'Unprovoked' attack left victim with bleed on brain and fractured skull - police now want to speak to this man

Aitch has said that he was “fuming” after he learned that a mural of Ian Curtis in Manchester had been painted over with an advert for his debut album, ‘Close To Home’, which came out last week.The rapper said that the first he heard about it was on Twitter, telling the BBC: “There was an outrage burst of like, ‘what’s Aitch doing putting his album over Ian’s mural?’, and then I was like, ‘oh god, what’s this?’ I don’t pick and choose where I put my billboards or album promo. I just wake up and drive past it, or see it on the internet, just like everyone else”.“I was fuming for Ian, and his people and what that mural stands for, and then I was fuming for myself, because I was having such a good week”, he went on.

Work will begin on a new CYCLOPS junction in South Manchester next week. The busy Brooks Bar junction in Whalley Range, sees five lanes of traffic crossing and is a route into many areas south of the city.

Rishi Sunak has accused Andy Burnham of 'failing' to get a grip on crime in Greater Manchester - and has pledged to give councillors greater powers to hold mayors to account if he wins the race to Number 10. The comments come as Mr Sunak, who is trailing rival Liz Truss in the polls, heads to Manchester for a Tory hustings event on Friday.

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy said ”It’s fine, I have had sex with 10,000 women” after allegedly raping a woman three times in his “locked” bedroom, a court heard.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is considering changing road laws so cyclists have to abide by 20mph speed limits or face penalties. Less than a fortnight after vowing to create a “death by dangerous cycling” law that will treat killer cyclists the same as motorists, Mr Shapps said he wanted to stop certain behaviour on the roads.

Police have released a CCTV image of an individual in connection with a theft in Wigan. Officers for Wigan West released the image after an appeal was made following the theft of a bike.

Amber Heard has sacked her long-time attorney and hired a new legal team as she prepares to appeal the verdict in her defamation trial with Johnny Depp. Elaine Bredehoft, who represented Ms Heard in the six-week long trial, will step down.

A young boy has been left with a fractured skull after 'falling off his bike into a passing truck'.

Manchester could be ‘the best place to live in the country’ once HS2 has been completed — so long as it’s done in the right way, the Mayor has said.

Greater Manchester’s new buses will be painted in an ‘iconic’ Mancunian colour scheme, the city-region’s mayor has said.

Nine men and a woman have been charged with drugs, firearms and money laundering offences after police raids. All 10 are appearing before Manchester magistrates' court today - Thursday.

The 1975 have released a new single called ‘Happiness’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the latest preview of the Manchester group’s fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, which is due to arrive on October 14 via Dirty Hit. It follows on from the recent comeback track ‘Part Of The Band’.“‘Happiness’ is like… there’s literally loads of us in the room on that track,” frontman Matty Healy told Zane Lowe of the funky, sax-filled latest offering on Apple Music 1 this evening (August 3).“[It] really doesn’t really have much structure.

Losing a child to knife crime is every parent's worst nightmare. But for Kelly Brown, it is the reality she lives with every day since her 16 year-old son Rhamero West was fatally stabbed last year.

New York Times said on Sunday that Football's Coming Home — a 'wry anthem trotted out by England fans every time its team get a whiff of a title' — had been booming out of the Wembley speakers. 'Everyone, you will not be surprised, knows the words by heart,' a writer observed. The $64,000 question for the new European champions now is whether they can reach the Holy Grail and beat the USA at next summer's World Cup.

The number of people diagnosed with brain tumours has risen by 30% in the last 20 years, new figures suggest.

A drunk man ordered a couple he didn’t know to ‘let him in’ to their house before smashing their window with a plant pot. Warren Wonta, 39, had been walking home from a night out when he walked up to the house in Worsley and banged on the front door.

The mum of a disabled teenager was given a police escort off a Ryanair flight following complaints from fellow passengers about her being too loud and ‘verbally aggressive’. Lyndsey Fitzsimmons, 39, became ‘irate’ after being approached about her behaviour on the flight from Lanzarote to Manchester Airport, a court heard on Tuesday (July 26).

A mum had to be escorted off a Ryanair flight by police after passengers complained she was being too loud and 'verbally aggressive'. Lyndsey Fitzsimmons became 'irate' after being approached about her behaviour on the flight from Lanzarote to Manchester Airport, Minshull Street Crown Court heard on Tuesday (July 26).

The Sun that whilst the pair have only been dating a short time, Inbetweeners actress Emily is “very keen” to take their relationship even further.Emily never fails to make us all jel when it comes to her rumoured boyfs. She was recently linked to England and Manchester City footballer Jack Grealish after the pair reportedly enjoyed some secret dates, as well as comedian and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Seann Walsh.