Kit Roberts

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Kit Roberts

Linda Williams had been looking forward to seeing Mary Poppins with her mumA woman has been left furious after being told she would be unable to take her mum to see Mary Poppins at the Palace Theatre just hours before the show was due to start. Linda Williams had booked tickets to see the show, one of her favourite stories, with her 88-year-old mum Joan over the Easter weekend.

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Kit Roberts

Two teenagers were hospitalised following the incident on Stockport RoadStockport Road in Longsight was plunged into chaos this Friday afternoon after a double stabbing on the main road left two teenagers in hospital. The teens, aged 17 and 18, were rushed to hospital with "serious injuries" while police cordoned off the area. As forensics officers donned protective gear to examine the blood-spattered scene rush hour traffic began to bear down on the cordon.

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Kit Roberts

Alexia Strickson has urged people to be vigilant around skin cancer after her own close callA PhD student specialising in cancer sciences has warned people to get themselves checked out after having her own close call with the condition she is studying. Alexia Strickson, 25, noticed that a mole on her lower neck was changing shape, but brushed it off as not enough to see her GP.

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Kit Roberts

New figures show that over 1.5 million appointments across England in March happened over four weeks after they were bookedAs many as one in 10 patients in some parts of England have to wait four weeks or more for a GP appointment, data shows. Over 1.5 million appointments happened over four weeks after being booked, equating to around 5 percent of appointments in England overall.

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Adam Everett |Kit Roberts

Drug dealer Christopher Duckworth would receive complaints from users about the quality of drugs he was supplyingA convicted drug dealer sent out an apology to his customers over the low quality of crack cocaine and heroin that he was supplying them with. Christopher Duckworth named the supply line "Ducky". However, the quality of the drugs that he was selling ended up being so poor that "Ducky" had to hand out complimentary drugs to his customers to appease them.