South Manchester: Last News

A teacher at a grammar school in South Manchester who had sex with a former pupil after he booked them a hotel room has been banned from the teaching register. Robert MacCallum, 39, met the pupil at William Hulme Grammar School in Whalley Range where he was a PE teacher and head of Year 12 at the time.

direct to your inbox‘If the water rises another metre, we could be in big trouble.’Some residents in South Manchester say they are 'preparing for evacuation' as the River Mersey reaches the highest levels ever recorded on the waterway and roads become flooded.'Flooding to properties is expected', according to the Environment Agency.Greater Manchester Police declared a major incident on Tuesday evening and the Met Office warns of a 'danger to life' due to fast flowing or deep floodwater. As water levels continue to rise, Palatine Road in Didsbury has been shut in both directions by police due to heavy flooding from Princess Parkway (Britannia Junction, Northenden ) to Barlow Moor Road (Didsbury).