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A major route into Manchester is likely to be closed for most of Tuesday.Greater Manchester Police said the M67 in Tameside was closed due to an an “ongoing incident”The force said the motorway “will be closed in both directions for majority of the day”.It added that motorists should find other routes.

Lord Kinnock has urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to align capital gains tax with income tax rates ahead of Labour’s first Budget on October 28, arguing the move could raise an additional £12billion a year.The former Labour leader, whom Mr Burnham described as one of his key mentors last month, said increasing capital gains tax (CGT) would provide a significant boost to the public finances.Speaking to The i Paper, Lord Kinnock said: “I’m sure that the Government understands the utility and the encouragement which the further £12billion revenues that such a fair change in CGT would bring.”The intervention comes as…

Howard Overman has revealed why he deliberately ignored one of television’s longest-standing crime drama conventions while creating new UKTV thriller Hit Point, insisting audiences simply “don’t give a s**t” about traditional police procedural storylines.Speaking exclusively at a special screening attended by GB News, the Bafta-winning Misfits creator explained he set out to make a British crime series that felt closer to an American thriller than the police dramas typically seen on UK television.Mr Overman admitted he has grown frustrated with the familiar formula used across the genre and decided to strip many of its staple elements from Hit Point.”I have…

More than 1,300 people aged from 17 to 80 will be giving up their time this week – for free – to volunteer during Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (Music Festival of Ireland).Easy to spot, in their yellow bucket hats and yellow T-shirts., they’ll be stationed throughout the city centre to help with things like directions and advice.Among them is Addison McGowan, who travelled 1,490 miles to volunteer.It follows a recruitment drive from Volunteer Now, along with Belfast City Council, and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann – the society of the musicians of Ireland. The eight-day festival, which runs until 9 August, is…

Spain World Cup-winning midfielder Rodri is unlikely to be fit for the first part of the campaign after having back surgery.Kovacic featured for 45 minutes in Saturday’s game and now has a chance to deputise, with Tijjani Reijnders, Nico Gonzalez and new club record signing Elliot Anderson all vying for a starting role in the middle of the park.”I’ve played together with Rodri and without him as well,” said Kovacic. “So with him not being here now I can of course fill that spot, but let’s see when he comes back.”Anderson, meanwhile, is yet to link up with his new…

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Twenty-week-old Grayson easily could have become one of the tens of thousands of British babies left unvaccinated against polio.His mother, Lily, agrees with the principle of immunisation. But overwhelmed by the early weeks of motherhood, and suffering from post-partum depression after a traumatic birth, she was daunted by the prospect of a long journey to a doctor’s surgery. “I’ve been through the trenches, awake all night. You don’t want to leave the house, or go to a different town.”Weeks ticked by, and eventually Grayson missed the polio and diptheria jabs he was supposed to get at eight weeks old. By…

Emma Raducanu will miss the US Open as she continues her recovery from a stress fracture.The British number one suffered the injury to her right lower leg during the grass-court season and made a late decision to pull out of Wimbledon.The 2021 US Open champion will now sit out this year’s event at Flushing Meadows, which begins on 23 August.The decision was made after the 23-year-old’s latest consultations with her medical team. She had only recently stepped back on court wearing a protective boot.Last summer Raducanu won her first matches at the US Open since she became a surprise champion…

We are in the middle of the summer festival season and, for many organisers, a common sight once revellers go home is the waste left behind – including many, many discarded tents.But one woman is saving them from landfills by giving them a second life, turning them into bags, waterproof jackets and streetwear.Designer Jess O’Riley told the she was part of a growing movement trying to tackle the country’s festival waste problem. She collects the leftover tents from fields, washes them and says she turns them into bright, bold pieces that look nothing like the muddy shelters they once were.Speaking…

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