Mancunian poet Lemn Sissay to revisit roots on BBC special tonight

straight to your inboxIn 61 games last season, against 35 separate opponents, Manchester City only failed to beat one side on their way to a domestic treble - Lyon.So it's no surprise that Pep Guardiola has showered the French side with praise over the last two years, and exercised caution when City were paired with Lyon in Saturday's Champions League quarter-final.On paper, facing Lyon over Juventus is the easier of the potential quarter-final ties that was presented to City, but Guardiola will

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City evening headlines for Monday August 10.Lyon sporting director Juninho Pernambucano believes that star man Houssem Aouar is expected to leave the club this summer.The 22-year-old has linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium on several occasions in the past and recent comments suggest that a move could be possible this summer.Pep Guardiola’s side will face Lyon in the Champions League quarter-finals this week but the Ligue 1 team’s sporting

Ryan, 36, also has an 11-year-old daughter Scarlett with his ex Tina O'Brien, who plays Sarah Barlow in Corrie.Manchester actor Ryan, who played Jason Grimshaw in the soap, and entrepreneur and model Lucy live between Manchester and Essex.They met and fell for each other when they both appeared on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls in 2017.

straight to your inboxInter confirm fees paid for United players Italian club Inter Milan have confirmed the fees paid to Manchester United for the transfers of Romelu Lukaku and Ashley Young. The Milan giants paid a club-record €74.162 million (around £66.75m) to land Belgian striker Lukaku while they shelled out a further €1.729m (£1.55m) to land Young in January.

straight to your inbox Inter Milan have confirmed they spent a club record €74million to sign Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United. United haggled over a deal for Lukaku throughout last summer but sold the Belgian striker last August after he failed to appear during their pre-season tour of Australia and Asia before going AWOL.

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Cheshire mansion. Thomas Mee, 42, Vincent Ball, 52, and John Barlow, 58, burgled the homes of the Manchester City footballer and other wealthy individuals across the UK, a court heard.

families cannot look after children inside each other's homes.Instead, new rules published on Friday state that two households, or up to six people from multiple households, can provide childcare 'in outdoor public places such as parks'.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereParents can also continue to use 'registered child care provision', meaning child minders can

straight to your inbox Fresh allegations made by Der Spiegel contain one glaring error which calls into question the balance of their investigation. The German newspaper has published a fresh batch of hacked emails which it says show that Manchester City misled the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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Primal Scream‘s ‘Screamadelica’, has died aged 53.Johnson’s other credits include contributions to Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner’s supergroup Electronic, a number of collaborations with A Certain Ratio, and work on releases by New Order and I Am Kloot among many others.Johnson was preparing to release her debut acoustic solo album ‘Where Does It Go’ on September 25.

Harry Potter has cultivated a die-hard fandom of Potterheads who know everything from their Hogwarts house to the correct pronunciation of “Wingardium Leviosa.”J.K. Rowling began writing the acclaimed children series in 1990 while on a delayed train from Manchester, England, to King’s Cross station in London.

Tributes have been paid to fundraiser and Pride of Manchester winner Neil Cliffe.Neil died aged 85 on Saturday morning (July 18).He leaves behind his wife Joan, daughter Jacqui and two grandchildren Alexander and Christopher.Neil first began fundraising after he was diagnosed with colon cancer back in 1981, when he was aged 45.He launched a 'buy a brick appeal', long before crowdfunding was invented, with the aim to build a centre for patients living with the disease to find respite.Neil was

hereThey would 'become figures of trust', who challenged 'entrenched' pro-crime attitudes."We believe the best way for this to be done is by being a permanent presence in the school where they can engage and support the school and the development of our young people," it reads.The aim is focused on helping kids who fall out of the school system and don't go into education, training or work, sometimes referred to as NEET (young people not in education, employment or training).Officials are

41-year-old woman was attacked in woodland close to Rochdale Canal at around 7.30pm on Friday, July 10, police said.It is believed the offender followed the victim for around 15 minutes as she walked along the canal path near to Morrisons supermarket in Failsworth. The rape took place on the canal on the border between Failsworth and North Manchester.

in Failsworth with the attack taking place just over the border in north Manchester.The woman was supported by specialist officers and a manhunt launched after the incident was reported to them around 7.30pm.Today a 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.He has been taken into custody and will be questioned later today they added.However detectives say the investigation is ongoing and they are asking any potential witnesses, anyone with

straight to your inbox Manchester City fan and former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has issued a message to Liverpool fans after his side's Champions League ban was overturned. City had been suspended by Uefa from European competitions over the next two seasons due to what they perceived as a breach of Financial Fair Play rules.