Andy Burnham has become the UK's new prime minister, completing a remarkable journey from leading Greater Manchester to leading the country. As he took office at Downing Street, people in the city where he served as mayor shared their hopes for Britain's new leader.
Labour mayor Andy Burnham cleared a path to ousting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after winning a parliamentary seat in northern England on Friday in what could be most consequential local election in more than six decades.
Britain’s Labour Party has blocked Manchester mayor Andy Burnham from standing to return to parliament, a move that has fuelled accusations from party figures that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is seeking to sideline a potential leadership rival.
The brother of the man who carried out the 2017 Manchester Arena suicide bombing has denied trying to kill three prison officers in jail where he is serving a life sentence.
British police said on Friday they may have accidentally shot two victims, including one who died, in their attempts to bring under control an attack on a Manchester synagogue during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has reassured the Jewish community in Britain of security after he chaired a COBRA crisis meeting following a synagogue attack on Thursday that left two people dead.
A 44-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, say police.
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