Woman, 82, slapped with £75 fine after dropping a piece of tissue on pavement - she says it was an accident... council says it was 'deliberate' and 'rules are rules'

straight to your inbox every day for freeMichael Owen believes Marcus Rashford played in his best position in Manchester United's 3-2 win over Sheffield United.Rashford 's double inspired United to the three points at Bramall Lane after surviving an early scare from the hosts. The Blades took the lead early on after Oliver Burke pounced on Dean Henderson 's mistake to tee up David McGoldrick - who tapped it in.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United are eyeing a 10th successive away win in the Premier League when they take on Sheffield United on Thursday evening.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men will be looking to become only the fourth team to achieve the feat in top flight history.But who will make Solskjaer's starting XI for the fixture at Bramall Lane (8pm kick-off)?We asked you for your ideal line-ups ahead of the match - and the results were interesting.

straight to your inbox every day for freeAndy Cole has opened up on Paul Pogba's future at Manchester United and stated that he believes the Reds will make a firm decision next summer.Pogba has once again been hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons of late thanks to his agent Mino Raiola 's comments ahead of the Champions League defeat at RB Leipzig last week.

direct to your inboxTwo sisters have been slapped with a £150 fine EACH after feeding a McDonald's hash brown to pigeons in Piccadilly Gardens.Jacqueline Falconer, 53, and her sister Nicola, 48, were Christmas shopping in Manchester city centre on Wednesday morning (December 9).They said they left Primark to get breakfast from McDonald's - and got their sausage and egg McMuffin meals to take away, due to Covid-19 restrictions.The sisters, from Worsley, Salford, sat on a step in Piccadilly

direct to your inbox The author of a damning Greater Manchester Police (GMP) inspection report says she believes the risk to the public in the region is 'high' as a result of the issues identified.

direct to your inboxRochdale council has dropped its vote on the region's controversial ‘spatial framework’ masterplan, with one chief admitting the blueprint is now ‘dead’.Councillors were due to decide whether to sign up to the joint-strategy for housing and businesses at a meeting next week. It comes after elected members in Stockport voted against the long-term development plan, effectively killing it off in its intended 10-borough form.

direct to your inboxTrafford council’s vote on Greater Manchester’s development and employment masterplan has been dropped. Following neighbouring borough Stockport voting down the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework masterplan last week, Trafford council has decided ‘there is no point’ discussing the matter at its full meeting tomorrow night.

straight to your inbox every day for freeMino Raiola believes Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba could re-join Juventus in the summer of 2021.Pogba's agent conducted a interview with Italian outlet Tuttosport claiming the World Cup winner was currently unhappy at the club and described his time at Old Trafford as "over".Furthermore, he believes Pogba needs to leave the club where he is currently unable to express himself and backed a transfer exit in next summer's transfer window.

direct to your inboxThousands filed through its clicking entrance eager for a flutter.They were the doors to a small windfall or misery for punters.The turnstile building is all that remains of the former Manchester Racecourse in Salford.In its heyday race meetings were where a very young Fred Done first made his mark as a bookie.Now the bookie turned property developer has ensured a little bit of his past and the city's heritage is saved.

direct to your inboxWeekly cases of Covid-19 across Tameside have dropped down to single figures in areas that had been hotspots for the virus.The infection rate has fallen for another subsequent week in the borough, and now stands at 145.7 cases per 100,000 people as of Wednesday, down 44pc from the previous week.This places Tameside as the third lowest local authority in Greater Manchester for its infection rate.The success of the four week lockdown in suppressing the virus has led to cases

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Manchester Evening News has established that the incident took place at 20-22 Mary Street. A man who runs a clothing label from one of the units in the building posted a series of videos and pictures as dozens of police officers turned up.At first he appears untroubled by the presence of police and seems annoyed at the crowd of people."D***heads causing me drama are you stupid," the man says to the camera.As he walks through the crowd, the man says "It's all mad.

blood left splattered on the pavement and a car damaged in north Manchester. Trouble flared in Moston in the early hours of last Wednesday, November 18.