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'I kept a £1.25m Lowry under my bed'

Bill looks back on life at the heart of the art world as he closes door on his gallery for the final time

A look under the sheeting at town hall project

THE white sheeting around Manchester Town Hall has become a familiar sight in Albert Square.

Sale's bright start fades as Ford forced off and Saracens seize chance

ALEX Lozowski’s 22-point haul helped Saracens beat Sale 45-26 in their first home match of the new Gallagher Premiership season.

Ten Hag insists Ineos has never said Champions League place is minimum requirement this term

UNITED and Tottenham Hotspur had contrasting European nights this week, with FC Twente enthusiastically celebrating a draw at Old Trafford while Spurs coped with an early red card to cruise to victory against Qarabag.

It's 20 years since Old Trafford first witnessed thrilling, raw talent Rooney

AS Wayne Rooney prepared for his United debut inside the unfamiliar home dressing room at Old Trafford, he soon realised he had a problem.

City regions must define area to excel

RE-ELECTED in May by the people of South Yorkshire with 50.9% of the vote, Oliver Coppard can now (as he jokingly pointed out at Labour party conference last week) call himself the most popular mayor in Yorkshire.

Here's to the new pubs on list of best in Britain

CAMRA shines light on top venues

Organ donor gave me new chance at life

Three decades on, Lucy wants to raise awareness of signing up to register

Fury over airport drop-off charges

MANCHESTER Airport is facing calls to make changes to its drop-off payment system, with motorists branding it unfair and a ‘rip-off’.

If I was a single parent I'd be in a dark place

Mum wishes she 'could have helped' as police investigate ‘murder-suicide'

Crisis 40 years in the making

New plan to tackle Greater Manchester's temporary housing issue as city mayor warns 'there is no quick fix'

A bridge to the past

A LOST world lies beneath a station that thousands of passengers use every day - oblivious to its existence.

Big (money)Sister

£1.7bn masterplan to breathe life into city centre district

Rioter told police We're protecting our children'

But judge slams his ‘extraordinary level of ignorance' as he sends him to prison

Kids can make a Beeline into world of work

Burnham 'more excited about online skills programme than yellow buses'

At night it's just wild... all the crackheads come out

On the estate where a child died in a tragedy that rocked Britain and led to a change in the law, residents still feel they aren't safe because of crime and anti-social behaviour

Isplashed out £259 for the good of my health

Dianne Bourne has a private check-up - with results showing why she needs to change her lifestyle to help stay in shape

Midfield maestro remains huge doubt for Gunners clash

CITY will be sweating over the fitness of Kevin De Bruyne going into today’s clash against Arsenal.

GUARDIOLA People want City to disappear off face of the earth

PEP Guardiola couldn’t resist a cheeky comment in the direction of City’s Premier League rivals, joking that they want the Blues not just to be relegated from the top flight, but ‘disappear off the face of the earth’.

Jesus reveals a 'crazy' call that made him quit north for south

THERE was an element of shock when Gabriel Jesus left City in 2022, but in his mind it had been coming for a few months.

Stalled devo deals given green light

PRETTY much everyone agrees with the idea that powers and money should be moved out of Whitehall to local leaders who understand their areas.

Raising a glass to the 80s

FOR generations of Mancunians, pubs have been a corner stone of their social life and community.

Estate not designed to park cars

Petition to change entire layout of neighbourhood to create more spaces

'It feels like parenting a square child in a round world'

Parents of autistic boy tell of their determination to help him thrive

£15m spend to cut bus emissions hasn't done enough

Upgrade of more than 1,000 vehicles made some LESS eco-friendly

'It's almost impossible for people to visit us...'

Restaurant owners say roadworks outside venue are affecting business

Lots of skyscrapers, but no affordable homes in them'

SOMETHING entirely normal happened last week: Five new skyscrapers were given planning permission in Manchester city centre.

You gotta roll with it

Emma Gill gets her skates on for a sneak peek at new £3m roller rink next to the Trafford Centre

Tributes paid to 'one of football's true gentlemen'

Club chairman was heart and soul of community'

Identity of body found in water still a mystery

SIX months on, the mystery of a woman whose body was recovered from the water at a beauty spot sadly still hasn’t been solved.