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Sir Laurence Olivier national blue plaque

Sir Ian McKellen leads UK premiere of mixed-reality theatre show An Ark

A hairdresser applying shampoo and massaging the hair of a customer

Beauty sector helping plug gaps in UK high streets amid boom in salons – report

Andy Burnham speaking at the reception

Black history is British history and should be taught in schools, Burnham says

Andy Burnham speaks to Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak prior to the Vincent Kompany testimonial at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Details of PM Andy Burnham’s meetings with Man City released

Police car behind police tape

Two men charged with suspected terror plot targeting Jewish community

Harry Styles and dancers performing at the Brit Awards 2026

The Brit Awards boosted Manchester economy by £5m, study finds

Worshippers outside a Manchester synagogue

Two men arrested over suspected terror plot targeting Jewish community

Ian Watson

Ian Watson praises Rochdale players after beating Oldham

Rochdale’s Dan Moss

Rochdale move off bottom after derby win over Oldham

CCTV dated 14/09/26 issued by Greater Manchester Police of Lillia at Manchester Piccadilly bus station

New sighting of missing 13-year-old girl as police inquiry continues

Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Taoiseach to be first international leader to visit No 10 North

September 11 terror attack

Terror ‘still knocks at door of democracy’, says PM on 25th anniversary of 9/11

A view of a golden statue and clock tower

Commuter belt house price hot and cold spots revealed by Rightmove

Andy Burnham

PM: Government money alone may not be enough to get rough sleepers off streets

Andy Burnham

Rayner defends Burnham’s record on tackling rough sleeping in Manchester

Andy Burnham visits Wolverhampton bus station with Richard Parker

Midlands needs new rail line to the Manchester, says Burnham
New line needed, but it won’t be high speed says Prime Minister during visit to Wolverhampton
Mark Andrews

Prime Minister Andy Burnham visits Wolverhampton Bus Station.

Burnham backs mayor's £24 million bail-out of bus operator

Police arrest wanted man while he slept on roof

Footage shows moment police arrest wanted man while he slept on roof

Second day of rail disruption caused by power outage

'Major disruption' after electrical failure affects Midlands

Fact check: Number 10 North and football tickets on the NHS?

SNP MP Dave Doogan and First Minister John Swinney stand at a polling station's railings

Written constitution must include method to leave union, says SNP

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram

Written constitution needed as country to be run differently, PM says

Prime Minister Andy Burnham joins newly-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester Bev Craig

Burnham hails mayoral successor as ‘queen of the north’ after Labour win

Labour Party candidate Bev Craig

Labour wins Greater Manchester mayoral by-election after marathon vote count

A woman sitting on a bench

Woman becomes first to receive pioneering new cancer therapy

A man walking into a polling station

Vote counting to begin in Greater Manchester mayoral by-election
The contest was triggered by Andy Burnham’s election to Parliament last month.
Christopher McKeon, Press Association Political Correspondent

A polling station sign

Polls close in Greater Manchester mayoral by-election

Voters at the polling station at St Chrysostom's Church in the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election

Polls open for election to replace Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester mayor

Andy Burnham with vote Labour and vote Bev placards behind him

Andy Burnham urges Greater Manchester voters to back Labour in mayoral election

A ballot box is carried into an election count

Greater Manchester mayor by-election: What you need to know

Andy Burnham visit to Bath

Fact check: Video of Andy Burnham DJing is from 2024

Police officers on patrol

Number of police officers sacked each year hits record high

Andy Burnham standing on a bus

Burnham reintroduces £2 bus fare cap reversing Starmer increase

Andy Burnham is the new UK Prime Minister

Burnham announces £2 bus fare cap from January

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham must deliver emergency budget to ‘reverse damage’, says SNP

Deputy leader of the Scottish Labour party Dame Jackie Baillie

Cooperation matters between UK and Scottish Government ahead of new PM – Baillie

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham in pledge to be ‘unashamedly Labour’ as he becomes party leader

Andy Burnham laughing

Andy Burnham to pledge to be ‘unashamedly Labour’ when he becomes party leader

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham declines to rule out wealth tax and will be ‘upfront’ with Trump

Andy Burnham on LBC

Labour MPs overwhelmingly back Andy Burnham for party leadership

Andy Burnham

Labour MPs overwhelmingly back Andy Burnham for party leadership

Green Party leader Zack Polanski

Green leader Zack Polanski eyes more success at Greater Manchester mayoral poll

Andy Burnham

Burnham on course for coronation as nominations open for Labour leadership

Sir Keir Starmer hosts reception for the NHS

Starmer hails ‘huge privilege’ of representing UK at final foreign summit

Head and shoulders photo of Andy Burnham

Burnham urged to end windfall tax if he enters No 10

Andy Burnham

Burnham faces online question session as he continues preparations for No 10

Andy Burnham, wearing a suit, leaves his home in Cheshire

Why I think Burnham's vision matters to everyone in the West Midlands Dr Steve McCabe

Andy Burnham, wearing a suit, leaves his home in Cheshire

Three in five voters think Burnham not ready for No10, poll finds

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham tells Scots he offers ‘change’ from ‘broken’ Westminster politics

John Swinney

‘Rhetoric alone will not cut it’ says Swinney as Burnham pledges more devolution

Andy Burnham

Burnham plans to ‘rewire’ British state to improve people’s lives across UK

Andy Burnham

SNP claims ‘nothing of substance for Scotland’ from likely PM Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at the People’s History Museum, Manchester

Andy Burnham promises greater devolution to free country ‘stuck in a rut’

Andy Burnham going through gates

Burnham to pledge ‘circuit-breaker’ for Britain in devolution and economy speech

Andy Burnham, flanked by Lucy Powell and Angela Rayner, attends Bev Craig's mayoral campaign launch

Andy Burnham could become prime minister on July 20

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