Manchester Evening News

‘We can’t let it die’

COUNCIL officials say they will urge the owners of Manchester’s Deansgate Locks for answers over its future after the last remaining nightclubs on the once-thriving leisure strip have announced their closure. Late night venues Ark and Popworld have...

Reform candidate stands by ‘house rapists’ post

REFORM UK’s mayoral hopeful says she stands by controversial comments suggesting that Green voters, ‘uniparty’ MPs and councillors should house ‘illegal criminals, rapists and economic chancers.’ Sian Astley said those who advocate for open borders...

THE BATTLE FOR GREATER MANCHESTER

CANDIDATES for the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election clashed in an impassioned hustings as they set out their vision for the future of the city-region. The six nominees answered questions at the Manchester Evening News event on a range of...

Driver denies murdering e-bike teen ‘in temper’

A DRIVER mowed down and killed a teenage boy who was riding a stolen e-bike ‘in temper,’ a murder trial heard. Terrence King, 60, denies murdering 15-year-old Devon Simmonds-Caines. Jurors at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court were told that King...

Drugs gang mum-of-five and personal trainer jailed

A MOTHER-OF-FIVE and a personal trainer have both been jailed after descending into the world of organised crime. Germane Tarrant, 33, led a drugs gang which flooded the streets of Sale and Altrincham with cocaine and cannabis. Through Tarrant, his...

KILLER DRIVER ‘HASN’T SHOWN REMORSE’

IT was 7am when Darryl Tomlinson’s family got the phone call. Mum, Michelle, and dad, Paul ‘Tommy’ Tomlinson, were celebrating her 50th birthday in Tenerife. What followed was unimaginable horror, shock and a long, long journey home. Over 12 hours...

The scandalous failure to deport grooming gang

DESPITE a decade of trying, none of the nine members of the Rochdale grooming gang has ever been deported to the country of their birth. Five of them were never at risk of deportation because of the British citizenship they were granted after their...

Vision of city’s future

and new sectors. “We’ve seen many parts of the city go through physical changes, with new housing allowing more people to live here. “As more businesses have invested here, further jobs opportunities have been created for people across all our...

Your families will not suffer the way I have

‘DEPORT HIM NOW’

FATHER OF VICTIM’S PLEA AS GROOMING GANG RINGLEADER SET FOR JAIL RELEASE

Poor parking is driving us mad

RESIDENTS of a south Manchester neighbourhood are becoming increasingly frustrated by persistent pavement parking. People living in Chorlton say vehicles regularly mount pavements, forcing wheelchair users, parents with pushchairs and other...

Manchester gave the world: And now, can Manchesterism change Britain?

The Suffragette Movement The Trades Union Congress The Anti-Corn Law League The Co-operative Movement Free Trade Liberalism The First Computer, Baby Graphene Splitting The Atom Modern Nuclear Physics The World's First Passenger Railway The First...

BURNHAM’S REVOLUTION

ANDY Burnham will set out a radical plan to shift decision-making power away from Whitehall in what he will argue is the biggest transfer of authority to England’s regions in modern times, as he calls for a fundamental reset in how Britain is...

Burnham’s radical plan to shift power

ANDY Burnham will unveil plans for a ‘No 10 in the North’ in what could be the biggest devolution of power and resources from Westminster in decades. In his first major policy speech since launching his bid to become Labour leader, the MP for...

Agatha Christie and the hall that inspired her

HEAD through the impressive stone gates of Abney Hall Park off Manchester Road in Cheadle and it feels like you’re escaping to another time. Meander through the woodland until the trees separate out and a sweeping view of the majestic hall comes into...

Corrie legend: Why I came out in my 60s

CORONATION Street legend Amanda Barrie has shared why she came out as bisexual in her late 60s. The 90-year-old actress, who is best known for playing Alma Sedgewick on and off for 20 years until 2001, came out as bisexual aged 67 in her 2002...

Labour and Reform three points apart

THE Restore Britain candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoralty has pledged to hold women’s safety summits in every borough if he is elected as mayor. According to the party, Marlon West has worked in the NHS in Greater Manchester for 30 years, and...

WIFE GUILTY OF HUSBAND’S MURDER

THEY first met on a blind date. Daryl Berman had been married before, but this time she had found her true match. The daughter of a textile merchant and a housewife, Daryl was born in Manchester in June 1954. Her first marriage lasted around five...

NEXT STOP DOWNING STREET

IN A STRIKING moment of political synchronicity, just as Sir Keir Starmer stood outside Number 10 to announce his resignation, Andy Burnham was also saying goodbye. Inside the Tootal Buildings in central Manchester, the newly elected MP for Makerfield...

‘WE’RE NOT ACTIVISTS’

 We won’t wear rainbow lanyards  We won’t dance with environmental protesters  We won’t take the knee

New pub hoping for luck of the Irish in awards

A PUB that had not even opened this time last year has been named as a finalist for a top national award. When it was announced that Irish bar Kennedy’s, which has had success for its deli and bar in Altrincham since 2021, would be opening a second...

‘People here have voted for change, they have voted for more power for the North, and everywhere forgotten by Westminster, they have voted for hope’

INSIDE the Labour Party they had three questions about Andy Burnham. In Ashton-in-Makerfield voters answered two of them conclusively. The third is still to be decided. Could Burnham win and how convincingly was asked and answered in the early hours...

Remembering Preston

THE depraved monster who murdered and abused Preston Davey has been told he will never be released from prison after being handed a whole life order. His partner, who took part in a sick sex attack on the baby four days before he died, has been jailed...

It’s about the people of Makerfield.

It’s about the King of the North versus the Plucky Plumber. A green candidate, and then another. It’s about hustings, Carol Vorderman and leaflets through the door. It’s about regeneration, pies and Prime Ministers. Cost of living, immigration and...

Pride and joy

Killer past of tragic baby’s mum

THE mother of a tragic baby sexually abused and murdered by a teacher who adopted him is notorious convicted murderer Sarah Davey, who brutally tortured and killed a pensioner, it can now be revealed. Baby Preston Davey was taken from his mother five...

IRA BOMB 30 YEARS ON

ONE second was all it took. It would change the face of Manchester forever. But within a week of the 1996 IRA bomb which left large parts of the city centre in ruins, the city’s political and business leaders had already begun to plan its rise from...

Reform polling hit by ‘sexist’ row

CONTROVERSY over Reform UK candidate Robert Kenyon’s past comments about women has damaged his campaign in the tightly-fought Makerfield by-election, according to new polling that suggests the contest could be too close to call. Research conducted by...

£3m fraud boss jailed

Tariq Sarwar has been jailed

Hero teacher knifed in school stabbing

THIS is the hero teacher knifed in a triple stabbing at a high school in Blackley. The investigation into the incident is now being led by counter terrorism police, GMP said last night, though it has not been declared a terrorist incident ‘at this...

‘Nice working with you and the Iceman’

A CONVICTED murderer was heard to shout ‘nice working with you and the Iceman’ after a child killer was found stabbed to death in prison, a jury has heard. Convicted murderers Mark ‘The Iceman’ Fellows, 45, David Taylor, 64, and Lee Newall, 57, all...

DEPRAVED TEACHER JAILED FOR ABUSING GIRL

Family’s agony at funeral home body error

A DISTRESSED daughter has told how she was shown a stranger’s body when she went to visit her late mum at a funeral home. A mix-up meant Michelle Maher and her family were presented with the wrong woman at Arthur Gresty funeral directors in West...

Stars and gripes

ON any weekend in Manchester, many across the region will have been faced with a question: Where to go for a meal – perhaps somewhere new or that place they scrolled past on TikTok recently? It used to be the case that arriving for dinner was a...

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KATE’S HUG FOR CHRISTIE PATIENT

THERE was hardly a dry eye at The Christie hospital in Withington as the Princess of Wales warmly embraced a woman in remission from cancer. Claire Lorente, 30, was gathered with her baby son Enzo, partner Pablo and extended family bearing flowers...

Angry Ginge’s thanks for fire support

Danny Maines as Gary Barlow ANGRY Ginge has been seen offering a brief update to fans after revealing some of the damage caused following a devastating fire at his mum’s house. The YouTuber, who hails from Salford, expressed his heartbreak on Tuesday...

Mystery of couple found dead in reservoir

MURDERER HAD KILLED BEFORE

A KILLER who choked his best man to death then went on to murder a ‘precious dad’ more than a decade later. David Jack was jailed in 2013 for killing 53-year-old Rampersaud Ramnarine in Oldham. The pair had known each other for 15 years and Mr...

CORRECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS

If we have published anything that is factually inaccurate, please contact the editor at [email protected] or at Mitchell Henry House, Hollinwood Avenue, Oldham OL9 8EF and, once verified, we will correct it as soon as possible. The Manchester...

Revealed: The full story of the airport case

IT LASTED just 84 seconds. But its impact far outweighed its brevity. During that nearly minute-and-ahalf, an episode of utter mayhem unfolded that had repercussions far beyond its immediate vicinity in Terminal 2 of Manchester Airport. It was an...

SPORT

“TODAY this could be the Greatest Day of our lives,” so sings Gary Barlow to open The Circus Live, Take That’s record-breaking tour rebooted and most definitely besuited after 17 years for its 2026 stadium return. And as some 40,000 fans sing those...

Ex-supply teacher admits ‘upskirting’ schoolgirls

A FORMER supply teacher has pleaded guilty to a raft of child sex offences including upskirting in schools and sharing indecent AI images of children on social media. Abusali Rahman, a British national of Bangladeshi ethnicity, appeared over videolink...

It was a crude attempt at a joke

ROBERT Kenyon is feeling the glare of the media spotlight – and not just because he is at the sharp end of Britain’s most hotly-contested byelection. He would like to talk about why a local man, born and bred in Ashtonin-Makerfield, is the best person...

Welcome to the TWILIGHT ZONE Inside Oldham Council – how town’s politics spiralled into fear, distrust & division

Outgoing Oldham Council leader Arooj Shah, and from left, Councillor Kamran Ghafoor and Raja Miah

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FLAT BROKE

INVESTIGATIONS are still continuing into the longterm repair of the glass panels at one of Manchester’s most prominent buildings. Beetham Tower, on Deansgate, has for years been the subject of headlines, with leaseholders unable to sell their flats...

The rise of ‘posh pawn’

IT’S a shop window laden with Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada and YSL, while inside there’s items from Hermes, Rolex, Audemars Piguet and Cartier. But this is no ordinary designer shop on Manchester’s premier thoroughfare of King Street. It’s ‘Posh...

‘We will never forget’

The Manchester Evening News is published by MEN Media, a subsidiary company of Reach PLC, which is a member of IPSO, the Independent Press Standards Organisation. We adhere to the Editors’ Code Of Practice as enforced by IPSO, which is contactable for...

WORTH THE RISK

A NDY Burnham is an affable man. As one of the best-known politicians in the country, he has celebrity status on the streets of Greater Manchester. He never refuses a selfie, a handshake, a question on policy. But when Josh Simons resigned his seat to...

‘Screaming girl, 15, abducted at knifepoint’

Police said the schoolgirl was forced into a vehicle in Bradgate Road, Bowdon. She was found in the car park of Cottons Hotel and Spa, Knutsford, inset, seven hours later where police also arrested a man, 56

Wannabe rapper jailed over pal’s death

‘CALLOUS AND DANGEROUS’

A MAN has been jailed for life after repeatedly stabbing his carer with a concealed kitchen knife whilst out on a walk. Jonathan Balmer, 37, was walking in a wooded area near to Incefield House in Wigan with the woman when he brandished the blade from...

MAYHEM!

POLICE were called to the Trafford Centre on Saturday morning after ‘fights’ broke out when crowds of shoppers were trying to get their hands on a limited-edition watch. Crowds gathered outside the Swatch store to buy the 335 Royal Pop watches – a...

How do you solve problem like Strangeways?

STRANGEWAYS has long been shorthand for chaos, disorder and institutional decay, a place whose very name seems to carry the echo of its own troubled history. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, the architect behind Manchester Town Hall, the imposing Grade...

TEACHING ASSISTANT ABUSED BOY

A TWISTED teaching assistant abused her position of trust to groom a vulnerable boy. Suspicions were raised around Terri Cook, from Bury, when a member of the public reported seeing her out with the child, who was of primary schoolage. Greater...

... COMETH THE MAN

THE long echoing silence from the citadel of the ‘King of the North’ is over. Andy Burnham has finally made his move. It is just a week since voters went to the polls to deliver a catastrophically bad set of local election results to the Labour...

Drug gang hid ‘Cali weed’ in vintage clothes

ON THE face of it, Dean Hussain was running a legitimate, growing business. The owner of multiple companies involved in the importation of vintage clothing from the United States, the 26-year-old appeared to have a bright future. In reality, Hussain...

BLADE THUG ATTACKS COP

A MAN has been arrested after a police officer was attacked outside a sports complex yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Denmark Road Sports Centre, near Manchester city centre, shortly before 5pm. Eyewitnesses told the Manchester...

‘Chemical incident’ evacuation

A CITY centre street was cordoned off for hours following fears of a suspected ‘chemical’ incident. Police were called to Canal Street in Manchester’s Gay Village this afternoon following reports of a smell ‘believed to be chemicals’ coming from a...

FRESH PROBE AT TV SCHOOL

‘Amazing father’ murder probe

THE man at the centre of a murder investigation in Moss Side has been named by heartbroken friends as Dre Brown. Police raced to Raby Street at around 11pm on Friday following reports of a stabbing. A man in his 30s was taken to hospital, where he...

COMETH THE HOUR

A SHORT video circulating online captures something about Andy Burnham’s political appeal in Greater Manchester. In it he is confronted by a member of the public as he walks through Manchester city centre. “Hey Andy, how come you never stuck up for...

Tragic graduate ‘left in hospital corridor’

A ‘TALENTED’ and ‘outgoing’ young woman died after spending over an hour in a corridor at Royal Oldham Hospital while suffering from a pulmonary embolism, an inquest has heard. Clarissa Street was described by her family as a very well liked and...

HORROR CRASH OUTSIDE SCHOOL

POLICE are appealing for information after four people were hospitalised in a serious collision which took place outside a school yesterday. Greater Manchester Police said a BMW i3 collided with five other vehicles at around 1pm on Warrington Road in...

Taxi driver jailed for raping student

A TAXI driver ‘abducted’ and raped a vulnerable woman after picking her up from a nightclub in Manchester city centre. Muhammad Nasir, 40, had logged off from his taxi system, meaning he was not legally allowed to pick up any passengers. Despite...

BRIDGE OF SIGHS

STANDING across from a sign informing motorists this journey is going to cost them, residents gathered to make their feelings known yesterday. Passing cars beeped in support, drivers slowed down to speak to organisers and locals spoke with...

CARE FIRM IN PROBE SHUTS CHILDREN’S SERVICES

A SOUTH Manchester care provider under investigation over a series of allegations including abuse has ended services following a Manchester Evening News exposé. The M.E.N. can reveal one council spent almost £1m in less than two years on placing...

‘TRAPPED’

IT was an autumn afternoon in Manchester city centre when videos on social media emerged showing shards of shattered glass on the ground. Scattered beneath Deansgate’s iconic Beetham Tower, cars could be heard crunching over the pieces as fire service...

SICK STALKER INVITED MEN TO RAPE EX ON TINDER

TV STAR SLAMS SACKED COP

A GREATER Manchester Police training sergeant who was found to have referred to student officers as ‘sp*ckers’ and ‘Harveys who need to be read to’ has been sacked. Sgt Natalie Dolan’s use of language in WhatsApp messages to a former trainee officer –...

‘DON’T TALK ABOUT IT’

SALFORD council is investigating its own housing company after concerns were raised during financial checks. Dérive, a development firm wholly owned by the council, was set up in 2017 and has handled more than £10m of public money since. The M.E.N....

Cop accused of causing mum’s death in crash

A MUM-OF-THREE was killed in a high-speed collision with a police car being driven ‘dangerously’ by a specialist GMP officer during a chase with another motorist, a jury heard. Pc Mark Burrows, 46, has gone on trial accused of causing the death of...

TOP DEVELOPER IN £48M CLADDING ROW

Inside the policing that contained Britain First protest