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Manchester’s new council leader has said delivering more homes is an “absolute priority” as he set out his ambitions for the city.Garry Bridges told Radio Manchester’s Joe McGrath Breakfast Show that high-rise developments had a place in Manchester’s housing mix, but were not affordable to everyone.The council aims to help deliver 36,000 homes by 2032, including at least 10,000 social, council or genuinely affordable homes. The council said almost a quarter of the affordable homes target had already been met.Bridges also described rough sleeping as a “complete failure of the state and of society”, with the council expecting about £2m…

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And there were points during the 2010s when the number of claims were higher per A&E attendance than they were now before falling.But the sustained increase over the past five years is causing concern, say experts. The pattern is not being repeated in other areas, such as maternity or orthopaedics, and the low point in 2020-21 is thought to be unrelated to any behaviour changes by patients during the Covid pandemic as it takes three years on average for a claim to be submitted.The Royal College of Emergency Medicine told the it was worried about the rise, linking it to…

Van de Zandschulp’s reward for reaching the second US Open quarter-final of his career is a meeting with German top seed Alexander Zverev.Zverev, 29, had a rare finish before midnight in New York when he beat Italian 21st seed Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-3) to reach the last eight.Zverev’s previous three matches finished at 1:55am, 2:15am and 1:09am.”I don’t know what to do with myself because it’s before midnight – I might go back to the practice courts or go to a bar,” Zverev joked.On whether he wants to play Van de Zandschulp in Wednesday’s night session, the French…

Several of Tuesday’s papers reflect on the anti-migrant demonstrations in Portsmouth. Metro’s headline is “port in a storm”, explaining that police were injured, external and vehicles damaged as hundreds of protesters blocked efforts to bring ashore 120 migrants. The Sun says the “anger of decent, law-abiding folk, external” is rising. “Now they try to stop the lifeboats, external” is the Daily Mirror’s take on events, adding that the “mob” targeted “RNLI heroes”. The Daily Express urges the government “not to ignore public anger, external over illegal migrants”, although its editorial stresses the paper agrees with the police that “violence has…

England have better access and control over players who are at Prem clubs. The clubs, in turn, benefit from central payments from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and more chance of retaining their biggest stars, who face international exile with a move overseas.Other nations, such as New Zealand, France and Ireland, have a policy of picking home-based players, but some of England’s other rivals, such as South Africa, Australia and Scotland, lean heavily on players based abroad.Borthwick has opted not to include either Lawes or Joe Marchant, his new Sale team-mate who has spent the past three seasons at Stade…

In the last few days of August and start of September, more rain fell than any other week since early February, according to the Environment Agency.Despite the change to more unsettled and wetter conditions, all of Wales and most of England remains in drought.And water companies are reminding customers that temporary hosepipe bans are still in force despite the rainfall and decreased demand with the cooler weather.More rain is in the forecast this week and while that will be welcome, sustained rainfall is needed to reverse drought conditions. While we had a brief return of summer heat over the weekend…

Red Bull will be without Isack Hadjar for a third consecutive race, with the Frenchman set to miss this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix as he continues to recover from a wrist injury sustained during the summer.Hadjar, 21, missed last month’s Dutch Grand Prix, as well as the Italian Grand Prix at the weekend and will once again be replaced by New Zealander Liam Lawson in Madrid.Lawson, who normally races for Red Bull’s second team, Racing Bulls, will compete alongside Max Verstappen.Lawson’s spot at Racing Bulls will once again be filled by reserve driver Yuki Tsunoda.On Monday, Red Bull said Hadjar…

The UK government is to set out new restrictions on buying goods made in Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the understands.Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to outline the measures in the Commons on Tuesday, which could include restrictions on trade in agricultural products from settlements.Last week, Miliband said he would unveil a “comprehensive reset” of the British government’s policy on Israel.The Israeli government has previously warned it would retaliate if any new measures were introduced.Settlements are illegal under international law, and recent months have seen a rise in violence towards Palestinians in the West Bank by settlers.One…

With English pair Lottie Woad and Charley Hull in their ranks Europe go into the contest boasting more players inside the top 10 in the world than their opponents. Woad and Hull were among the eight automatic qualifiers for Europe’s team.They are joined by France’s Celine Boutier, Carlota Ciganda of Spain, Germany’s Esther Henseleit and Swedish duo Maja Stark and Linn Grant and Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen. Ireland’s Leona Maguire, Spain’s Julia Lopez Ramirez, France’s Nastasia Nadaud and England’s Mimi Rhodes compete the line-up for Europe.In Nelly Korda, the United States can field the current world number one, who has…