Man arrested for attempted murder of police officer seriously injured by burns

Despite the 2020/21 FPL season starting last weekend, Gameweek 2 will see teams like Manchester United play for the first time this season.

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to throw Donny van de Beek in from the start for his Premier League debut against Crystal Palace.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been accused of not giving Odion Ighalo a chance to shine at Manchester United.

Katie Price has posted an emotional tribute to her mum Amy, who is terminally ill.

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Perth woman hurled racial abuse at a man who was born in Scotland - in a bid to get arrested, the sheriff court was told this week.Police officers duly obliged - and when they spoke to Jessie Hendry she said: “Bring back Hitler so we can have another war.”Jailing her for 54 weeks, Sheriff William Wood branded her behaviour “simply appalling”.He pointed out: “Mr Elherik is as Scottish as you are.”Nine or more cars struck by mystery stone-throwerHendry’s sentence was backdated to July 13, when she was remanded.She admitted acting in a racially aggravated manner towards Arkhan Elherik from a house in St Catherine’s Road, Perth, on June 12, 2020.The accused, who is also a prolific shoplifter, stole goods worth more than £1300 from four outlets

Manchester United are standing firm amid criticism of their transfer activity as Gareth Bale prepares to sign for Tottenham.

Rochdale received the unusual call in the early hours on Friday morning. GMP Rochdale tweeted: "0430hrs.

taken to hospital with serious injuries on Thursday morning (September 17) after his Honda motorcycle crashed into a stationary Skoda Fabia.

herePC Bowman from the Roads and Transport Policing Command said: “Although there is no sound on the CCTV and all the victim remembers is waking up in hospital, we believe that this was all triggered by face masks."We think that the attacker, who had his face covering beneath his chin, took offence when the victim, who was fully covered, consciously moved away from him.“When the attacker then follows the victim to the back of the bus, he can be seen pointing and gesturing at the victim’s face mask before he starts repeatedly punching and kicking him."This was a totally unwarranted violent assault and we urgently need to speak to this man.”The alleged attacker is described as a tall black man aged approximately 23-25 years with an

Dale Cregan will never be released from prison. A service attended by their police colleagues and families is normally held in a memorial garden outside Hyde police station in Tameside, where both officers were based.But this year, because of coronavirus restrictions it's had to be postponed.Messages of support for the families of Pc Hughes and Pc Bone and Greater Manchester Police are being posted on social media In June it was announced Pc Hughes and Pc Bone's fathers are to launch a £4.5m national memorial to all police officers and staff killed in the line of duty.

Katie Price's daughter Bunny, 6, has told the former glamour model's new man Carl Woods that she "loves" him.Katie, 42, explained in a sweet video that Bunny wrote "I love you" in a card she made for him at school.The bombshell asked her little girl as she sat in the back of her car after school what she had made, before the youngster told her she had made Katie and Carl, 31, a card to tell them she loved him.She then showed off the card which had Katie and Carl written on the front, alongside love hearts, with the sweet message inside that read: "To Carl, I love you, love Bunny."It comes after Katie's son Harvey, 18, said he wanted Carl to "be his daddy" in a heartwarming clip which she shared earlier this week.Harvey's biological dad is

Jadon Sancho will be ready to join Manchester United over the next month, but the £108million-rated star is likely to remain a Borussia Dortmund player this season.United are desperate to secure a deal for Sancho, who registered 20 goals and as many assists for Dortmund last season.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has identified the 20-year-old as a top transfer target this summer, yet his £108million price tag is proving too steep in the current climate.Daily Star Sport previously reported that United would turn their attention to Real Madrid outcast Gareth Bale in the event they failed to sign Sancho.However, Bale is instead set to rejoin Tottenham, coming as a major blow to the Red Devils.And according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Sancho is

kitten in a freezer and a washing machine has sparked outrage among animal lovers.Footage shared on Facebook shows the unidentified man holding a black and white kitten in the kitchen.He opens the fridge and the freezer before putting the feline into the ice-cold unit.The man then closes the door, locking the kitten in freezing cold condition.Another segment of the clip shows the helpless cat struggling to get out from the washing machine.A reflection on the glass door reveals the cat owner, who is seen wearing a dark-coloured cap, filming the feline on his mobile phone.The furry animal tries to push open the glass door with its tiny paws and makes a distress call to its owner.He then swings the door open and laughs wildly as the kitten

lure her into his cab as she walked home.The girl was walking past Blythe Bridge train station, in Uttoxeter Road, Staffordshire, when a car pulled up alongside her. The cabbie – described as Asian with stubble and spiky black hair – then tried to persuade her to get in at around 5.30pm on Tuesday, September 15, StokeonTrentLive reports.It is believed the same driver had approached the victim around an hour and 20 minutes earlier.Sharing details of the incident on Facebook to warn other parents, her mum said: "My daughter came in and said that a taxi asked her to get in his car."He slowly drove up to her and she knew something was wrong.

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straight to your inboxManchester City have strengthened their academy with the signing of teenage defender Juan Larios from Barcelona.City have been busy this summer, adding a number of highly-rated youngsters from around the world to develop at the City Football Academy or send out on loan. The CFA has seen plenty of talent develop into sellable assets in recent years, while Phil Foden is now a first team regular, with the likes of Tommy Doyle, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Adrian Bernabe and Cole Palmer all knocking on the door in first team training.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Friday, 18 September.New signing Torres in line for debut New Manchester City signing Ferran Torres is set to make his debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday night after swerving quarantine rules. Torres ensured he was able to train with the City squad after moving to Portugal for a week, thus sparing him from a two-week quarantine.

A French police officer kicked and stamped on the head of a British man who allegedly lunged at police with a knife after being told to wear a mask on a train.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.The M8 motorway will shut over the weekend to search for a missing West Lothian man.William McDowell, also known as Billy, from Whitburn was reported missing in early August.The police say “it is out of character for Billy to not contact his friends or family” and are now stepping up their hunt.Officers will be shutting the M8 in both directions between junctions 4 and 4a for consecutive days on Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20.The hard shoulder and lane one will be closed for twelve hours from 8am each day and motorists are advised to allow extra travel time if in the area.Inspector Myles Marshall said: “It is out of character

A violent Cheetham Hill gang's fight on two fronts is fuelling a spike in shootings in North Manchester.And police have revealed details of more incidents which have happened in the last month.But GMP are not taking the escalation lying down - they have set up a new squad in a bid to gain regain control of the streets.The "heavily resourced" dedicated team is being formed in response to a spate of shootings and machete attacks.Three different crime gangs are involved and the level of violence reached a new peak on Tuesday with the attempted gun murder of a man.For a year there have been tit-for-tat attacks between two outfits based in Cheetham Hill.But one of those groups is now locked in a feud with a gang from the Broughton area of