The funeral of Yousef Makki, who was stabbed to death in Hale Barns in a death that made the National Front Pages took place this month.
On the day of his funeral, Yousef’s family has paid tribute to him. They said: “We can’t express how devastatingly painful the loss of a brother, son, cousin and ultimately a best friend has been. Our hearts will bleed eternally for the loss of our beautiful, clever and talented brother Yousef. The story of the tragic events that led to his death would come out at the trial later this year.
Following the news that previous main contractor Dawnus had gone into administration, John Sisk & Son Ltd were confirmed as the new main contractors for the much maligned Regent’s Road scheme which had seen motorists stuck in horrendous traffic jams. Manchester United announced that current caretaker manager and former striker, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, has been appointed as the club’s full-time manager on a three-year contract.
At the other end of the Football League,Oldham Manager Paul Scholes resigned from the club after just a month in charge of the League Two Club.
Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, used his at the region’s second Climate change summit to respond to calls from young people in the region – and across the globe – to take urgent action on climate change.The city region’s bold ambition is to be carbon-neutral by 2038, 12 years’ ahead of the Government’s own target.
Meanwhile a new study found that the River Tame in Greater Manchester is one of the most polluted by plastics in the country.
With Parliament gridlocked,The Tory party rounding on the Prime Minister and the prospect of crashing out of the European Union without a deal, a proposal by Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell was put forward in an attempt to break the impasse. Common Market 2.0 advocated a Norway-style plan which would see the UK would join the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) and, in that way. regain membership of the EU single market.
Meanwhile Altrincham MP Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the Conservative 1922 committee, reportedly told Theresa May that MPs want her to stand down over her handling of Brexit.
The High Speed 2 rail line will deepen the regional divide and should be shelved in favour of investments across the rail network, especially in the north of England, according to a report published by New Economics Foundation (NEF) .
The report showed that the 40% of projected ‘passenger benefits’ that HS2 Ltd say will flow to London would, even compared with the most extreme scenario of London-centric growth, run significantly ahead of the capital’s share of national gross value added, which in 2017 was 23.1%.
The pilot who overloaded a plane before it crashed with three passengers inside at Barton Airport was jailed for three years. The light aircraft had crashed on farm land near Barton Airport in September 2017.
A junior football coach from Salford who sexually abused a young player in the back of the team’s minibus was jailed for thirteen years.The jury heard that he worked for a now-disbanded local youth football team in Salford he drove a red van with rear seats converted to house benches to transport the players. He sexually abused his victim in the van while taking photos, claiming he would sell the pictures and give the victim the proceeds
The clothing business founded by former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher appointed advisors to consider its future business. Named in honour of the Jam’s track Pretty Green was founded in 2009 and now has stores in numerous locations across the country as well as concessions in House of Fraser outlets
An urgent campaign was launched to save the Chorlton Irish Club from closure. Campaigners believe the club must continue as a vital community venue and that plans to sell off the premises and land are unnecessary.
They was sad local news as it was announced that the Chief Librarian of Manchester’s Cheetham Library Michael Powell has died at the age of 64. In a statement the Library said:”Michael’s love for Chetham’s Library, for the history of Manchester, for the knowledge he wore so lightly and for the people he shared it with was a gift to us all and he will never be forgotten.”
There are currently more than 5,600 potholes littering roads in Greater Manchester causing safety concerns for the growing cycling community and other road users, according to research carried out by personal injury specialists at JMW Solicitors.
A new sculpture that depicts a soldier kneeling on 4,413 bullets, with each representing a man that died alongside him on D-Day was unveiled outside Media City in Salford.
A Permanent archive of Manchester voices was to be created by huge regional language project. The project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, will culminate with a permanent Manchester Central Library installation and archive celebrating the area’s rich tapestry of voices, and a public resource which will be stored in the new Manchester Poetry Library, opening at Manchester Metropolitan in 2020.
