Tragedy as person dies on railway line

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Ireland rights to thriller The Ice Road, starring Liam Neeson (Taken) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix).

Rachel Riley has been spotted leaving the Countdown studios with her daughter Maven and husband Pasha Kovalev.The Countdown star, 35, was all smiles as she lovingly held her baby daughter Maven, who turned one in December, while she stepped out from the studios in Manchester on Tuesday 16 February. Rachel, who recently opened up on having more children, looked stylish in a bright pink knitted jumper, which had the word ‘love’ embellished three times in red writing.

EXCLUSIVE: Clive Anderson, who hosted the UK version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, has signed up to present a biographical podcast format, produced by Stakhanov and Alaska TV.

direct to your inboxRoyal Oldham Hospital bosses have been ordered by the health watchdog to improve the quality of care in A&E after inspectors found problems with training, staffing levels, waiting times - and infection control blunders.

direct to your inboxA further 11 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's coronavirus hospital death toll has now reached 5,202, the latest NHS figures show.Nine new deaths were confirmed by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.The trust's figures include those of North Manchester General, the Royal Oldham, Fairfield General and Rochdale Infirmary.Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Salford Royal recorded one new Covid death

straight to your inboxLiam Gallagher has been doing a bit of scouting work for Manchester City, it would seem. The former Oasis frontman and big City fan sent Pep Guardiola some transfer advice on Sunday ahead of his team's crunch Premier League clash with Liverpool.

While her husband Prince Harry is set to return to the UK this summer for Prince Philip’s 100th birthday celebrations, the Trooping the Colour in June and the long-awaited unveiling of a statue in memory of Princess Diana at Kensington Palace in July, Meghan Markle is said to be staying home in LA. But rather than a snub to the royal family, expert and author of their biography Finding Freedom, Omid Scobie, tells OK! Meghan’s absence will be due to travel restrictions imposed by Covid.

Patricia Healey, who was married to singer Engelbert Humperdinck for 56 years and had a strong UK acting career, has died. She was 85 and died Thursday from complications related to Covid-19.

Belle Vue has sadly died, police have confirmed.

direct to your inboxA further 19 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death has risen to 5,141, the latest NHS figures show.Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust recorded five more deaths each.Four more Covid-related deaths were confirmed at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust while the Royal Bolton recorded three.Two more deaths were recorded at Pennine

direct to your inboxA further 34 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has risen to 5,086 the latest NHS figures show.Fifteen new deaths were recorded by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust in its 24 hour data.Seven Covid-related deaths were confirmed by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust .

hereMs Pearson, 37, died in August 2019, following a house fire in Walkden in December 2017.The trial is expected to last three weeks, Wednesday morning's short hearing was told.Adjourning the case, The Recorder of Manchester, Judge Nicholas Dean QC said: "Mr Bolland and Mr Worrall, you have now formally entered not guilty pleas to this charge."The next hearing in this case is likely to be the first day of the trial, which is March 8."

direct to your inboxA person has died on the tracks at a south Manchester railway station.Emergency crews were called to Levenshulme station at 7.48am this morning (February 3) following reports of a “casualty on the tracks”.Paramedics attended but the person was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Emmerdale stars Laura Norton and Mark Jordon have announced the birth of their first child. The soap stars - who play Kerry Wyatt and  Daz Spencer in the ITV series - shared pictures on Instagram of baby boy Jesse, who was born in the early hours of Friday 29th of January at the Royal Oldham hospital in Manchester, weighing 8lb 10 oz.

John Lennon was “bubbling over” with excitement about returning to the UK in a phone call the night before he was shot dead, a newly released letter written by his aunt has revealed.The former Beatle was killed by Mark Chapman outside the entrance to his Manhattan flat on December 8, 1980.A month later his aunt Mimi Smith replied in a letter to Daily Express journalist Judith Simons, who had written a letter of condolence following Lennon’s death.“Dear Judith, Thank you for your letter, kind

Liam Gallagher could sell out Knebworth on his own, 25 years after Oasis’ massive concerts at the venue.The Manchester band performed to 250,000 fans over two nights at the Hertfordshire venue in August 1996.McGee  – who signed Oasis to his label Creation Records, kickstarting their ascent to fame – is now estimating that Gallagher could sell out a solo show there.

John Aldred, the two-time Oscar-nominated British soundman who collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, David Lean and Stanley Kubrick across a 50-year career, has died. He was 99.

direct to your inboxYasmin Qureshi comes across as nothing if not stoic.Even now, months after being discharged from Royal Bolton hospital, her voice is still sometimes breathy; the aftermath of her lungs being battered by coronavirus and accompanying pneumonia. Nonetheless, the MP for Bolton South East seems so calm about it that it would be easy to underestimate the severity of her experiences, like those of so many of her constituents.In the midst of her time in hospital, it is the moments of