This year's Miss Manchester contest is to be held on The Trafford Centre car park because of COVID

straight to your inbox every day for freeHere are the Manchester United evening headlines on Monday, February 8.Manchester United are monitoring transfer targets with a view to adding to their central defence options in the summer window.The MEN understands United are willing to spend a significant fee on a new centre-back or a forward once the season is over, depending of how things go between now and the campaign's conclusion.Last summer, United prioritised a move for Jadon Sancho, with Ole

Salma Hayek Is looking back on the racism she faced entering Hollywood.

straight to your inbox every day for freeBruno Fernandes' market value at Manchester United has skyrocketed in the year since he joined the club. The midfielder has become an almost talismanic figure for United in the 12 months since his move from Sporting CP thanks to his incredible form for the club, which has seen him score 29 goals and provide 20 assists in 54 just matches.

Hulme, told her partner Tony Tulloch she was going into town to do some shopping that morning.She was spotted at the shopping centre car park on High Street before falling to her death.Melanie, who leaves behind a son and a daughter, had been struggling with mental health issues for several years.She was sectioned under the Mental Health Act just months before her death after battling Schizoaffective disorder.An inquest into her death at Manchester Coroners' Court heard she was discharged from a

direct to your inboxA teenager was knifed in the chest during a shocking attack in Longsight just a week before a 13-year-old boy was stabbed in an Asda car park in the same Manchester suburb.The youngster, 16, suffered a knife wound that missed his heart by a centimetre when he was attacked near Longsight library, on Stockport Road, on Sunday, January 24, his family say.His injuries were not life threatening and he is now recovering at home, the Manchester Evening News understands.

ASDA car park. The boy remains in hospital after being brutally knifed several times last night.

Worsley, at around 5.45pm on Monday (January 25). After parking up at Worsley Leisure Centre to answer his phone, a stranger opened the car's passenger door and threatened the driver with a 12 inch knife.

Oscar and Emmy winning make-up artist Matthew Mungle and Emmy-winning hair stylistTerry Balielwill receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 8th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards(IATSE Local 706), which will be presented as a virtual celebration on April 3. Mungle won an Oscar as part of the team onBram Stoker’sDracula, and he earned additional Academy Award nominationsforSchindler’s List,Ghosts of Mississippi and Albert Nobbs.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United have opened their Old Trafford stadium to be used for vaccination training.St John Ambulance will be granted access to four hospitality suites across the stadium to utilise as a training centre for hundreds of volunteers as part of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme.The suites will be adapted and used as a large-scale training facility over the next five weekends.The adaptation of Old Trafford is part of a UK-wide programme which

direct to your inboxStaff at the RAC call centre in Trafford are being tested for coronavirus after an increase in cases at the site, it's been revealed. The motoring services company confirmed to the Manchester Evening News it was working with Trafford Council and Public Heath England in relation to its offices on Thomas Street in Stretford.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United take on Liverpool today in what is arguably the biggest Premier League match of the season so far.The top two sides in the division go head-to-head at Anfield on Sunday (4.30pm).United are three points clear at the top of the Premier League table, having moved above Jurgen Klopp's men in midweek following a 1-0 victory over Burnley.

direct to your inboxThis week, the oldest and most vulnerable residents of Manchester began to turn up to a repurposed sports stadium, the Etihad Tennis Centre, to receive a vaccination.The jab, produced thanks to a global scientific effort, will protect them against a potentially deadly disease sweeping through the population.Its impact promises to be significant - especially in the most deprived areas where people are more likely to live in cramped conditions and have poor health already.The

direct to your inboxA young man from Manchester lured to Merseyside to buy a car was 'ruthlessly' gunned down following an alleged armed robbery, a murder trial has heard.Miguel Reynolds, 21, formerly of Whalley Range and Moss Side, was fatally shot in Netherton, prosecutors allege. He later died in hospital.A witness described it as a 'merciless execution', jurors have been told.