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NEW MAYOR NEW POWER

REGIONAL mayors will get a share of income tax revenue in what the Government says is the biggest transfer of power, funding and responsibility from Westminster in a generation. The new system will give local leaders more freedom and flexibility to...

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Fight to save science at Jodrell Bank

THE Manchester Evening News today launches a major new campaign to save science at Jodrell Bank and the observatory’s iconic Lovell Telescope. The working future of the near 70 year-old telescope – a much-loved landmark on the Greater Manchester...

A born and bred Mancunian who became a ‘jihadist’

JUST before he learned his fate, Mohammad Bashir – an anti-Semitic extremist who had plotted to unleash terror at a UK military base – had Jewish scripture quoted to him. “He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be...

It doesn’t get bigger than this

PM rules out snap election

Messages police missed that might have stopped terrorist

WHEN police twice arrested Jihad AlShamie in the months before he carried out his terror attack at a Manchester synagogue, they seized his mobile phones. But the devices weren’t analysed and a series of incriminating, ‘extremist mindset’ messages he...

Islamic extremist in defence base atrocity plot

AN ISLAMIC extremist plotted a terrorist attack at a defence base with the man who went on to carry out an atrocity at a synagogue in Crumpsall. Manchester-born Mohammad Bashir, 31, plotted with Jihad AlShamie to carry out an attack at the Defence...

Mayor candidate suspended from NHS role

You’ve done well... ...now crack on, Andy lad

IT WAS a victory many thought was impossible. Once dismissed as a politician whose moment had come and gone – having twice missed out on the Labour leadership previously – Burnham completed one of the most remarkable political comebacks in modern...

‘Thank you for backing me when it mattered most’

AS he prepares to leave the role that has defined almost a decade of his political career, Andy Burnham has written an exclusive letter to the Manchester Evening News reflecting on his time as Greater Manchester’s Mayor and setting out his vision for...

Murder probe after man, 75, is found dead at flats

POLICE launched a murder investigation after a pensioner was found dead at a block of flats in Bolton The pensioner, a man of 75, was found dead at Hargreaves House in the town centre on Friday morning. Yesterday detectives were continuing to quiz a...

‘I’M READY TO LEAD’

FOR Andy Burnham, the moment marked the end of a political journey that has taken him from the Labour frontbenches, to leaving Westminster altogether and leading Greater Manchester, before finally returning to the heart of national politics in...

TRAGIC DEATH OF TEACHER UNDER STRESS

A PASSIONATE and respected teacher was tragically found dead in bed after complaining about stress at work ahead of a looming Ofsted inspection, an inquest heard. Katie Allen-Gyves was 38 and the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) at Cedar...

DEATH-CRASH DRIVER SPARED PRISON

A SPEEDING driver has avoided a jail term after crashing into a mumof-two as she crossed the road. Charlotte Rigby, 36, was killed as she crossed the A580 East Lancashire Road near her home in Golbourne Wigan, in March 2024. Shaun Read reached speeds...

Woman, 20, is accused of moor arson

A WOMAN has been remanded in custody after being charged with arson in connection with the moorland fire near Dovestone reservoir. Shania Care-Slede, 20, appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court yesterday after being charged with two offences. She...

Moors blaze still raging

FURIOUS locals have slammed youngsters who allegedly let off fireworks shortly before a huge wildfire broke out near Dovestone reservoir. Yesterday, dozens of firefighters were still battling to bring under control the blaze on the steep moorland...

Police ‘failings’ after boy visits pervert’s home

GREATER Manchester Police have admitted there may have been safeguarding failures following reports a child had been seen visiting the home of convicted paedophile Todros Grynhaus. Officers were called to a street in Heywood on October 11, 2024, after...

Man dies after a ‘violent and shocking’ attack

MURDER detectives have launched an investigation following the death of a man in a ‘violent and shocking’ early hours attack in a bar. Greater Manchester Police said that the fatal assault took place at a bar formerly known as Olivers Bar, now known...

‘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