ‘failings’ of a health trust could have ‘contributed’ to the death of a murdered toddler from Wythenshawe.
The country was told that all over-18s will now be offered the booster jab by the end of December in the fight against Omicron, tributes have poured in of a 25-year-old man who died in a horrific street attack in Bolton last night, a mum-of-two has complained that her mouldy house is making her children ill and a man has been jailed for hurling anti-Semitic abuse at a couple in front of two off-duty police officers last year.
A Conservative MP from Greater Manchester says he will vote against the government's proposed vaccine passport plan.
Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi's chilling 'journey into radicalisation' was mapped out by an expert at the public inquiry into the terror attack, families visiting the Christmas light show at Dunham Massey have described the experience as 'absolutely awful' after it flooded, and a brave woman has spoken out about the abuse she endured from her evil partner of 17 years.
New Covid-19 rules across England, several 'confirmed or probable cases' of the Omicron variant in Manchester, and grieving relatives dragged from a cemetery as council workers removed headstone tributes
A police cordon is in place this evening outside a convenience store and takeaway amid reports of a 'stabbing' in Trafford, strong winds from Storm Barra battered our region - and damaged roof on Chill Factore, and a man was jailed for 12 years for pretending to be a taxi driver and raping a woman in his flat.
A paediatrician 'truly sorry' for missing signs that a toddler was abused before she suffered a fatal attack from her godmother's boyfriend, terrified children told to 'hide' under their school desks as parents were told they were safe, and the 'so sad' experience of running a stall at the city centre's famous Christmas market after high hopes.
Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in seven boroughs of Greater Manchester, the latest figures show.