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direct to your inboxThree men have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and drug dealing after police seized £300,000 from a house in Moss Side.The arrests came after police were called to reports of men acting suspiciously at a car park off Moss Lane East in Moss Side on Saturday evening.When police arrived the men ran off, but were detained on nearby Playfair Street and Fairbank Avenue.A property on Moss Lane East, believed to be linked to the men, was then searched where £300,000 in cash was found in a suitcase alongside cannabis.Three men – aged 37, 33 and 30 – were arrested on suspicion of money laundering and possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply.They remain in custody for questioning.Four vehicles were also

Mohamoud Mohamed was just 17 when he was killed.Two weeks before his tragic death, a chilling message was passed between some of the gang members who would later be convicted of his killing.Lyrics to a rap track said: "I swear that's Mo let's kill him, kill him..."His death happened against the backdrop of rivalry between a Moss Side-based street gang, known as AO or Active Only, and the Rusholme Crips, with whom he was associated.It's the latest case when rap and drill lyrics have been the dark undercurrent to shocking crimes on the streets of Manchester.The murder of 18-year-old Sait M'Boob in Moss Side, back in 2017, came after gang rivalry fuelled by rap videos posted on YouTube.Just like in the case of Mohamoud Mohamed, rap lyrics

direct to your inboxA new Covid-19 surge testing centre will be set up at Moss Side leisure centre after a new variant of coronavirus was discovered in the area.The facility is expected to open by Thursday along with a mobile testing unit at the Arrahman Mosque on Bedwell Street.Testing centres have already been established at Our Lady’s RC Church on Raby Street and in the car park of the Gurdwara Temple on Monton Street.More than 10,000 people are being offered immediate PCR tests after four cases of a new ‘variant of concern’, known as E484k, were found in two households in Moss Side.

direct to your inboxA teenager admitted he got ‘caught up’ in brawl that ended in murder, but said he didn’t inflict the fatal wound, jury told.Mohamoud Mohamed, 17, said to be a member of the Rusholme Crips gang, was allegedly murdered by members of a rival Moss Side outfit named AO, an abbreviation for Active Only.Prosecutors allege Mr Mohamed was killed in Moss Side last summer as part of a gangland dispute between the rival street gangs.They say the feud between the two gangs was also behind the murder of Abdul Hafidah, who was stabbed in the neck in Moss Side in 2016.Daneaco Reid, 19; Jamall Walters, 18; Romeo Daley, 18; and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, all deny murder.As the trial continued at Manchester

direct to your inboxA teenager who was allegedly murdered had Googled the phrase 'is getting murdered a martyr death' before he died, a jury heard. Mohamoud Mohamed, 17, said to be a member of the Rusholme Crips gang, was allegedly murdered by members of a rival Moss Side outfit named AO, an abbreviation for Active Only.

direct to your inboxThe fatal stabbing of 17-year-old in Moss Side last summer was part of the same gang feud which ended in a deadly knife attack in the same part of south Manchester in 2016, a murder trial has heard.Four accused teenagers, said to be members of AO, a street gang based in Moss Side, deny murdering Mohamoud Mohamed, 17, who was said to be a member of the rival Rusholme Crips outfit.Greater Manchester Police's anti-gang team, XCalibre Taskforce, had tried to reach out to Mohamoud but he refused to engage with officers, the court was told.He was stabbed to death on Henbury Street in Moss Side in July during what the prosecution say was a gangland dispute.As the trial resumed at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday, XCalibre

direct to your inboxAli Raza is stood behind the counter of his pharmacy on Princess Road. Pausing to wipe his glasses he describes the terrible impact coronavirus has had on Moss Side.

supplies run out due to people stockpiling and supermarkets limiting purchases.Six months on from the start of lockdown, demand at food banks is still higher than usual.Organisers at Manchester South Central Food bank, which supports people in Hulme, Whalley Range, Old Trafford and Moss Side, said they saw a 250pc increase in demand in August compared to last year.They had also seen a 400pc increase earlier in the year too.The food bank, which is run by the Bridging the Gap charity, is only expected to see more people use their services as the year carries on.The Trussell Trust, which supports the South Central food bank, expects there to be at least a 60 pc increase at all food banks across the country between October and December -

hereAlthough she may be left with scarring, her condition is not thought to be life-threatening.Community sources have said she was in a car with a man when shots were fired from a passing car.The first police learned about the incident was when they were called by the hospital.Detectives have started an investigation but as yet no bullet has been found and so officers are not in a position to be able to confirm whether it was a shooting.But it appears to be the latest in a spike of serious violence in south Manchester, particularly Moss Side.A gunman blasted Cheriff Tall, 21, and Abayomi Ajose, 36, in the head at the rowdy lockdown party in a car park off Caythorpe Street in Moss Side just before 1am on June 21.

Moss Side, Manchester, after they received reports of a disturbance. Mohamoud Mohamed, 17, died at the scene.

hereResidents living on Quinney Crescent said they saw a damaged dark blue car parked diagonally across the Great Western Street before paramedics and police raced to the area outside Mesob restaurant on Princess Road.Vashtie Codrinrgton, 70, said: “I heard raised voices and what sounded like a car speeding off.“I looked out and it was next to the lamppost.

Manchester Evening News: "He always helped me in school - always sticking up for me. "He was like my big brother."Others have been paying tribute on social media.

Hulme has plenty of talent and that's only proven by the many historical figures and celebrities to have spent time there.Here's a look at 12 well-known people who've spent time in the two areas, whether they were born or merely spent a few years there, and how it's helped shape their career.Footballer Danny Welbeck was born in Longsight in 1990, but later moved to Moss Side.A keen football fan since an early age, Danny would join the Fletcher Moss Soccer school in Didsbury at just five years old.A year later, he was noticed by the Manchester United youth academy at the age of six.

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