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Residents are fighting to save Ryebank Fields in Chorlton from a proposed development of 120 houses by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU).

Shockwaves have reverberated around the world this morning with social media alight with news of Meghan and Harry ‘consciously uncoupling’ from the Royal Family.

A representative of the Muslim communities in Manchester has released a statement condemning the killing of General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq.

Roughly 40 protesters turned out to demonstrate the landslide re-election of the Conservative party in St. Peter’s Square last night. MM’s Doug Whitbread was there…

The e-edition is packed with all the results and reaction from Greater Manchester… and beyond.

Just 402 votes separated Labour and the Conservatives in Bury South as the latter gained the Greater Manchester seat from Jeremy Corbyn’s party during what was a truly abysmal night for Labour.

Conservative William Wragg has won his third overall General Election after beating off a relatively close challenge from the Liberal Democrats to secure another five years in parliament.

This Christmas will not be a happy one for Jeremy Corbyn, whose four-year leadership of the Labour party has seemingly been buried once and for all.

The Conservatives’ Sir Graham Brady was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West after a booming national result for the Tories.

In a rout, there are sometimes people who stand firm and do not give ground. In Manchester this morning, the Labour supporters in Manchester Withington did just that.

Labour have faced a catastrophic result across the country, as even seats once considered safe have fallen one after the other to a bulldozing Conservative campaign – with the exception of Manchester Central veteran Lucy Powell.