Manchester Evening News
"Choose fair transport investment. Choose our future. Choose the north.”
The region will soon join the Liverpool City Region and Lancashire with the toughest "tier 3" lockdown restrictions in England.
A huge emergency service presence descended on the city centre on Friday evening.
A similar banner was strung up in Salford during the last Conservative conference in Manchester in 2017.
Martyn Hett's mother said she needed to understand "how someone turns into a monster".
He was described as a 'lovely young man from a loving family'.
A 12-month view on some of the local news stories behind national headlines.
"It's a bit freaky."
Part of the public space was cordoned off.