Ramsbottom in Bury and an hour's drive on the M66 from the centre of Manchester.
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direct to your inboxThe mass vaccination of thousands of people in Greater Manchester is now underway.Indoor tennis courts built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester have been repurposed to help protect as many people as possible from coronavirus.The Tennis and Football Centre at the Etihad campus is now the region's mass vaccination centre and on Monday NHS vaccinators welcomed their first patients.Patricia Smethurst, 81, was among those queuing patiently for their Oxford-AstraZeneca
.Ramsbottom in Bury and an hour's drive on the M66 from the centre of Manchester.
straight to your inbox every day for free Arsenal could be without a number of key players when they host Manchester United in the Premier League this weekend.
Paris Jackson’s latest music video is a stunner.
direct to your inboxThe term supermodel became most prominent in the 1990s with Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista and Naomi Campbell fronting magazine covers around the world.The likes of Bella and Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Kaia Gerber are the current queens of the runway, and a schoolgirl from Salford is hoping to emulate their success one day.Twelve-year-old Georgia-Deon Hamnett, from Irlam, has got the catwalk in her sights after being
direct to your inboxA glimmer of hope in these dark days.Photos of people grinning from ear to ear under their masks while getting their coronavirus vaccines have been shared across Greater Manchester.The cheerful images represent hope following a tough year.A reminder that better days will come and one day things will get back to normal.Here are just some of the wonderful images that have been popping up on social media during the mass vaccination roll-out.GP Bev Matta from Westhoughton Primary
straight to your inboxWhether or not Manchester City sign Lionel Messi this summer, they can reflect on a much more professional approach than they managed when they bid for him in the frantic hours after they were taken over in 2008.As manager at the time Mark Hughes tells it, while he and his staff were on the golf course so frenzied were the bids for a marquee signing that when one club director remarked to a colleague about how messy the situation was it was misinterpreted as an instruction
straight to your inbox every day for free Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits it could take two more years for Aaron Wan-Bissaka to fulfil his potential at Manchester United. United signed Wan-Bissaka, 23, for £45million rising to £50m from Crystal Palace in the summer of 2019 and, although the right-back has earned plaudits for his defending, he has been regularly criticised for his attacking play.
direct to your inboxA threat to life warning has been issued by the Environment Agency after heavy flooding hit Didsbury, Northenden and Chorlton.Around 300 homes have been evacuated in parts of the south Manchester suburbs due to flooding.
direct to your inboxAli Raza is stood behind the counter of his pharmacy on Princess Road. Pausing to wipe his glasses he describes the terrible impact coronavirus has had on Moss Side.
Rochdale town centre. Emergency services rushed to the scene on Yorkshire Street at around 9.10am this morning (Monday).
straight to your inbox every day for freeMicah Richards and Roy Keane were in disagreement at half-time over Manchester United's performance against Liverpool after the former Man City defender claimed they were overly negative.In a low-key opening 45 minutes, Liverpool started the game brightest with Thiago Alcantara and Xherdan Shaqiri pulling the midfield strings.United grew into the half and continued to pose a threat on the counter-attack, although Marcus Rashford was penalised several
direct to your inboxA sports centre in south Manchester is being transformed into a coronavirus vaccine centre - one of the first in the region to be led by a local pharmacy.From Monday (January 18) jabs will be administered at Whalley Range Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club on Kingsbrook Road. The service is being provided by local pharmacy group Kapoor Pharmacy Services (KPS), which runs two chemists in Whalley Range and Chorlton as well as one in Rochdale.
straight to your inbox every day for freeBeing the main shirt sponsor for Manchester United is quite the honour in commercial circles. From Sharp, to AIG and Aon, it can thrust a company's name into the mainstream when their logo dons the iconic red shirt.
straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United will not rest Harry Maguire for their Premier League game in hand at Burnley amid the threat of a domestic suspension.Maguire, 27, is a booking away from his fifth in the league this term and if he collects a yellow card at Turf Moor he would be banned for the trip to Liverpool on Sunday.The United captain has started in every league match since he joined the club for £80million in the summer of 2019 and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has
straight to your inboxManchester City have offered access to the Etihad Stadium for the NHS to train staff operating the new Covid-19 mass vaccine centre nextdoor.The site, at the Manchester Tennis and Football Centre at the Etihad Campus, has opened today to assist in the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines, and is initially open to people over 80 and healthcare staff by appointment only.
direct to your inboxThis is the first look inside Greater Manchester's mass coronavirus vaccination centre ahead of its opening on Monday.The site, at the Manchester Tennis and Football Centre at the Etihad Campus, has undergone a remarkable transformation as this exclusive footage provided by the NHS shows.It's one of seven vaccination centres being launched in England next week.Initially it will be open to people over 80 and healthcare staff by appointment only.Manchester's director of public
straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United will not extend the contracts of Sergio Romero and Marcos Rojo and are looking to sell the pair this month. Argentinians Romero, 33, and Rojo, 31, are out of contract at the end of the season and United will not trigger the one-year extensions in their deals.
To book a test at the new clinic, visit the website here. No walk-in appointments are accepted. There are three different types of COVID-19 tests you can undergo at The Corona Test Centre, priced from £95..The tests results determine if you currently have the virus, or have had it in the past and developed antibodies.There is also testing available if you are about to travel outside the UK and need to a Fit to Fly certificate.Certificates, validation and results for all tests are sent to you