The Etihad will increase its size to more than 55,000 as three rows of seats are built pitchside.

Lungfest has been organised by cystic fibrosis sufferer Dane Pollard, guitarist with Salford band Modern Sound Library, to raise money and awareness for the disease.

James Haggerty, 20, from Ashton-under-Lyne, was on his moped when he collided with a bus on the party resort of Ayia Napa on June 15.

The city’s bobbies will be joining forces from the likes of the USA, Canada and New Zealand in posting their activities throughout the day under the hashtag #poltwt in a bid to connect with Mancunians.

A future care home has been severely damaged in an arson attack at a farm in Newall Green, Wythenshawe.

Police investigating an attack on a 90-year-old woman in Rochdale have now said there is ‘no forensic evidence’ that she was raped.

Smalling’s comments came after Roy Hodgson presented him with the rare opportunity of playing in his favoured position in England’s final group game with Costa Rica.

Len Johnson – Fighter is the story of the man many consider to be Britain’s best middleweight of the late 1920s and early 1930s

The 101st edition of the Tour de France begins on July 5 in Leeds, passing through Rochdale before it finishes on the famous Champs-Élysées in Paris 22 days later after 3,664 kilometres of intense racing.

Naomi Broady, after her first round win over Hungary’s Timea Babos, savoured her experience on No. 1 Court though lasted only 59 minutes as former world number one Caroline Wozniacki progressed 6-3, 6-2.

Vince Cable’s war on ‘unscrupulous employers’ who use banning clauses in zero-hours contracts has been welcomes by The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.