A man was stabbed in the neck during a fight between two groups in cars in the city centre, the M.E.N has revealed shocking new footage of the chaotic moment a fight broke out at McDonald's in Piccadilly Gardens and we speak to residents of a high rise building in Salford who claim they are living in freezing conditions.
In other news, two teenagers have now been arrested by police following the stabbing of a 21-year-old man in Old Trafford and we look at the housing situation in Manchester over fears that almost 10,000 residents could be prevented from finding a home due to the rise in Airbnb listings.
Here are the top stories from our website and the region today.
Man stabbed in neck during 'altercation' between two groups in cars in city centre
A man was stabbed in the neck during a fight between two groups in cars in the city centre this morning.
Police said they were called to John Dalton Street just after 4am today (SUN).
Officers attended and established that an 'altercation' had occurred between a group of males in two vehicles - a white Mercedes and a Silver Golf.
A number of men - reportedly carrying weapons - got out of the white Mercedes and approached the Golf before dragging a man from the passenger seat, police said.
A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, police said (Image: Manchester Evening News)
The Mercedes and the Golf then left the scene.
A short time later a 26-year-old man attended hospital with stab wounds to his neck.
He has since been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, police added.
An investigation is underway and GMP said additional patrols will remain in the area as officers carry out their enquiries.
Two teenagers arrested after man, 21, stabbed in 'horrendous attack' in Trafford
Two teenagers have been arrested after a 21-year-old man was stabbed in Trafford.
Police were called to reports of a stabbing on Upper Chorlton Road at around 10am on Saturday (January 15).
The incident happened at a business premises.
Emergency services attended and found a 21-year-old man with life-threatening injuries.
He is now recovering in hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition, a spokesman for GMP said.
An investigation later led police to an address in the Seymore Grove area of Trafford, where two teenagers were detained on suspicion of attempted murder.
A 16-year-old man and a 17-year-old man remain in custody for questioning.
"I sit in blankets and make the kids wrap up": The freezing high rise flats where hundreds of people live in bitter conditions
You can't take a trip to Salford Shopping Centre or the McDonald's just off the Crescent without noticing Pendleton flats.
The nine blocks look half-built. Windows are protruding. Floor numbers are written in paint on the outside.
They are still, over four years on from the Grenfell, without replacement cladding.
The tower blocks are a forbidding sight over Salford - but the real 'nightmare' lies inside them.
Lynne Broughton has lived in Thorn Court for 40 years. It's only in the last two that she's wanted to leave.
"It's cold, no matter how much you put the heating on it's freezing. I have to put blankets around my legs. I was dreading this Christmas. We have get through another winter," she told the Manchester Evening News.
After living in fear for years following the Grenfell Tower fire, the type of flammable cladding which caused the lethal inferno in London was finally removed from the apartment blocks in Salford in September 2020.
More shocking footage emerges of huge scrap in McDonald's as cops rush to crowd of '100 school kids' in Piccadilly Gardens
New, shocking footage of the chaotic moment a fight broke out at McDonald's in Piccadilly Gardens has emerged.
As people made their way home from work in the city centre on Friday evening (January 14), a large group of teenagers began fighting at the fast food restaurant.
One witnesses described as 'like something out of a Hollywood film'.
Crowds gathered around the brawl - cheering and anxiously wondering what was happening - as security staff tried to intervene.
The footage shows one person being dragged across the floor, while others scream and continued to film the fight.
As officers arrived at the scene shortly after 5pm, witnesses reported hearing a loud 'bang' before people ran out of the restaurant.
A GMP spokesperson confirmed there was no evidence to suggest gunshots had been fired
Officers were attacked with 'missiles' during the shocking incident.
Some police equipment, the force added, was 'damaged beyond repair'.
Priced out of Moss Side by stag dos and ravers - life on the wrong side of the area's huge Airbnb boom
Campaigners are demanding urgent action over Airbnb after new research found listings in Manchester have TRIPLED in just four years.
Before the pandemic the number of properties being rented out via the platform had reached more than 2,800, a report by Greater Manchester Housing Action and Greater Manchester Tenants Union found.
Researchers say that if this trend continues Manchester will lose large chunks of its housing stock and prevent around 9,400 residents from finding a home.
With an estimated 13,000 people currently on the housing waiting list, and Airbnbs listings thought to have dipped during the pandemic, they say now is the time for action.
"The rapid growth in entire-house Airbnb listings is associated with a range of problems that require further research and council action, including displacement of permanent residents, potential rent inflation, anti-social behaviour and pressures on neighbourhood services," the report says.
"We are particularly concerned about the consequences of properties being withdrawn from the long-term rental market at a time when long-term residents, Mancunians old and new, face a shortage of suitable housing."
