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The funeral industry in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is self-regulating, relying on voluntary codes and inspections by trade associations. Anyone can set up as a funeral director without formal training, registration or mandatory oversight.Bush himself highlighted the lack of regulation during his interviews with Humberside Police.In footage released by the force, an officer asks: “Has it ever happened in your experience that someone from Bereavement Services, for example, has turned up to ask to inspect your fridges to make sure they are in order?”Bush replies: “No, nobody.”The officer asks: “Is [inspection] a thing that happens?””When you join the National…

Former Rangers striker Steven Thompson agreed with McInnes that there is no need to panic.”It’s not the result Rangers wanted, but it is a point away from home at a difficult venue,” he said on BBC Radio Scotland. “Other teams will come here and find it very difficult.”At this point in the season, there’s no knee-jerk [reaction] or anything here.”It’s not what McInnes wants, but it’s the first game of the season. There will be time to judge once he gets the players he wants and once he gets more work done on the training ground.”He will have learned a…

“And to have the resounding victory that we’ve had just fills me the confidence, really, that people in Greater Manchester believe that we have been making a great difference and want to see us building on the legacy of what we’ve created and go even further,” she said.She also reiterated policy commitments – namely free buses for 11 to 18-year-olds, which would “give families up to £500 each”.”You know, these are practical things that I don’t think are driven by ideology, but are driven by the fact that everybody in every tiny village and city in Greater Manchester wants to…

A woman has been left with memory loss and seizures and has to take 18 tablets a day after a tick bite on a Greek holiday left her in a coma for nearly six weeks.Victoria Stellas, from Anglesey, had flu-like symptoms while on the island of Syros in 2019, then – once back home – started having night seizures.She went to hospital but “no-one knew what was wrong” so had an MRI scan and was flown by helicopter to Liverpool’s Walton Centre, external, where she was put in an induced coma for 42 days.From there Victoria was diagnosed with tick-borne…

European football’s 55 member associations, Uefa, voted on Thursday to boycott World Cups if the plans went ahead.Fifa’s chief operating officer Kevin Lamour said the governing body’s own administration had been “deceived” about the project.Carlos Cordeiro – Infantino’s senior adviser on global strategy and governance – resigned over the mater, saying the proposal was “a bad deal for football” and would “mortgage football’s future”.That came after two other major confederations spoke out against the plans.Concacaf, which governs football in North, Central America and the Caribbean – and hosted this summer’s World Cup – said its members “rejected” the proposal, with…

A controlling and abusive husband who stabbed his wife 40 times after she told him she wanted a divorce has been jailed for life.Syed Rafay Ahmad, 45, attacked Anam Rafay, 36, with a kitchen knife in their home in Lulworth Gardens in the Wythenshawe area of Manchester on the morning of 27 January.He then sent a message to his family’s WhatsApp group, as well as to Anam’s father, saying: “I have killed my wife.”Ahmad, who denied murder but dramatically changed his plea at Manchester Crown Court after three days of giving evidence, has been jailed for a minimum of 27…

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Labour’s Bev Craig will succeed Andy Burnham as the new Mayor of Greater Manchester.After no candidate secured outright victory in the first round by winning more than half of the vote, Craig beat Reform UK’s Sian Astley by 309,525 to 157,178 after second-preference votes were added. The by-election for a new mayor was called after Burnham was elected as MP for Makerfield in Greater Manchester in June, paving the way for him to become Prime Minister earlier this month.As well as having led Manchester City Council since 2021, Craig is Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s deputy mayor for economy, business and…

AC Milan make Ethan Nwaneri contact, Inter Milan increase Curtis Jones bid and Cristian Romero explores Spanish move.AC Milan have been in contact with Arsenal over a potential deal for English winger Ethan Nwaneri, 19. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian), externalInter Milan are willing to pay £30m for England midfielder Curtis Jones, but Liverpool value the 25 year-old at £35m. (Mail), externalInter Milan’s move for Tottenham’s Cristian Romero has stalled over his personal terms and the Argentina defender’s representatives are now exploring a move to Spain, with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid all interested in the 28-year-old. (Teamtalk),…

Labour’s Bev Craig has won the election to succeed Andy Burnham as Mayor of Greater Manchester.Ms Craig wins the seat by a margin of 152,147 over Reform UK’s Sian Astley after a count which took nearly 24 hours.The first mayoral election under the supplementary vote (SV) system after reforms earlier this year and the first test of Mr Burnham’s premiership.Turnout for the by-election was the lowest ever – just 25.14 per cent – with 538,659 votes cast from an electorate of 2,142,779.Under SV, voters mark their ballot papers with a first and second choice. If any candidate wins more than…