Belle Vue: Last News

Belle Vue has sadly died, police have confirmed.

direct to your inboxThis is the first look at how the site of the former Showcase cinema in Belle Vue will be transformed into a new secondary school.The Co-Op Academy Belle Vue, which will be a free school for 1,200 pupils, is expected to welcome its first set of Year 7 students this September.Temporary accommodation will be provided at the nearby Connell Co-op College until the new school building opens in 2023.A formal planning application to redevelop the 13-acre site on Hyde Road has now been lodged with Manchester council.Documents show a modern L-shaped building split into three ‘zones’, starting with a two-storey sports block which will boast a sports hall, auditorium, and a drama studio.The central three-storey building includes

famous Belle Vue entertainment complex in October 1989, closed along with all other cinemas in the country when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. They had already agreed to sell the land to Manchester City Council to build a new school for pupils aged 11 to 16.

Belle Vue's historic greyhound track say they have been given fresh hope after being given the chance to lodge a bid to buy it. However a developer who wants to demolish it and replace it with a new housing estate say they are pushing ahead with their plans.

higher number of cases than Alexander Park and Werneth.But both Oldham neighbourhoods have seen a fall in the number of infections over the last week with Alexandra Park's figure dropping by more than a third from 72 to 44.Elsewhere there's a concentration of cases around central and east Manchester with Piccadilly, Ancoats, Ardwick, Beswick, Openshaw, Belle Vue, West Gorton and Levenshulme North all reporting between 10 and 13 cases.Meanwhile, the number of cases in Wigan remains the lowest in Greater Manchester. The figures have been pulled together using an interactive map showing the number of positive Covid-19 test results in each neighbourhood in England from August 8 -14 based on data from the Office for National Statistics.

An interactive map using government statistics breaks down the number of coronavirus cases in an area through colour coding, ranging from between zero and two cases to more than 40. In the week ending August 14 the highest number of cases reported in a single area in Manchester was 13 in Levenshulme North.There were 12 in Crumpsall South, which borders communities in Salford that have had high numbers of cases throughout the pandemic, like Higher Broughton and Broughton Park. Follow live coronavirus updates throughout the day here. Elsewhere a cluster of 10 or 11 cases were reported in east Manchester areas like Ardwick, Beswick, Eastlands and Openshaw Park, Belle Vue and West Gorton.A further 11 cases were found in Fallowfield West and

Belle Vue as the club reopened for the first time in months this week.Players were back at the tables on Thursday evening (August 13...

hereIt still hosted greyhound and stock car racing.Councillors last year approved controversial plans for houses and flats at the site on Kirkmanshulme Lane.The decision followed a long-running campaign led by trainers and others to save the venue, although animal rights groups backed the housing proposals.The owners said every avenue had been explored, but the 'significant uncertainty over the return of crowds to live sporting venues means that...

Business mogul Theo Paphitis says he hopes a new youth centre in his hometown of Gorton will help disadvantaged kids ‘find their talent’ and escape poverty.

Debbie McGee, 60, caught up with former Luton Town football club chairman Nick Owen, 72, on her podcast Spill The Tea with Debbie McGee.The latter discussed why he took over the club after they went into administration.Following this, the radio host addressed the time her late husband Paul Daniels bought a square at the Belle Vue stadium back in 1992.Speaking on her podcast Spill The Tea with Debbie McGee, she said: “The only thing I can say to do with football about Paul…“I’m only telling you because it’ll make you laugh.“His manager lived in Doncaster and was very involved with Doncaster [Rovers] football club.Holly Willoughby husband: Is Holly Willoughby still married?“At one point in their history, when they had financial troubles, they

Police were called to shut down a huge party taking place at an industrial unit in Gorton.