Manchester news

• People are vaping cannabis because they think it makes them less likely to get caught

  08-10-2017 22:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  There’s no smoke and therefore very little smell.
  
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• Troubled Sheridan Smith shows she is overcoming her demons with live Strictly performance

  08-10-2017 21:22 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The multi-talented 36-year-old sang My Man from her hit musical Funny Girl
  
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• Dove apologise for 'missing the mark' after their advert was branded racist

  08-10-2017 20:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The advert shows a smiling black woman pulling her t-shirt off to reveal a white woman underneath.
  
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• Driver dies after BMW leaves the road and ploughs into lampost and trees in Bolton

  08-10-2017 20:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The driver in his twenties was pronounced dead at the scene on the A666 St Peter's Way at around 1am
  
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• Man dies and two others left seriously injured after horror crash outside pub in Denton

  08-10-2017 19:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  One of the passengers, a 26-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene
  
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• Who is really benefiting from the Manchester city centre housing boom?

  08-10-2017 19:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Cranes fill the skies and foreign cash is flooding in. But some are questioning who it is all for
  
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• The chilling stories of the women who were executed at Strangeways

  08-10-2017 19:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Four women were hanged at Strangeways before capital punishment was banned
  
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• Why thieves are now targeting white cars across Greater Manchester

  08-10-2017 18:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Gavin Scragg from Stockport's Notrix says white cars and those made in Germany by Mercedes, Audi, BMW and Volkswagen are targets
  
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• 9 up-and-coming Manchester designers you need to know about

  08-10-2017 18:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  budding designers from the region will be showcasing the best of their work at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair
  
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• Primark has unveiled a huge range of Christmas jumpers - and they're going to be very popular

  08-10-2017 18:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Most of the knitwear is £12, though there are some slightly classier looking numbers for £14
  
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• Hang on to some of your old £1 coins - you might actually need them when they stop being legal tender

  08-10-2017 17:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Some of the UK's biggest supermarkets and rail companies are apparently still unprepared for the new £1 coin
  
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• Lee Rigby House opens to help forces families

  08-10-2017 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The soldier's mother created the centre in Staffordshire as a retreat for forces families coping with bereavement.
  
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• Person hit by a train on line between Manchester and Stockport - updates

  08-10-2017 17:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The incident happened at Levenshulme station at about 3.20pm
  
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• 'Simple stone' tribute to Sgt Joseph Lister VC laid in Salford

  08-10-2017 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Sgt Joseph Lister, who received the Victoria Cross for "incredible" bravery, is honoured in Salford.
  
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• Inspirational Ella who has undergone 40 operations to celebrate her 10th birthday in style – by running 10km

  08-10-2017 16:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Ella Chadwick will don her trainers to raise money for the hospital which has helped her
  
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• Mourners lay flowers and messages in tribute to Caspar Blackburn after body discovered in canal

  08-10-2017 15:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police searching for missing Caspar Blackburn, 22, discovered a body in the Bridgewater Canal on Saturday
  
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• Taxi driver who launched 'ferocious' attack on passengers with iron bar is jailed

  08-10-2017 14:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Nabeel Iqbal and another man attacked the passengers with the weapon and ‘what looked like a wheel brace’ following a falling-out in his car, a court heard
  
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• Marouane Fellaini set to miss Liverpool game with knee injury

  08-10-2017 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Marouane Fellaini is set to miss Manchester United's trip to Liverpool after Belgium said he would be "out for a couple of weeks" with a knee injury.
  
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• Noel Gallagher says brother Liam needs to 'see a psychiatrist'

  08-10-2017 13:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The former Oasis songwriter and guitarist has struck back at his brother’s criticism of his Manchester Arena benefit concert performance
  
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• Why was a World War One hero's name found scrawled on a £10 note?

  08-10-2017 12:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Private John Hodgson from Macclesfield died in 1915 - now more than 100 years later his name has mysteriously appeared on a £10 note
  
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• Police warning after teen posts image of terrifying weapons on Snapchat

  08-10-2017 12:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police were tipped off and seized imitation guns and a baseball bat from 19-year-old's house
  
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• Jason Manford releases debut album - and will meet fans in Manchester today for signing

  08-10-2017 12:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Your chance to see comedy star Jason Manford as he launches his debut album in Manchester with a public event at HMV today
  
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• 'They couldn't survive without one another' - the couple together for 60 years, found dead in their home

  08-10-2017 12:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to Rowland and Mary Hilton, who were childhood sweethearts and grew up together in Dukinfield
  
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• The Sunday Roast PIE is now a thing - and selling out every week at this Urmston pub

  08-10-2017 11:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Owners of an Urmston pub have created a Sunday roast pie - complete with a Yorkshire pudding lid - and these pictures will make you very hungry
  
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• Review: Tori Amos at Palace Theatre Manchester

  08-10-2017 11:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Fans were in for a treat as Tori Amos performed her usual mix of surprise songs at Manchester's Palace Theatre
  
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• Viewing children in care as 'toxic' plays into hands of grooming gangs, says Lemn Sissay

  08-10-2017 10:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  “It is really easy for us to blame the social workers or the authorities, but the abuse in Rochdale and elsewhere could not have happened if society wasn’t still prejudiced against children in care”
  
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• Crash victim Anthony Locke, 72, was 'much-loved'

  08-10-2017 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Great-grandfather Anthony Locke was struck by a car on Friday evening, police say.
  
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• Live: Manchester breaking news - Sunday, October 8

  08-10-2017 09:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News' breaking news service
  
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• Can markets save Greater Manchester's high streets? In Stockport, Levenshulme and Altrincham, it's a game of two halves

  08-10-2017 09:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The resurgence of street markets is helping to breathe new life into town centres - but is it enough to reverse their decline?
  
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• Anthony Crolla beats Ricky Burns on points in Manchester

  08-10-2017 02:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Anthony Crolla edges a fantastic non-title lightweight contest against Ricky Burns at the Manchester Arena.
  
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• Oxford Road comes alive with music for Neighbourhood Festival 2017

  08-10-2017 00:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The multi-venue music festival kicked off with a special collaboration between Blossoms and the RNCM Ensemble
  
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