Police are conducting an internal investigation following a street rage where mobile phone footage showed an officer punching a 15-year-old boy. Police arrested five boys, aged between 13 and 15, amid a tense standoff with residents. There were reports of antisocial behavior in Briarfield Road in Burnage last week, with a brick said to have… Read More »
The Department for Work and Pensions has announced a massive 2,500-strong team to check Universal Credit claims, including potentially extracting information from bank accounts to see if fraud is taking place. The DWP said it had saved £1.3bn from fraud and errors with the crackdown over the last 12 months. Bug-fixing and fraud operations over… Read More »
People living in a south Manchester suburb are furious about plans to erect ‘eyesore’ 15-metre broadband masts in their neighbourhood. Local councilors who spoke to the IXW Build researcher confirmed that IX Wireless masts will be installed on various streets around Withington; However, these poles were met with an angry reaction from local people, who… Read More »
A couple fear their dreams of retiring in their £150,000 second home will be shattered by ‘punitive’ new tax rules that could double their tax bill. Fiona Wilson, 66, and her husband David, 68, bought their seaside property in Whitby 14 years ago as a rental opportunity. The property was an addition to their main… Read More »
Ireland’s Eurovision entry called Eurovision organizers “f—” and accused them of not showing support against Israel. Self-described “ouija pop” and non-binary Bambie Thug took sixth place in the singing competition, ensuring Ireland advanced to the grand final for the first time since 2018. Ireland received the highest score with 12 points from the Australian jury… Read More »
As it prepares to take office towards the end of this year, Labor, and particularly its leader Sir Keir Starmer, are seeking to reassure corporate leaders that the planned overhaul of employment law will be significantly watered down. Zero hours contracts may be allowed to continue with at least a few extra rights. Unions will… Read More »
Players and all other payrolls have been paid at Everton this month; To contractors on the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, and also to HMRC, it may be the minimum requirement but it makes sense in another turbulent week. The collapse of 777 Partners’ putative takeover has sparked a new wave of pessimism over the… Read More »
Leanne Battersby is set to hit the pavements next week as Jane Danson’s Coronation Street character is swept by ‘The Institute’. As viewers of the ITV soap know, Leanne has been listening to Rowan Cunliffe since arriving in Weatherfield, even pulling him away from partner Nick Tilsley and even sister Toyah Battersby in his time… Read More »
There’s even more drama next week in Coronation Street as one character is left for dead and another confesses a secret to his shocked partner. Starting with one of these two stories, Gemma Winter-Brown realizes that mother Bernie Winter has been lying about her whereabouts and asks Dev Alahan to do some investigating. Later, Dev… Read More »
A notorious gangland vigilante with a history of violence on Merseyside and Europe helped his boss supply grenades and firearms after his stash house was raided. Fifty-eight-year-old Paul “Woody” Woodford has a notorious past in Merseyside’s criminal gang. However, after extensive reporting restrictions were lifted, the ECHO this week revealed her relationship with Huyton Firm… Read More »