24 h. ago All the buses affected by bus strike in Manchester starting tomorrow

Around 190 services across the region will be affected by the strike

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6 d. ago Singapore Grand Prix F1 qualifying: George Russell powers to pole position – live

️ Join us for updates from qualifying (start at 2pm BST)️ Sign up to The Recap newsletter | And you can mail NiallFive minutes until Q1, where the five drivers with the slowest lap times will be eliminated, and face starting towards the back of the grid tomorrow.Official word from the race stewards that Lewis Hamilton will face no further action, having been cleared of a red flag infringement in final practice. The Ferrari driver was investigated over his speed after Liam Lawson’s crash brought an end to the session. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Sandberg’s superb strike denies Chelsea as Manchester United hold WSL leaders

Chelsea and Manchester United both maintained their unbeaten starts to the Women’s Super League season, although the defending champions’ 100% winning record was brought to an end by an entertaining contest between the top two.The result extended United’s agonisingly long wait for a first WSL victory over Chelsea but they will have taken great encouragement from their performance, on a night when both teams created plenty of chances to win and the home side showed they may well have the qualities to mount a serious title challenge. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Manchester Airport travel warning as airline staff ballot strike action

A union says the strike could take place over half term

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1 week ago Bus drivers set to go on strike in Manchester TOMORROW after talks break down

Around 1,000 workers will walk out in the dispute over pay, with the strike set to last three days and affecting bus services on the Bee Network in Greater Manchester

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1 week ago Manchester bus strike: Drivers set to walk out TOMORROW after talks break down

Around 1,000 workers will walk out in the dispute over pay, with the strike set to last three days and affecting bus services on the Bee Network in Greater Manchester

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1 week ago ‘We never dreamt one song would take us round the world six times’: the Ting Tings on That’s Not My Name

‘We went halves on the cost of 500 records and illegally put them on the shelves of a music shop in Manchester. Mark Radcliffe played it and said, “Strike a light!”’Katie and I were playing loads of gigs in Manchester in a band called Dear Eskiimo. We’d got a deal with Mercury. They had committed to an album, but then suddenly changed all their top people and we got dumped. I remember thinking: “Bastards.” No one would answer the phone to us. We felt invisible and rejected. That’s what the lyrics to That’s Not My Name are all about: “They call me Stacey / They call me Her / They call me Jane / That’s not my name.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘We never dreamed one song would take us round the world six times’: the Ting Tings on That’s Not My Name

‘We went halves on the cost of 500 records and illegally put them on the shelves of a music shop in Manchester. Mark Radcliffe played it and said, “Strike a light!”’Katie and I were playing loads of gigs in Manchester in a band called Dear Eskiimo. We’d got a deal with Mercury. They had committed to an album, but then suddenly changed all their top people and we got dumped. I remember thinking: “Bastards.” No one would answer the phone to us. We felt invisible and rejected. That’s what the lyrics to That’s Not My Name are all about: “They call me Stacey / They call me Her / They call me Jane / That’s not my name.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Greater Manchester Bee Network bus strike to go ahead as talks break down with Metroline drivers

Workers at four Greater Manchester depots will still walk out from tomorrow

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1 week ago SunSport’s expert tipster has his say on Celtic v Hibs, Livingston v Rangers, and all the weekend football plus his acca

MOTHERWELL start tomorrow's match against Aberdeen having drawn their first five league games and the Steelmen can bank their first win bonuses by beating the Dons at 23/20. Jens Berthel Askou led his new charges to a Premier Sports Cup semi-final by beating the Dons at Pittodrie last weekend and I'm confident the unbeaten home...

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2 w. ago Not just a goal machine: new model Haaland can deliver early body blow to Arsenal

Striker is getting better in a changing Manchester City team and in the sort of goal form to strike fear even into Arsenal’s elite defence“Everyone was a machine.” But, you know, in a good way. With Pep Guardiola this is always going to be meant as a positive thing, a sign of a team starting to fizz.These are benevolent machines: not so much joyless droid-football, more perfectly functioning jam factory assembly line, interlocking units, systems in perfect concert. A chess computer playing padel against a chess computer, coached by 25 even more powerful chess computers. A conversation about Bauhaus architecture in a New York food-science restaurant where dessert is a cube of fibreglass flambéed at your table by a hologram. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I tried to commute into Manchester city centre without using buses

As bus strikes hit Manchester, Ben Winship explored what a Manchester without buses would look like in the areas that rely on them the most

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3 w. ago Hobbycraft closing another three stores starting tomorrow with up to 70% off

The retailer is running sales of up to 70% off to clear stock at these stores, meaning shoppers could bag a discount before they shut for good

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3 w. ago West Lothian pupils may be asked to use free bus pass to cut school transport costs

Conservative councillor Alison Adamson had questioned why the council paid out more than £1,200 per pupil on school buses when the Scottish Government issued free bus passes.

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3 w. ago 'Insulting': MORE Greater Manchester transport workers could soon go on strike

Another 200 staff may join bus drivers

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3 w. ago UK tourists warned of new strike dates as French air traffic control industrial action delayed

Staff had planned to walk out this week but the strikes have been postponed until October

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4 w. ago Lightning strike sparks 'rush hour' train delays across Greater Manchester

The region has been battered by heavy rain, thunder and lightning

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