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Bev Craig to stand as Labour candidate for Greater Manchester mayor

Leader of city council braces for bitter fight with Reform UK in byelection for Andy Burnham’s replacement

The Guardian - UK

Manchester council leader Bev Craig announced as Labour candidate in mayor race

The city’s first female council leader and first LGBT leader is hoping to succeed former mayor Andy Burnham.

Evening Standard

After Burnham’s reign, battle begins for Greater Manchester’s mayoral crown

The influential role vacated by the new Makerfield MP will be fiercely contested by Labour, Reform and the Greens

The Guardian - UK

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Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say

Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor said to have identified seats where MPs would step aside to allow leadership bid

The Guardian - UK

Can Andy Burnham calm the anger in a Manchester seat Labour fears losing?

After Andrew Gwynne’s exit, voters in Gorton and Denton are fractured – and increasingly willing to look elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Robert De Niro's Nobu Manchester Building Will Be City's Tallest Skyscraper--'It's Great Being Here'

Hollywood legend Robert De Niro's praises the British city where his co-owned hospitality business will operate what is to become the city's tallest building.

International Business Times UK

Vigil held at Manchester synagogue one week after terror attack

Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, rang 999 during his deadly rampage, pledging allegiance to the so-called Islamic State terror group.

Evening Standard

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Gallagher children watch Oasis homecoming gig with Pep Guardiola

Liam’s two sons Lennon and Gene and Noel’s three children Anais, Donovan and Sonny, were with Pep Guardiola for the first of Oasis’s homecoming gigs.

Evening Standard

Sir Howard Bernstein, catalyst of Manchester regeneration, dies aged 71

Tributes paid to man credited with spearheading city’s 21st-century renaissance, including rebuild after IRA bomb

The Guardian - UK

English National Opera announces Greater Manchester will be its new home

The company, which had a shortlist of five cities, had been told funding was dependent on leaving London

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham urges Sunak to save HS2 Manchester airport link in King’s Speech

Exclusive: Labour mayor, council bosses and rail chiefs ask PM to bring back legislation for high-speed link

The Independent UK

Aviva Studios opens in Manchester with Danny Boyle dance extravaganza

It is £130m over budget and four years late, but backers say it will be unlike any other arts venue in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Rishi Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Sadiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham: scrapping HS2 would be disaster for north of England

Greater Manchester mayor urges Rishi Sunak to listen to leaders in north before making decision on high-speed rail project

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Manchester Evening News

Bridge over River Irwell connecting Salford and Manchester finally reopens after six year wait

The bridge was closed after the completion of the Ordsall Chord railway bridge in 2017.

The Guardian - UK

‘Poor decision for Manchester’: mixed reaction to Aviva Studios naming deal

Critics say rebranding of arts venue after insurance firm is antithesis of city’s culture, but supporters say funding is vital

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Pandora's box

Brexit seven years on PLUS bakery woes AND £1.7b projects

Manchester Evening News

The £1.7billion plan to change the face of a Manchester city centre neighbourhood

A whole new district of the city is about to be created

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Manchester Evening News

Census missed 'at least THIRTY THREE THOUSAND people in Manchester'

The council fears the 'undercount' could affect funding

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Why do we get hail in summer?

Raining on the parade PLUS The best solution for the North? AND Greater Manchester’s new waterpark

Manchester Evening News

Underground Piccadilly HS2 rail station 'best solution for Manchester and the north'

Manchester is pressing its case to a committee of MPs

Birmingham Post

How the outside of hoped-for underground HS2 station at Manchester Piccadilly could look

Manchester leaders are calling on MPs to amend the current plan for a surface turnback station

Manchester Evening News

The horrific crimes deemed the biggest threat to women and girls in Greater Manchester right now

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is being prioritised alongside terrorism and serious organised crime

Manchester Evening News

Life on the streets where parents have to go without to feed their kids

New 'shocking' stats show four Greater Manchester areas are in the worst-20 places for child poverty in the UK. The M.E.N. takes a look at what steps are being taken to tackle the problem

Manchester Evening News

Mancunian Way: Manchester's got everything except a late-night tram

PLUS 'Arena attack is in our DNA' AND 'Fight for the North'

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