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Theatre-goers are being warned to plan ahead with disruption expected this weekend. Road closures are due to come into force across the city centre tomorrow ahead of Sunday's Great Manchester Run.

A kind and generous dad, who was found dead in a hotel room two days after he was discharged from Fairfield General, thought "people were out to get him", an inquest has heard.

direct to your inboxThis was the heartwarming moment a care home resident was able to hold hands with her daughter for the first time in a year.Since the first coronavirus lockdown last March, Gloria Keelagher, from Fairfield, Tameside, has been visiting her mum Edith Woolhouse at Fir Trees Care Centre in Dukinfield every week.Because of national restrictions to help keep care home residents safe, she had only been able to wave through a window.But that changed this week following the latest easing of lockdown measures, as she was finally able to sit in the same room as her 95-year-old mum.Gloria said: "It was so lovely, I can’t put it into words really without getting emotional."It was such a relief and comfort this week to actually be