England manager Roy Hodgson has to find a solution in midfield where he needs to find a partner for Steven Gerrard, as well as in defence where he has a glaring weakness.

With barbecue season moving firmly into view, Manchester is set to go grill-crazy.
To celebrate, MM are offering two lucky food lovers a pair of tickets to Grillstock, Manchester’s number one summer food festival taking place June 28-29.

Gerry Ambrose, from Miles Platting, Manchester, has served more than 2,000 kilometres of sausages and a million steaks during his career

The ‘lucky boot’ is made out of an eye-popping 1500 Pringles cans.

The tricky attacker has shrugged off a hamstring injury that forced his withdrawal from the Welsh under-21 squad and has been named as one of 23 players heading to the Amsterdam Arena to take on Holland.

The Blues have been held to ransom by their Ivorian powerhouse Yaya Toure after the 31-year-old announced that he was unhappy with the way he was treated during his birthday last month.

Prankster Simon Brodkin tried to clamber on Luton Airport-bound bus yesterday with Roy Hodgson’s England squad flying to Miami ahead of World Cup.

At around 4.50pm on Saturday, May 31, two men forced their way into a house on Wellington Road North, Stockport and told two of the women to ‘get on the floor’

Celebrity designer Nadine Merabi is supporting the Triumph event

The month-long ‘None for the road’ campaign, which last year resulted in 252 arrests following almost 5,000 breath tests, hopes to deliver an even stronger message through social media and posters in pubs around the region.

The Archbishops’ Council has warned that current plans for constructing the line between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds mean human remains will not be treated ‘in a decent and reverent manner’