Wythenshawe Hospital during a shift on a coronavirus ward. Lucy Sumara works as a physiotherapist at the south Manchester hospital and has been redeployed to a COVID-19 ward during the pandemic.
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A woman has been jailed after carrying out a number of ‘despicable’ distraction thefts against elderly and vulnerable people.Tracey MacDonald, 41, was caught after being ‘named and shamed’ on social media.She repeatedly approached older women in Wythenshawe, distracted them, before stealing cash.MacDonald, of no fixed address, stole a total of around £1,300 from the five women, Manchester Crown Court heard.She pleaded guilty to five counts of theft from a person at an earlier hearing, but the
.Wythenshawe Hospital during a shift on a coronavirus ward. Lucy Sumara works as a physiotherapist at the south Manchester hospital and has been redeployed to a COVID-19 ward during the pandemic.
A statue of Oliver Cromwell in Wythenshawe Park has been daubed in graffiti.Vandals have spray-painted the words 'Cromwell is a cockroach' and 'f*** racist' on the monument.The acronym 'BLM', which stand for 'Black Lives Matter' has also been written on the statue.The historical significance of statues in Greater Manchester has been thrown into the spotlight since mass protests broke out over the death of black man George Floyd in police custody in the U.S.Demonstrators in Bristol pulled down
The work of volunteers in Longsight is shining a light on the plight of Manchester's hidden hungry.The community-led foodbank, based at the Qadria Jilania Islamic Social and Educational Centre, a mosque in Longsight, has been helping hundreds of people each day, many of whom wouldn't normally access this kind of service.The support group was set up by local journalist Shahzad Mirza, who asked Longsight residents on Facebook and Whatsapp if they were in need of hot meals.He has been stunned at
Wythenshawe road sign as a tribute to Marcus Rashford have spoken about why they chose to honour him.
Manchester Evening News : "The elderly lady lives on the other side of the cordon and she started to feel a chill. I put her in the car, and (the girls) said they would phone a taxi and pay for it.
Stockport home last month.
hereThe men fled the supermarket towards the nearby tram stop.No one has been arrested.A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "At around 6pm on Saturday, June 6, 2020 police were called to a report of a robbery at a store at Wythenshawe Civic Centre."Three masked men entered the store and threatened an employee."A key was taken by one of the offenders before all three men fled the scene towards the nearby Metrolink station."Anyone with further information can contact GMP on 101 or
Manchester Magistrates Court this morning (Monday).Both confirmed their names and date of birth before a District Judge.Mr Matthews, of Lawton Moor Road, Wythenshawe, is charged with murder; and possession of an offensive weapon.Mr Stott, of Hampshire Road, Partington, Trafford is charged with murder.No pleas were entered.Police were called to Wythenshawe Road following reports a man was assaulted.Mr Allan was taken to hospital, where he died the next day.The case was adjourned ahead of a
hereAiden Matthews, 30, of Lawton Moor Road, Wythenshawe, has been charged with murder; and possession of an offensive weapon.The men have been remanded in custody and are due to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court this morning (Monday, June 8).
Manchester Airport.As the country went into lockdown on March 23, Wythenshawe's largest employer was hit by an unprecedented decline in passenger numbers.Jake, a shop worker at the airport, was made redundant days before the government furlough scheme came into place, leaving him with no choice but to apply for Universal Credit.With a four-week old baby, he and his partner were left with just £350 a month to live on until the first payment finally came through six weeks later.Jake has tried
"Dedicated officers, from the Major Incident Team and City of Manchester district, are working incredibly hard to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident. "They have already spoken to witnesses who have described seeing the victim being assaulted by two men – one is described as white and the other is described as black or mixed race."I would like to use this opportunity to further our appeal for anyone else who was in the area at the time of the incident and saw or heard
A man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was attacked in the street in Wythenshawe.
Former Love Island contestant and ex-cop Mike Boateng has published an angry tirade against his former employer Greater Manchester Police, accusing the force and individual officers he has named of being racist.
A woman accused of murdering a man in Wythenshawe could face a trial later this year.
A senior police officer who was forced to make a cringing apology to a public inquiry into the fatal shooting of Anthony Grainger for adding detail into his log of the incident he couldn't have known at the time has made a bid to throw out disciplinary proceedings against him.
Former Manchester United defender Dennis Irwin believes that all of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s signings ‘have been great’ and hailed the risk factor Bruno Fernandes has brought to Old Trafford.
A woman has appeared in court accused of the murder of a man in Wythenshawe.