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Cristiano Ronaldo nips to the post office in Hulme

The Manchester United forward was spotted leaving the Post Office on Stretford Road

The Manc The Manc - 24th September 2021

Cristiano Ronaldo nipped into Hulme to run some errands during a break from training on Thursday afternoon.

The Manchester United forward was spotted leaving the Post Office on Stretford Road and it didn’t take long for dozens of passersby to notice.

A video was shared on twitter by @MUFC_redarmy99, who wrote: “Ronaldo just casually going in the subway opposite the flat I used to live in, madness”.

In the footage, a passer-by can be heard shouting Ronaldo’s name as the striker strolls towards a black car, which was waiting on Stretford Road.

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The Portuguese footballing legend recently moved back to Manchester United after 12 years – he scored 118 goals in six seasons for the Red Devils between 2003 and 2009.

On his return, he said: “Manchester United is a club that has always had a special place in my heart, and I have been overwhelmed by all the messages I have received since the announcement on Friday.”

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Ronaldo will be in action again tomorrow when Manchester United take on Aston Villa in this weekend’s early Premier League kick off.

The forward has already bagged four times in three Premier League games for the Reds this season as they sit third in the table only on goal difference, while sharing 13 points with both Liverpool and Chelsea.

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Incredible misty drone footage shows how Manchester earned its ‘Manctopia’ nickname

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Drone footage captured from way above Manchester shows just how quickly the city has grown – and proves that our hometown is well on its way to earning its ‘Manctopia’ nickname.

Cast your mind back just a few years and you’ll remember that Beetham Tower stuck out like a sore thumb, towering many storeys above the next tallest building.

In fact, until just four years ago, the next-tallest building here was City Tower, which was a good 17 storeys shorter than Beetham Tower.

Then along came Renaker with visions for an entirely new skyscraper neighbourhood – Deansgate Square.

The drone footage captured above Manchester. Credit: Instagram @lef_tsotour

This group of skyscrapers now completely dominate the Manchester skyline, with the tallest building a massive 65 storeys tall.

South Tower is not only the tallest building in Greater Manchester, it’s also the 10th tallest in the entire UK, and the biggest outside of London.

It’s all led to Manchester being coined ‘Manctopia’, the name of a BBC documentary that followed property developers Capital & Centric as they redevelop buildings around the region.

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One local photographer has managed to capture the unbelievable scale of our new, ultra-modern city skyline, with drone footage soaring among the skyscrapers.

Known on Instagram as @lef_tsotour, they shared a video taken on a misty Manchester morning.

It captures both Deansgate Square, with sun glinting off the many windows of the towers, and the now-dwarfed Beetham Tower.

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You can also see the railway lines snaking through the city centre, cars nipping around the ring road, and the comparatively small apartment blocks around Castlefield.

Commenting on the video, one person said: “This is mint.”

Another wrote: “Fricken love this!!!!”

Featured image: @lef_tsotour

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Question Time audience stunned as first-time buyer says mortgage quote DOUBLED

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Thursday night’s Question Time audience could be heard audibly gasping after a fellow crowd member revealed that her mortgage quote had doubled followed the recent mini-budget.

Taping in Manchester on 29 September, the current events and politics programme was discussing property when would-be first-time buyer Rabia revealed that her mortgage offer had jumped from an initial amount of 4.5% interest to a shocking 10.5% in just a matter of days.

As you can see in the incredible clip, both the audience and the panel are taken aback at the revelation.

The Greater Manchester resident said she is desperate to know what the government’s plan for mortgages is as following the latest revision, she says she simply cannot afford to put the money down on her first home.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer weighed in on the social media reaction, quote tweeting the clip from his party’s own account and stating that “the Tories must get back to Parliament and reverse their kamikaze budget” as the current economic mess is being “paid for by working people”.

To make matters worse, Rabia was given no clarification from her lenders, only that they were pulling her offers. Conservative MP and Minister for Local Government, Faith and Communities, Paul Scully had little information to offer her either, simply stating it is a short-term effect and that the market will stabilise.

Scully was subject to an entirely different reaction from the audience as well after his blind attempts to defend Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng were met with laughter. Conversely, Richard Bacon was met with applause after he labelled the mini-budget “absurd”.

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As if the anti-Tory sentiment wasn’t already at a high, the chancellor’s mini-budget – which saw the corporations, bankers and the generally wealthy benefit ahead of the working class – has seen fresh calls for a general election to be held as soon as possible.

Beyond declaring a so-called £2,500 limit on energy bills (which many have warned isn’t a guaranteed cap), there was seemingly very little in the way of policy that

For those still unclear as to what was announced in the divisive mini-budget, here is a quick summary:

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Speaking in a speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool on Tuesday, Starmer said that the government “haven’t just failed to fix the roof, they’ve ripped out the foundations, smashed the windows and now they’ve blown the doors off for good measure.

You can watch the full episode of Question Time back on BBC iPlayer.

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