Care homes in Rochdale among those in Greater Manchester warned not to rely on rapid tests for visitors over accuracy concerns

NFL player Ryan Russell receives a kiss on the cheek from his boyfriend Corey O’Brien while shopping for a Christmas tree on Monday (December 7) in Los Angeles.

Hundreds of homeless people in Manchester could be offered their own home thanks to a new £20million scheme to tackle street poverty across the UK.

Marseille boss Andre Villas-Boas reckons Manchester City's squad is so good their B-team could win the Champions League.

direct to your inboxJose Mourinho's former assistant at Manchester United has claimed they would have won the Premier League if Manchester City had not breached Financial Fair Play regulations.United finished second to their arch-rivals in the 2017/18 season, with Mourinho since claiming it was one of the proudest achievements of his career. Now, Ricardo Formosinho has gone a step further by stating his point that United would have pipped City to the title if they had not breached FFP rules.City were issued a ban from UEFA competitions ahead of this season but that punishment was overturned following a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

A grieving dad whose "beautiful" daughter was knifed to death in front of him asked how his little girl could be killed in such a "violent and monstrous" way.

“The COVID-19 vaccination programme is the single biggest immunisation programme in the history of the NHS and we are absolutely privileged and excited that our Salford Royal site and group is one of the first in the country to receive the vaccine and be at the forefront of its delivery in Greater Manchester. “As the programme rolls out, as a hospital vaccine hub we will be providing the vaccine to our patients, including those first who are most vulnerable and at highest risk, our staff, and local care home staff.

straight to your inbox every day for freeRio Ferdinand says Paul Pogba's performance against West Ham needs to be reproduced on a regular basis. The midfielder scored a superb goal to draw United level against West Ham before eventually helping them to a 3-1 victory in a fine display.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United fans want to see Ole Gunnar Solskjaer set his team out in a diamond formation rather than with a back-three against RB Leipzig.United have travelled to Germany for their crucial last Champions League group game on Tuesday, knowing that if they avoid defeat then their place in the knock-out stages will be guaranteed.

Mariah Carey is listing some of her favorite Christmas songs! The 50-year-old singer's 1994 track, «All I Want for Christmas Is You,» is many of her fans' choice festive song, but, as she revealed on on Monday, Carey prefers the classics for her own playlist.«I love Donny Hathaway's 'This Christmas.' I love Nat King Cole's 'The Christmas Song' ...Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas,'»  she shared. «All of the classics.

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Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityPictures show the first patient in Greater Manchester receiving the Covid-19 vaccine - a watershed moment in the fight against coronavirus. Ted, aged 86, received the jab at Salford Royal Hospital, one of 50 hospital hubs in the UK to administer the jabs on Tuesday.The landmark moment was captured on camera as the inoculation programme began.Salford Royal and Stepping Hill in Stockport are two of the 50 hospital hubs in the country to administer the jabs in the first wave of vaccinations.The UK was the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine.And the very first person in the world to receive the jab on the NHS was Margaret Keenan, 90,

direct to your inboxThe demolition of two of Oldham’s iconic tower blocks is set to start next spring, housing chiefs have revealed.Housing association First Choice Homes Oldham has announced it has appointed local specialists, D Hughes Demolition & Excavation Ltd, to knock down Crossbank House and Summervale House.First Choice says the demolition of the two blocks, which stand at the so-called ‘gateway’ to the town at the junction of Manchester Street and Oldham Way, is the first ‘important step’ in its plans to transform the area.Residents of more than 240 properties of the two 1970s blocks were moved out by the end of April, and they have since been standing empty.The plans, which were approved by Oldham council in September, are part of

while Skana was being sentenced for manslaughter by diminished responsibility today (Tuesday) at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. He called Emily 'bright and funny' and said she was 'a kind child with not a mean bone in her body'."How can we put into words how we feel about the death of our only child," Mr Jones said."It's just too hard to comprehend.

Peel L&P - submitted a third bid to build homes at Horwich Golf Club. Horwich Town Council voted down the plans at a meeting in October but the final decision will be made by Bolton Council’s Planning Committee on Thursday (December 10) The most recent planning application, for 150 homes, follow rejected proposals to build 300 houses at the site in 2019.

Manchester Evening News , daughter Tracy Keelan, 43, said: “We’re not saying cancer patients are more important than Covid patients, they should be treated equally. “Why are cancer patients not worthy of having NHS treatments but Covid patients are?“Mum worked for the NHS and worked for them for 17 years. She absolutely loved her job; it was her life. “When she needed it the most, the NHS let her down. “It does feel like cancer patients have been scarified.

Gallery: #2020Wrapped: These are 2020’s most-streamed artists and songs on Spotify (BANG Showbiz)The likes of Phoebe Bridgers, Billy Porter, Kim Petras, King Princess, and the cast of Broadway’s 'Kinky Boots’ are set to perform. With Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Whoopi Goldberg set to make guest appearances.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. producers body Pact has appointed See-Saw Films’ COO for television, Hakan Kousetta, as its chair for the next two years.The executive’s appointment was uncontested during the recent Pact council elections.Kousetta succeeds All3Media COO Sara Geater, who will step down at the end of the year having served the maximum four-year term as chair.

coronavirus wave could hit the NHS with 20 times more patients than the second peak, experts have warned.It is thought a third peak would bring a far higher number of inpatients in hospitals than those seen during the September and October wave that triggered a second national lockdown in England.In November, two advisers of the Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) warned the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions for Christmas could lead to another wave of the pandemic.NHS hospitals would be overrun due to increased transmission and there would be more unnecessary deaths according to Professor Andrew Hayward, an epidemiologist at University College London.Professor Graham Medley, an infectious disease modelling expert

Stoke on Trent Live. "My daughter goes to secondary school and she was coming in and I was not getting in until around 6pm.

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.

direct to your inboxEarlier this year, the news was announced that Manchester billionaire duo Mohsin and Zuber Issa had bought Asda from Walmart in a landmark £6.8bn deal.The deal, which put the supermarket back in majority British ownership for the first time in over 20 years, was confirmed after an offer from a consortium of Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity firm TDR Capital.But today The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has launched a Phase 1 investigation into Bellis Acquisition Company 3 Limited's proposed purchase of Asda Group Limited.This is the company owned by Mohsin and Zuber Issa, who also own the Euro Garages chain.It said the probe will look into what impact the merger could have on competition and prices