FC United of Manchester believe the community-run club provide a beacon of hope in a world of footballing rapacity and growing foreign riches.

Local parties Farnworth and Kearsley (FKF) AND Horwich and Blackrod First (HBF) made considerable gains in the Bolton Council elections last night on a night where the Labour Party suffered a series of major blows.

Despite averaging over 40 in his first four innings in an England shirt, two summers ago Lancashire’s Keaton Jennings was undone by South Africa’s pacemen. Now with recent good County Championship form under his belt, the 26-year-old hopes to press for a place in England’s Ashes squad for the battle against Australia.

It was mid-afternoon on Wednesday, May 26, and Cari Rosen was sat at a bar in central Barcelona.

“We hope you have enjoyed the show”, musician Clinton Curtis sung to all those present at The Lowry on Friday, concluding this innovative take on one of The Beatles’ masterpieces with a homage to the timeless title track on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Fifty years on from The Beatles’ trailblazing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, world-renowned choreographer Mark Morris is bringing an exuberant music and dance work to Manchester.