Two fail to appear at court charged with causing 'suffering or injury' to a young girl

Robert Carlyle has been pictured for the first time on set for the new Disney+ Full Monty TV series. The actor, who plays Gaz Schofield in the 1997 British comedy, was spotted filming on location in Manchester where he reunited with other original cast members Paul Barber, who played Horse, and Steve Huison, better known as Lomper. Robert, 69, was captured walking down the street sporting a Sheffield United football shirt with a denim jacket and grey jeans.

A single student rallied a concert crowd to help her select a bloke on a dating app - holding her phone in the air so the whole venue could shout for her to swipe 'left' or 'right'. Megan Barlow was attending a performance of K-Pop artist Eric Nam at the O2 Ritz Manchester on April 12 when she let fellow concert-goers guide her selection of single men until they secured her a match on Bumble. The 22-year-old soon found herself having to explain the situation to one eligible bachelor chosen by the audience, although he immediately saw the humour in the unusual match-up. Videos of the stunt show the crowd yelling 'Left!' and 'Right!' to each potential suitor and erupting in cheers when they secure Megan a match. After she shared them online, many fans vowed to pull similar stunts when Eric Nam performed in their town. Although Megan uses Bumble casually and hasn't pursued any relationships with the bloke crowd-selected for her, the multimedia journalism student admits that her fellow music-lovers had 'good taste' in their selection.

Manchester United could be dealt a blow in their pursuit of Benfica talisman Darwin Nunez.

Alan Shearer has a pressing matter for Erik ten Hag to solve when he steps into the line of duty as Manchester United manager. Ten Hag will spend the remainder of this season chasing a third Eredivisie title with Ajax before he touches down at Old Trafford.

A hairdresser has shared snaps of a young girl's six-month head lice infestation, which took her a total of nine hours to remove.

As the sun glazed down Wigan this morning, a carriage being led by two white horses in pink and purple feather boas began to take course down Hindley Green towards St John’s Church.

Tommy Fury puts his unbeaten record on the line on the undercard of Tyson Fury's title defence against Dillian Whyte at Wembley on Saturday, April 23. The former Love Island star takes on Polish veteran Daniel Bocianski.

Eight men appeared before a court today accused of sexually abusing girls aged as young as 12. The men are accused of 'widespread sexual exploitation and abuse' of two victims aged between 12 and 16 between 2002 and 2006, Manchester Magistrates' Court was told.

A mum putting her rubbish out was told 'snitches get stitches' after a confrontation with couple who were 'chilling' near her home. Ryan Burton, who was armed with a knife, was smoking with an unknown woman in an alleyway near the mum's house in Rusholme.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez are mourning the loss of their baby boy.

Manchester United scrapped their way to a vital three points on Saturday as they edged a 3-2 result over a dogged Norwich City in the Premier League.

A mum who ballooned to 25-stone has turned her life around after years of struggling with her weight.

After two years of delays, Dua Lipa has finally brought Future Nostalgia to the UK.

Twenty-two people died and hundreds were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the foyer at the venue at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017.Martyn Hett, 29, was among those who died and his father Paul Hett has now said he “can’t understand” why the attacker Salman Abedi was not classed as a person of interest by the security services prior to the attack.Mr Hett told BBC Breakfast that when the bombing happened, “we thought that Martyn was just in the wrong place at the wrong time” and “extremely unlucky”.“Now we know that wasn’t the case,” he said. “The fact was that this could and should have been prevented and we just can’t get over that.”A public inquiry into the bombing has been exploring the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the bombing and is due to publish its findings later in the year.It has so far heard that on May 1 2017, Abedi had been assessed as meeting the threshold to be considered for further investigation by MI5 and was due to be considered for referral on May 31, 2017.A senior MI5 officer later conceded that it was a mistake not to question the bomber after he returned to the UK from Libya four days before the attack.Mr Hett said he “can’t understand” why Abedi was not a person of interest, because he had “at least eight” known terrorist contacts.“He also visited a convicted terrorist in prison on two occasions,” he said.

Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, according to the latest figures. Rates have dropped by more than 40 per cent in some local authority areas.

It's set to be an exciting night of boxing on Saturday evening which will be headlined by Conor Benn defending his WBA title against South African Chris van Heerden. Ricky Hatton's son, Campbell Hatton, will also be fighting on the DAZN card - another put together by Matchroom's Eddie Hearn.

Father John Misty performed at the Barbican in London this week to mark the release of his new album,  ‘Chloë And The Next 20th Century’.On Thursday (April 7), Misty (real name Joshua Tillman) took to the stage alongside Barbican Associate Ensemble Britten Sinfonia – and conductor Jules Buckley – to run through a mixed setlist that included a number of tracks taken from his latest LP.He gave live debuts to ‘Chloë’, ‘Kiss Me (I Loved You)’, ‘(Everything But) Her Love’, ‘Buddy’s Rendezvous’, ‘Olvidado (Otro Momento)’, ‘Only a Fool’, ‘We Could Be Strangers’ and ‘The Next 20th Century’.The performance was live-streamed and has been made available to watch through to Sunday (April 10). You can watch it below.‘Funtimes in Babylon’‘Chloë’‘Goodbye Mr. Blue’‘Chateau Lobby #4 (In C for Two Virgins)’‘Kiss Me (I Loved You)’‘(Everything But) Her Love’‘Mr. Tillman’‘Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest Of Them All’‘Buddy’s Rendezvous’‘Q4’‘Total Entertainment Forever’‘Olvidado (Otro Momento)’‘Funny Girl’‘Only A Fool’‘Pure Comedy’‘God’s Favorite Customer’‘We Could Be Strangers’‘The Next 20th Century’‘I Love You, Honeybear’Encore:‘Nancy From Now On’‘Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution’‘Holy Shit’Encore 2:‘Date Night’You can read NME’s five star review of the concert here.Misty recently announced a series of headline UK and European tour dates for 2023.He will head out on a North American tour this summer; the European shows begin on February 25, 2023 in Oslo, Norway at Sentrum Scene and end March 17 at the at O2 Apollo Manchester.

Blossoms have revealed how their unlikely feud with Johnny Marr over forming a Smiths covers band was put to bed.Last year, the band teamed up with Rick Astley to cover The Smiths. While playing a gig in London, they invited Astley on stage to perform ‘Panic’ and ‘This Charming Man’.The artists subsequently announced two Smiths covers shows in Manchester and London the following month, with Blossoms becoming Astley’s backing band for a full set of theirs and fans’ most-loved Smiths songs.At the time, Marr gave her verdict on the covers, writing on Twitter: “This is both funny and horrible at the same time”. He also added: “Well, I met The Blossoms a few weeks ago and they elected to not mention it.