Wood-burning stove sparks blaze at flat above shops in Burnage

direct to your inboxThe operators of Manchester Arena say it was 'inherently unlikely' CCTV personnel monitoring the City Room foyer area 'would have paid any particular regard' to Salman Abedi on the night he killed 22 people there with a bomb.Andrew O'Connor QC, representing SMG at the public inquiry into the atrocity, said there was 'nothing about Salman Abedi's dress or conduct on any of his visits to the City Room that would have made it even reasonably likely that a CCTV operator would

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straight to your inboxThere were some bizarre scenes during the first half of Manchester City's FA Cup tie against Cheltenham Town. Pep Guardiola's men were in fourth round action at the Johnny-Rocks Stadium on Saturday evening (January 23).

direct to your inboxStaff at the RAC call centre in Trafford are being tested for coronavirus after an increase in cases at the site, it's been revealed. The motoring services company confirmed to the Manchester Evening News it was working with Trafford Council and Public Heath England in relation to its offices on Thomas Street in Stretford.

direct to your inboxRecently installed ‘modal filters’ in south Manchester have proven to be a good police deterrent after they were able to block a driver from getting away during a pursuit. At the beginning of January, a number of plant box filters were installed across Levenshulme as part of a trial project being overseen by Manchester Council.

direct to your inboxFlood alerts and sever weather warnings are in place as heavy rain brought by Storm Christoph batters the region.Storm Christoph will bring heavy rain, snow and strong winds.The Met Office, which is responsible for issuing weather warnings, has issued a an amber severe weather warning for Greater Manchester until 6am tomorrow.This evening and tonight there will be further heavy rain, turning wintry especially over hills, as temperatures drop according to the Met

direct to your inbox'You can't sleep, you can't do anything, it's literally all consuming'.These are the words of Anandi Ramamurthy, describing life caring for a relative with a severe mental health condition.

direct to your inboxHospital staff across Greater Manchester paid a total of nearly £8m to park at work in a year, statistics show.Figures for 2019/20 show parking tickets, permits and fines for staff brought in £7.9m at hospital trusts across the region - a similar figure to the previous year. One union boss said: "Charging dedicated NHS staff to park at work is disgraceful.

What do you think about the safety of schools? Do you think teachers and school staff should be prioritised for the vaccine? Let us know in the comments here, or on our Manchester Family Facebook page. Teacher unions have been calling for all those working in education and childcare settings to be vaccinated.

direct to your inboxNerves are growing within the Greater Manchester system about whether the current stop-start rate of vaccine supply will be sufficient to hit government targets by mid-February.Some areas are understood to have received barely half as many doses this week as they have capacity to deliver, while across the board there is worry about the last-minute nature of their arrival from the national distribution system - meaning local health officials and GPs are struggling to plan and

straight to your inbox every day for freeRIo Ferdinand believes new Manchester United signing Amad Diallo could become a 'world beater' after holding conversations with those involved in signing the youngster from Atalanta.United announced an agreement to sign the 18-year-old in the summer, adding Diallo would join the club in the January transfer window.The winger was not a regular for Atalanta after his departure was confirmed but impressed United supporters during brief cameos prior to his

direct to your inboxA practice in South Manchester has warned patients they will not 'operate as normal for many months' as staff are diverted to the mass vaccination programme.Barlow Medical Centre on Wilmslow Road have published a statement on their website stating that a 'significant number' of staff would be working 'round the clock' to get the vaccination programme up and running.

direct to your inboxFrontline medical staff treating Covid patients at Greater Manchester hospitals have been told they must wait 11 weeks for their second doses of the Pfizer vaccine.It was reported last month that the government intended to extend the period between jabs from three or four weeks to as many as 12 to maximise those receiving the first dose amid the rise of a mutant strain.This means the second dose of both the Oxford/AstraZeneca and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines will be within

direct to your inboxPolice have told how they handed out coronavirus fines to four men from London they found 'visiting family' in Manchester.Officers from the Fallowfield and Longsight team said the incident happened a few nights ago.The said they stopped a car and found that all four men inside were from different households in the capital.Posting on the GMP Facebook page, officers wrote: "They'd come to stay with family for the night in Manchester."All four were given tickets for breaching

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester Police has asked people to report non-emergencies online as a number of staff from the communications team are self-isolating.The force said a number of staff in the Operational Communications Branch (OCB), which receives 101 calls, were having to stay at home due to coronavirus.Staff from the Transport Unit were assisting the department with a 'high volume ' of calls.Assistant Chief Con Nick Bailey said: “All of our staff in OCB have worked extremely hard