Coronavirus car-free zones: Cyclists and pedestrians will get exclusive use of roads in London, Manchester and Brighton Tib Street in central Manchester has already closed to cars to prioritise cyclists Brighton and Hackney, East London, have similar plans to close roads to cars Charity boss says crisis has highlighted how narrow the nation’s footways are … Read more
Amazon’s opens huge Manchester tech centre which it claims will eventually employ 600 people By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:08 BST, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 15 January 2020 Amazon has opened a new corporate base in Manchester as it continues to ramp up its presence in the North. The … Read more
Pep Guardiola’s mother, 82, dies from coronavirus just weeks after the Manchester City manager donated £920,000 to fight the virus in his native Catalonia Pep Guardiola’s mother Dolors Sala Carrio has died from coronavirus Man City confirmed the sad news on Monday before paying tribute to Guardiola It comes weeks after Guardiola donated £920,000 to … Read more
Manchester United players today became the first Premier League stars to slash their pay and they will now donate millions to the NHS, MailOnline can reveal today. Old Trafford stars earning up to £375,000-a-week have agreed to forgo 30 per cent of their wages for one month on the proviso that the money is used to benefit … Read more
150 Manchester firms are still open despite coronavirus lockdown – many without good reason, claims Andy Burnham after a flood of complaints from workers The Mayor of Greater Manchester called for stricter policy on businesses He said he would seek legal advice about whether it was possible to take action Total of 759 people have … Read more
Britain’s major entertainment venues today ‘stand ready’ to be transformed into field hospitals to cope with an influx of coronavirus patients. The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) near Birmingham, located off the M42 motorway, has 18 exhibition halls and plays host to dozens of high-profile conferences and shows each year, including Crufts. Bosses at the venue, … Read more
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola donates €1MILLION of his own money to fight coronavirus in Barcelona, after urgent appeal raised just €33,000 in a week The Spaniard has earmarked the money for the Angel Soler Daniel Foundation The fund is named after a doctor from Santpedor, the town Guardiola hails from On Tuesday Spain reported … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more
First UK prisoner catches coronavirus: HMP Manchester inmate is taken to hospital after testing positive for killer bug as 13 convicts and four staff are put in isolation Inmate at Strangeways prison in Manchester is now being treated for the virus No other prisoners or wardens tested positive and visits continuing as normal Prison service … Read more
The brother of the Manchester suicide bomber is facing a life behind bars after being found guilty of 22 murders yesterday. Hashem Abedi, 22, was convicted of plotting with his brother, Salman, to carry out one of Britain’s deadliest terrorist atrocities. Although Hashem was 2,000 miles away in Libya when his older sibling detonated his … Read more