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Club football may be on pause at the moment but that doesn't mean Manchester United's star men have had their feet up.

Michael Owen believes Marcus Rashford's pace makes him a vital asset for England and should make him a guaranteed starter for the Three Lions this summer.

Manchester United's academy continues to thrive, with a raft of players supporting the first-team squad in recent weeks due to injury, while another glut have had loan spells since January.

The Conservative candidate standing to become Greater Manchester mayor has defected to Reform UK. Dan Barker, who was selected to stand for the Tories against Andy Burnham, has now joined the party founded by Nigel Farage.

Megan Thee Stallion has announced UK, European and North American dates for her ‘Hot Girl Summer’ 2024 tour.Stallion’s tour will consist of 32 dates across North America, Europe and the UK set for the spring and summer. The first show will kick off at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The eagerly anticipated musical Come From Away is coming to The Lowry Theatre.

George Galloway is considering standing against Andy Burnham, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. The new Rochdale MP who won a by-election two weeks ago is now looking at running to be Greater Manchester's mayor.

A Salford dining concept hailed for its smashed patty burgers is preparing to open a brand new restaurant.

Former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has returned to the world of football, having been a director at Salford City FC for most of this season.

Heartwarming new footage shows Lenny Scott playing with his children before he was shot dead in 'calculated and cold-blooded assassination'.

Emmanuel Petit believes Arsenal should consider a move for Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford, as long as he 'sorts out his private life' in the first place.

A 20-year Mancunian story is coming to an end. It’s a story that’s taken a corner of the city from drained canals and derelict warehousing to being one of the 'world’s coolest neighbourhoods', home to thousands of people and a thriving social scene. That story is the regeneration of Ancoats.

The Smile headlined the third night of the BBC 6 Music Festival last night (March 9), alongside the London Contemporary Orchestra – check out the video below. The COVID-formed, loose experimental band, comprised of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, alongside Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, played a lengthy set at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse, the main body of which saw them joined by the classical orchestra.

Gary Neville believes Manchester City must win at Anfield this afternoon to prove one final point under Pep Guardiola.

The potential regeneration of Heaton Park’s ‘jewel’ is the plan that will capture the imagination of many this week.

Star Wars movie.Walken, who stars in the recent critically acclaimed movie Dune: Part Two, recalled the opportunity he had to star in George Lucas’ sci-fi action franchise, and shared the fellow Oscar-winner with whom he shared the process.Speaking with Vanity Fair, the star opened up about the experience: “I think it was for Han Solo,” he shared. “Yes, I auditioned for it.

When a world famous cookie store opens its first shop in the north of England, there are likely to be queues. When that shop is inside the shopping mecca that is The Trafford Centre, well, you can guess the result.

A getaway van driver threw suspected packages of heroin onto the M56 motorway before being arrested outside Manchester Airport.

A dramatic police chase ended in an arrest after police discovered packages of heroin had been dumped near Manchester Airport.

“I can use so many words to describe it: excruciating, agonising, painful, severe," says one woman living with sickle cell disease. The lifelong genetic condition can ruin lives - causing organ failure, strokes, loss of vision and can be fatal.