4 h. ago Popular pizzeria which started life in a pub to open first Manchester location

'We've been looking to open in Manchester for ages'

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9 h. ago ‘We’re Britain’s dirty little secret’: After 17 years under an indefinite jail term for a teenage crime, Tony is finally free

Tony Betteridge was aged just 18 when he was handed an indefinite jail term for setting a fire in a store cupboard in an empty building, Amy-Clare Martin writes. After more than a decade in jail, four recalls and the tragic loss of his mother, sister and brother, he is ready to start a new life

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31 h. ago Thug who battered pensioner says 'he threatened my family so I regret nothing'

Dougie Joyce, 36, was jailed for leaving a 78-year-old man with significant facial injuries after attacking him in a Manchester pub - but has told a podcast it was 'just one of them moments'

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31 h. ago Real life Star Wars as next conflict 'highly likely' to start in space

Major General Paul Tedman, head of UK Space Command, says the nation needs to shed ‘space blindness’ and acknowledge it may soon face real life Star Wars

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35 h. ago Greater Manchester pub running low on customers could be transformed into flats

The pub has seen a drop in punters over the last few years

Economics

3 d. ago Friday night pub quiz: Test your general knowledge with these 20 questions

See how you fared in this week's leaderboard

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3 d. ago ‘Never seen buzz like this’: Oasis fever grips Manchester before reunion gigs

Pubs and shops witness surge in sales as global visitors join born and bred Mancunians to attend sold-out five night runAll around the world, you’ve gotta spread the word. And if the lyrics to the song are right, the word is well and truly out. Behind the bar at an Oasis-themed pub in Manchester’s buzzy Northern Quarter, fans from across the world have planted their flags in a giant map of the globe to show the extraordinary international appeal of the city’s most famous musical sons.They stretch from New Zealand to Kazakhstan, Greenland to Sudan, with a deluge from the US, South America and China. Most have descended on the bar this week before the band’s first concert in the city in 16 years this Friday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Exercise in later life 'slashes risk of death by fifth' as major benefits revealed

A new study has found people who start exercising later in life can cut their risk of early death by 22 percent - and help stave off heart disease, strokes and cancer

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5 d. ago BBC Strictly star Tasha Ghouri opens up about split from Love Islander

Strictly Come Dancing star Tasha Ghouri has opened up on her love life, admitting that she is ready to start dating again after her split from her ex-boyfriend Andrew Le Page.

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6 d. ago Wimbledon 2025: AI line call system suffers fresh 'malfunction' as Taylor Fritz downs Karen Khachanov

The All England Club’s new automatic line calling system continues its difficult start to life in SW19

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7 d. ago Genius hack keeps bread fresh for 15 days without freezing or mould

Bread has a short shelf life of three to seven days at room temperature before it starts to go mouldy, but one expert has shared a hack to help it stay fresh for 15 days

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7 d. ago Gloating Rangers rivals seize on half time incident involving Angry Bears as Mr Martin slapped with Hotline barbs

Andy Newport answers your calls as the Ibrox side's start to life under the new boss hasn't gone unnoticed

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7 d. ago Nursery teachers in disadvantaged communities to be offered £4,500 incentive

The Best Start In Life Strategy was being announced on Monday.

Economics

8 d. ago Everyone was quiet and we knew from that moment nothing was going to be the same

Jason Bailey was there as Tata shut down its final blast furnace in Port Talbot and faced starting life again

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9 d. ago 'My neighbour has started living on his balcony and it's ruining my life'

One woman has revealed day-to-day life has become "unbearable" as her neighbour has started "living" on his balcony. She is thinking about writing a note but people had other suggestions

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1 week ago 'My kids aren't well but I need to be here' says German Oasis fan in Cardiff for first gig

Alex Schütz explained how the band 'changed his life' ahead of the Oasis reunion tour that starts in Cardiff tonight, July 4

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1 week ago Greater Manchester pub closes suddenly with no prior warning

The pub's former landlord had to surrender the lease.

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1 week ago ‘The lawsuit was my life. Of course I’m writing about it’: Hard Life – formerly Easy Life – on being sued by easyGroup and starting afresh

When the Leicester band were forced to drop their old name after a legal threats from a certain budget airline, it could have been curtains. But frontman Murray Matravers’s trip to Japan has prompted a bold new outlook – and an upbeat new albumWhen writing songs, “95% of the time” Murray Matravers starts with the title. It’s a tactic he picked up from Gary Barlow: a producer once told him the Take That man tends to arrive at sessions touting a load of prospective song titles “cut out on little pieces of paper, and he’d put them on the table and you could just choose one. I was like: that’s fucking brilliant. Ever since I’ve always had loads of titles in my Notes app. It actually changed the way I wrote music,” he says with genuine enthusiasm. “Shout out to Gary Barlow!”Names are clearly very important to the 29-year-old – but in recent years they have also caused him untold stress. By 2023, Matravers’ band Easy Life was thriving, having s...

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1 week ago Diddy's family reveal rapper's next move after stunning 'second chance' verdict

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' family expressed their excitement at the rapper's chance to start his life afresh after being found not guilty for the majority of the federal charges lodged against him.

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1 week ago Teenager dies after doing backflip to celebrate leaving home to 'start new life'

Sonny Blundell was celebrating moving out with his girlfriend.

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