How many people died in the Fukushima nuclear disaster and Tohoku earthquake?

Award-winning rock band Muse have annnounced a string of new UK and Ireland arena dates, including Manchester, in the Autumn. The band will continue their massive Will Of The People World tour with a date at Manchester AO Arena.

RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol is being strongly linked with a move to Manchester City this summer.

Mortgage holders across the country are facing increased pressures amid the cost of living crisis after interest rates have now hit a new 15-year high. As the Bank of England decided to raise interest rates by 0.5 percent on Thursday (June 22), this has now put the base rate up to five percent - which is bad news for homeowners.

PC Adnan Ali scoops yet another award - and poses proudly for a picture with then Chief Constable Ian Hopkins.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Rachel Zegler and Emily Mortimer are in talks to join the cast of “Paddington in Peru,” the third opus of the beloved bear’s adventures. Set to start filming on July, the third installment film will also star Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Madeleine Harris and Samuel Joslin. Ben Whishaw and Imelda Staunton will also be back as the voices of Paddington and Aunt Lucy, respectively. Filming locations will include the UK, Peru and Colombia. The movie will mark the feature film directorial debut of Dougal Wilson, and reteams Studiocanal with Heyday Films following their collaboration on the first two films of the Paddington franchise. Studiocanal is fully financing and will distribute in the UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Poland, Australia and New Zealand as well as through partners in China and Japan. Sony Pictures will distribute in the USA, Canada and other key international territories including Latin America.

Sky have launched The Overlap On Tour series on the back of Gary Neville’s successful podcast series.

The father of a student brutally stabbed to death by a 'coward' armed with a 13-inch 'mafia stiletto' weapon has called for a crackdown on knife crime. Jason O'Connor said the 15 year sentence handed to his son's killer 'does not reflect the magnitude of the crime'.

Two American tourists have mysteriously been found dead at a resort in Mexico.

Scotland assistant manager John Carver believes Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay can have just as big an influence as Erling Haaland when they face Norway in Oslo on Saturday evening.

Keep up to date with all the big stories from across Greater Manchester in the daily Mancunian Way newsletter. You can receive the newsletter direct to your inbox every weekday by signing up right here.

Manchester City have qualified for the UEFA Super Cup after beating Inter Milan 1-0 in the final of the Champions League on Saturday night.

Chief Constable Mark Roberts has reason for the Champions League Final to be a success both on and off the pitch. He is National Lead for football policing and is determined City fans will have a safe journey to and from Istanbul as they chase the treble dream. The ex-GMP officer is also a Blue.

A cause cannot be found for the tragic death of a baby girl at just 16-days-old, an inquest has heard.

On a Tuesday night ten years ago in a misty basement on Bloom Street, the likes of Lady Gaga, Blondie, David Bowie and Steps were all booming out to a packed and sweaty crowd of students, city dwellers and drag queens at club night Poptastic.

A new apprenticeship will give a young person a kickstart in a journalism career by working at the Manchester Evening News and the Financial Times whilst they gain their journalism qualification.

A rare 50p coin has been sold for an eye-watering £179 after a competitive eBay bidding war took place.

The Days has arrived on Netflix, with viewers now able to stream every episode of the series.Based on true events, the new drama depicts the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown that occurred in Okuma, Japan in 2011. It tells the story over the period of seven days from three different perspectives: the government, corporate organisations and those who put their lives on the line.The plant suffered major damage from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011. Having been carefully researched, this series explores the chain of subsequent events that led to the meltdown and eventual evacuation of the 20k area surrounding the incident.The official Netflix synopsis reads: “Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaster.”There eight episodes of The Days in total, all of which are now available to stream on the service.

EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s Foxtel is the latest to take on The Swarm.

Britain is bracing itself for an early summer heatwave, as some parts of the country could see temperatures reach a balmy 25C in the first week of June.

The family of a teenage girl who was mauled to death by four dogs today backed a new campaign for stricter laws amid a series of recent fatal attacks, saying: "Things are at breaking point. We want justice for families."