Updates on Wednesday 18 May
More news, sport, weather and travel updates from 08:00 on Thursday
Live updates for Greater Manchester and east Cheshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across the region.
Scattered showers will ease this evening to leave a dry night.
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Cloud will tend to break leading to clear spells. Mist or fog could form in some areas.
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A three-year-old boy has been hospitalised with a suspected broken leg after being hit by a bus, external in the town centre.
Manchester City defender Martin Demichelis has been fined and warned about his future conduct after breaking Football Association betting rules.
Image source, GettyThe 35-year-old Argentina defender placed 29 bets on football matches between 22 January and 15 February earlier this year.
Rules introduced in the 2014-15 season prevent players and coaches from betting on any football activity.
A firefighter who died tackling a blaze in Manchester city centre was unlawfully killed by two 15-year-old girls who probably started the fire deliberately, a jury has concluded.
Image source, GMFRSStephen Hunt, 38, from Bury, was found collapsed inside Paul's Hair World in Oldham Street in July 2013 while attempting to put out the blaze.
An inquest jury sitting at Manchester's Civil Justice Centre concluded the fire was probably started by the girls who had been smoking outside the building.
Charges were dropped against the two girls and in evidence they both maintained that they had put out their cigarettes. The police and the Crown Prosecution Service will review case.
Manchester Evening News
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Parents have raised concerns their children are "suffering" after a school in Tameside closed its doors until further notice amid fears that the building is unsafe.
Fears Tameside school building is unsafe
The head teacher and governors said they have acted on expert advice over concerns about Russell Scott Primary School in Denton.
Tameside Council released a statement saying: "The children's safety has never been, and never will be, compromised when they return to school".
This afternoon's top stories:
More than 50 vehicles were damaged around Old Trafford during last night's match between Manchester United and Bournemouth.
Police were called shortly after 20:30 when three men on black mopeds were seen causing damage to cars in the areas around the stadium.
Many vehicles had their windows smashed and some property was stolen, police said.
Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News
Plans for a £50m new private school campus on greenbelt land in Cheshire have been delayed.
King's School wants to move to playing fields in Prestbury, building houses on its two current sites in Macclesfield.
All three proposals were deferred by Cheshire East Council's planning committee until a later date.
Manchester Evening News
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A man who subjected a woman to vile racist abuse, external through an online dating site has been questioned by police.
The safety of children following the closure of a school in Tameside will not "compromised", according to a statement released by the council.
Image source, GoogleThe closure of Russell Scott Primary School in Denton came amid "serious safety concerns".
The council said a fire safety inspection found the school is "safe" adding: "The children's safety at the school has never been, and will never be, compromised when they return to school."
The school has been closed until further notice.
Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham will put himself forward to become the mayor of Greater Manchester.
Image source, PAMr Burnham told the Guardian, external the role was "a cabinet-level job, which needs cabinet-level experience".
The Leigh MP said Westminster had "become a bit of an irrelevance for some people" adding that "we really need to change the way politics works".
The first elections for the role, currently filled by interim mayor Tony Lloyd, will be held in 2017.
Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham didn't intend to announce his candidacy for the Greater Manchester mayor role today.
Image source, Getty Images"Burnham was hoping to announce his candidacy in a speech at the Lowry in Salford on Thursday, but his team inadvertently broke their own embargo by changing the Twitter handle he used during last year’s bid to be leader of the party," the Guardian first reported., external
"What was @andy4leader in 2015 suddenly changed to @andy4manchester, the profile reading: 'The official account of Andy Burnham’s campaign to be Labour’s candidate for mayor of Greater Manchester.'
"Anyone who had followed the old official account was suddenly following the new one, though all the old tweets had been deleted."
Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Police rescued a person who fell into the water at Salford Quays, external.
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The owner of Salford Red Devils says the Super League needs to split from the governance of the Rugby Football League, and wants the other 11 chairmen to back the move.
Image source, Getty ImagesMarwan Koukash plans to meet his counterparts within two weeks with a view to them discussing the possibility of governing their own competition.
He also demanded an independent tribunal to review Salford's appeal against their six-point deduction. "I'm talking about a split," said Mr Koukash.
"Super League clubs need full control over their finances, referees, and the compliance unit, everything."
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