Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Tributes have been paid to a pensioner who died in a south Manchester flat fire.
Margaret Russell, 71, was rushed to hospital with critical injuries following the blaze at her home on Broom Lane in Levenshulme on Monday.
She died a short time later. An investigation into the cause of the fire has been launched, but police say there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.
An inquest into Mrs Russell's death is due to open at Manchester coroners court on April 8. Sandra Booth, landlady of The Sidings Pub on Broom Lane said: "Maggie was a lovely lady and we always had a giggle when I saw her. "Because of the lockdown we haven’t seen
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