Man arrested on suspicion of arson following house fire in Bury

Barcelona youngster Ansu Fati has been linked with a potential switch to Manchester United this summer. A report earlier this month from Spanish publication Sport claimed that United had tabled a £100m transfer proposal for the forward, with super agent Jorge Mendes enquiring about his asking price and presenting Barcelona with the offer on United's behalf.

Marcus Rashford could become the youngest ever person involved in football to be knighted by the Queen after bookmakers slashed his odds of receiving the honour to 6/4.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has been asked to submit its views to a public inquiry on how the response of the fire service on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing could have been improved.The FBU has also been invited to set out whether recommendations should be made, or comment on whether changes made following the Kerslake Report were sufficient.The ruling was given today by Sir John Saunders, chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry, which will examine the atrocity.The union had submitted an application for 'core participant' status at the inquiry, which Mr Justice Saunders refused 'at present'.He said in the ruling: "I have given considerable thought to how I should deal with this matter while being fair to all parties, achieving

Bury's MPs have called for greater protection for memorials to Sir Robert Peel.It comes after a number of statues of the former Prime Minister appeared on a list of historical monuments campaigners had hoped to have removed.The 'Topple the Racists' interactive map included statues of Peel in Bury, Manchester, Preston, Leeds and Glasgow, along with more than 50 other memorials which protesters had called on authorities to have removed.It was produced days after a statue to former slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol was torn down and dumped in a harbour.There has been some confusion over the arguments for removing Peel's after it was revealed that some of the complaints made about him were actually based on the statements and actions of

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor“The Dukes of Hazzard,” the ’80s-era TV show featuring the Confederate flag emblazoned on the roof of the title characters’ muscle car, could be leaving Amazon’s IMDb TV free streaming service.Amazon is considering pulling the show’s seven seasons off IMDb TV because of the Confederate flag’s association with the history of racial intolerance and slavery, Variety has confirmed. (An Amazon rep declined to comment.) The e-commerce company’s mulling the removal of “Dukes of Hazzard” was first reported by Vulture.As protests in the U.S.

family home, the man is currently living on a sailboat in the Gold Coast.Police prosecutor John Paratz opposed the defendant being granted bail due to the seriousness of the charges, and to the fact that sailboats are "inherently mobile" making him a flight risk.He also argued it was inappropriate to grant the man bail as he is "still in a relationship with the mother of the victim child".Magistrate Louise Shephard has identified a "significant error" in the police affidavit opposing bail, Mail Online reports.In the written affidavit, police claimed that the defendant made admissions which matched the little girl's statements during a pretext phone call.However the magistrate said this was false, as there has "been no formal record of

WCAX.“It’s important when we, as transgender people, get to hold a position that people look up to and that kids can look up to,” Quinn added.“I recognize that if it happens, yeah, that would be great, but it’s not about me,” Dufour said of the possibility of becoming the state’s first trans lawmaker.Currently, there are only 26 transgender officials serving in any position in the United States, and only four serving in state legislatures, the most experienced being Virginia Del. Danica Roem, who won her seat in 2017.“I am very proud of the fact that we have three transgender woman running for the Vermont Legislature this year,” Hallquist told WCAX in when asked to comment on Small, Ember and Dufour’s candidacies.

Will Thorne Staff WriterRyan Reynolds’ latest venture, an ABC game show called “Don’t,” debuted to decent numbers and won Thursday night ratings race.The Adam Scott-hosted show, which gives contestants the chance to win a cash prize of up to $100,000 by tackling tasks with one simple rule, premiered with a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 4.2 million total viewers. That represents ABC’s best debut of the summer so far, topping the season 2 premiere of “Holey Moley” and the season 6 opener of “Celebrity Family Feud.” Earlier on, the mini gold show moved into the 8 p.m.

Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute want to “move forward” after they were fired fired from Vanderpump Rules alongside Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni.“Stassi and Kristen acknowledged what they did was wrong, have apologized and been punished,” their rep, Steve Honig, told Us Weekly in a statement on Friday, June 12. “Without casting aside their actions or the impact of those actions, they want to move forward as part of the solution in ways that are productive, meaningful and sincere.

Melania Trump was certainly in no rush to move into the White House after husband Donald Trump was inaugurated. If that wasn’t clear by the fact that the first lady stayed in New York City until June 2017, a new book claims that there was one more reason she delayed her departure. Melania, 50, was allegedly busy renegotiating her prenup before arriving at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Matthew Mcconaughey’s tough talk with former American footballer Emmanuel Acho on race relations has become a huge viral hit.The Oscar winner sat down with Acho for the second episode of Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man, and the face-off has been viewed by over four million people on Facebook in a day.During the get-together, McConaughey quizzes the sports pundit on how he can help better represent white people following two weeks of Black Lives Matter protests across America.Acho launched the show on June 1, 2020, to educate white people on racism and help them better stand in solidarity with members of the black community, stating: “For days, you’ve asked me what you can do to help. I’ve finally found an answer.

Oscar winner Marisa Tomei regrets playing moms on the big screen because now she’s bombarded with scripts for maternal roles.The actress portrayed Peter Parker’s aunt in the latest run of Spider-Man movies and in her new film, The King of Staten Island, she’s playing Pete Davidson’s mother but she admits ‘movie mom’ wasn’t something she wanted on her resume.Marisa, who isn’t a mother in real life, tells Collider, “I really regret starting down this road and I really regret starting to do that. I was, you know, talked into it… that change, and I really always felt like, ‘Oh, I could play a lot of things’.

in Salford will be reviewed following the tragic death of schoolboy Adam Kay.

Manchester Crown Court heard how she decided to leave when she noticed her friend 'getting close' with the other male. She was waiting outside the bar for a lift home when Deasy’s friend offered her his coat to stay warm.Aaron Deasy was sat in his car nearby and allowed her to charge her phone while she waited.Gavin Howie, prosecuting, said she went back into the bar to tell her friend she was leaving when she realised the pair had already gone.The next morning, on November 18, the victim woke up at around midday.

Ole Gunner Solskjaer will find a key role for Scott McTominay in his new look Manchester United team. The return of Paul Pogba from injury and the blockbuster form of Bruno Fernandes before the break have given the Norwegian boss a dilemma in the middle of the park, as have the fine performances of Brazil international Fred.

A monster mum has been jailed for selling her two young daughters to a Russian paedophile – before sitting in the beast’s car as he raped them each on the back seat.The man, who has not been named, was sent for 22 years of hard labour after the now-teenage girls bravely came forward to social services.Their mum, who has also not been named, was 27 when she accepted an undisclosed sum of cash to let her then-boyfriend rape her daughters – who cannot be named for legal reasons – in a deserted carpark.She was jailed for 20 years at a court in Sayanogorsk, Russia, after the 2012 assault came to light.The court heard how the two girls were aged just seven and eight at the time of the attack.The closed-door trial convicted both the paedophile and

Burnley ace Dwight McNeil has been advised to reject transfer interest from Manchester United and several other top clubs in the upcoming summer transfer window.The advice for him to stay at Turf Moor, where he has excelled under boss Sean Dyche who has guided the Clarets to 10th place, has come from none other than McNeil's father.The 20-year-old has already accumulated 58 first-team appearances for Burnley, scoring five goals and producing 10 assists with his efforts attracting admiring glances from afar.Other Premier League clubs such as Manchester United, Leicester and Crystal Palace have now taken notice and are all monitoring McNeil's progress.Having spent time in United’s youth system before being freed to join the academy ranks at

Dad Joe Rackley has created something truly special for his two daughters after building them an incredible greenhouse during lockdown.

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Dietmar Hamann has called on Kai Havertz to dismiss Manchester United's interest in favour of a move to Chelsea this summer.

A dead body remained on a train for five hours without anyone noticing, it is claimed.