A 12-year-old girl drowned in the River Irwell in Bury during a hot spell in the month.The girl was later identified as Shukri Abdi.
Greater Manchester Police said it was treating what happened as a “tragic incident” and did not believe there were any suspicious circumstances.Shukri’s family said she could not swim and playing by the river was “out of character”.
There’s a semi-secret political group in Manchester whose meetings can not be made public for fear of reprisal. You are unlikely to find a poster in support of them in any window across the city and they struggle to find candidates who campaign or distribute any leaflets. They have pitiful means to fund their activities in a city of over 550,000 people.”
They were the words of Didsbury Tory Chairman Damian Flanagan writing on the Conservative Home website who while National Attention is focused on the leadership election writes of the dire state of Conservatism across Manchester.
Andy Burnham launched Our Network, his ten-year plan to create an integrated, modern and accessible public transport system.The plan envisaged an integrated, simple and convenient London-style transport system; allowing people to change easily between different modes of transport; with simple affordable ticketing and an aspiration to have a London-style cap across all modes; with orbital routes that allow people to travel around the city region, as well as in and out of the city centre.
Former sixth form teacher, now Lib Dem Deputy Leader in Manchester, Richard Kilpatrick has warned that the rise in school exclusions is perpetuating the city’s knife crime crisis.It came following figures released by the Ministry of Justice figures show a 44% increase in knife offences resulting in a charged and cautioned in Greater Manchester from 766 in 2013 to 1,099 in 2019.
United Utilities Fat Cats profit while water is wasted and bills rocket was our headline.A GMB investigation shows United Utilities water boss trousered more than £2 million in 2018 alone.The boss of United Utilities pocketed almost £14 million in salary, bonuses, pensions and other benefits over the past six years.
Three patients, two at Manchester Royal Infirmary, died after eating pre-packaged sandwiches contaminated with listeria.Sandwiches and salads linked to the cases have been withdrawn and the supplier, The Good Food Chain, has voluntarily ceased production while the investigation continued. This business had been supplied with meat produced by North Country Cooked Meats, based in Salford,which subsequently produced a positive test result for the outbreak strain of listeria.
Patients with cancers of the mouth and throat wet set to benefit from an announcement today that £4.5m has been donated to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust by businessman and philanthropist Ian Taylor.The funding would support the UK’s first ever clinical trial for patients using high-energy proton beam therapy, which will open later in the year.
