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Thunderstorms and heavy showers expected as yellow weather warning issued for Greater Manchester

The adverse weather conditions may lead to flooding and transport disruption, the Met Office warns.

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 26th July 2021

Thunderstorms and heavy showers are set to arrive in Greater Manchester tomorrow, as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for the region.

The soaring temperatures, summer sunshine and dry weather that we’ve been treated to over the past couple of weeks is sadly set to draw to close, as the Manchester rain we all know and love graces us with its presence once again.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy showers and thunderstorms that will hit much of England and Wales.

Storms are expected to hit between 9am on Tuesday 27 July and 6am on Wednesday 28 July.

According to the Met Office, a yellow weather warning in this case means that thunderstorms and heavy rain could lead to “flooding and transport disruption”, with spray and sudden flooding potentially leading to difficult driving conditions and possibly some road closures.

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Where flooding or lightning strikes occur, weather experts also warn there is a chance of delays and some cancellations to train and bus services.

A yellow weather warning in this instance also means there is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded quickly – with damage to some buildings from floodwater or lightning strikes.

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The Met Office has said that 20-30mm of rain is possible in around one or two hours, and a few places could see around 60mm in three to six hours.

It won’t be for long though, as another 14-day heatwave is said to be on its way next month, according to forecasts.

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Manchester Sinners actress Wunmi Mosaku scoops BAFTA alongside other ‘surprise’ northern winners

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant Wunmi Mosaku wins BAFTA

Manchester-raised actress Wunmi Mosaku was one of the well-deserved winners at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards last night.

Born in the Nigerian city of Zaria to Yoruba parents, Oluwunmi Olapeju Mosaku – known professionally as Wunmi Mosaku – moved to England when she was just a year old, and settled in the Manchester community of Hulme, going on to be educated at Trinity Church of England High School and Xaverian Sixth Form College, before heading off to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London to study acting.

The 39-year-old has been a celebrated actor of the screen for nearly 20 years this year, with some of her most notable roles being in TV series like Vera, Luther, and Lovecraft Country, as well as being a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

But it was for her role as Annie Ryan Coogler’s 2025 hit horror film Sinners that has truly become one of her breakout roles – a role she won the Best Supporting Actress award for at last night’s BAFTAs.

Wunmi was already a BAFTA TV Award winner or her role as Gloria Taylor in the 2016 TV film Damilola, Our Loved Boy, but this was her first win on the Film side, and it was a win that has turned the Best Supporting Actress ‘Oscar race’ into one of the more up-in-the-air categories this Awards Season.

Taking to the stage to accept the award, Wunmi thanked her family, her fellow nominees and co-stars, director, and wider team, as well as explaining what the role of Annie meant to her.

“I found a part of myself in Annie,” she said in her speech. “A part of my hopes, my ancestral power, and connection, parts I thought I had lost or tried to dim as an immigrant trying to fit in. Through her, I deepened my belief in my potential, my capacity to love and hope in the darkest moments of grief.”

Wunmi’s win wasn’t considered the only ‘surprise’ win of the night in the major acting categories either – nor was it the only major win for a northern actor – as the Best Actor in a Leading Role award went to Hull-born actor Robert Aramayo for his role in the 2025 biographical drama film, I Swear, based on the true life story of John Davidson – a Scottish man with severe Tourette’s syndrome, and follows his life at a time when his condition was barely identifiable.

Robert’s win was considered so ‘surprising’ by many given the fact he is not nominated for any of the other major televised award ceremonies this year – including the Oscars – with the two main frontrunners of the season being heavy-hitters being Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo Dicaprio.

Aramayo also took home the EE Rising Star Award, which is voted on for by the British public.

Sean Penn was another shock – but again, well-deserved – winner of the night, taking home Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another, with his win being similar to Wunmi’s in that he is the third winner of the Best Supporting Actor category so far this season.

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Elsewhere in the ceremony, some of the other big winners of the night were One Battle After Another, which scooped Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, among others, while Hamnet took Best British Film, and the film’s lead Jessie Buckley won Best Actress in Leading Role – with the latter being, arguably, the only expected and predicted acting win of the night.

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The K’s kick off Manchester’s BRITs Week celebrations early with jam-packed intimate gig

The Manc The Manc The K's War Child charity gig at Gorilla Manchester BRITs 2026 review

If you were ‘Hoping Maybe’ to see The K’s at some point this year, this is your sign do it, as the rising indie band did not let the occasion of playing an intimate BRITs-backed gig get to them – they were buoyed by it.

Beloved city centre venue Gorilla was overflowing for The K’s last night, hosting an unreal small-cap set as part of Brits Week ‘26 for a very important cause: War Child.

It’s one of many performances being carried out on behalf of the charity all over the country, with multiple here in Manchester.

The sold-out venue held the masses with eagerness to scream their favourite lyrics in their broadest North West accents.

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Credit: Lucy Wagstaffe Photography (supplied)

Perfectly teed up by fellow nearby band, Florentenes from Bolton, The K’s took to a familiar stage many years on from their debut, and instantly had the crowd ready and raring for an hour of pure tunes and some very, very sweaty brows.

Earlestown’s finest certainly carried that Northern charm and energy throughout the whole night; their indie and almost nostalgic lyrical storytelling has you moshing one minute, whilst grasping your mate and ascending into live music heaven the next. There really aren’t many feelings like it.

Sobbing and swaying in the vast ocean of shoulders whilst screaming the lyrics to ‘Helen. Oh I’, I questioned how any compliment will ever compare to launching “thousand ships every time” from a kiss.

The K’s were yearning before Wuthering Heights made it vogue (again).

Musically, the band were seamless and a well-oiled machine, and so were the audience as they
wholeheartedly echoed every lyric back at the lads and bounced it off the walls.

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The K’s have come a long way since their first visit to Gorilla (Credit: Lucy Wagstaffe)

Every primary school assembly proudly led us to this moment, and it did not disappoint, displaying their increasingly seasoned and successful career, which I can only imagine is going to go from strength to strength this year.

I don’t think we even one more fan could have squeezed one more passionate fan into Gorilla on the night; it was heaving with people and pride; the sweat dripping down the walls indicated things are big for these local lads, and we couldn’t be prouder.

They are another prime example of shining a deserving light on Northern artists! And having the 2026 BRIT Awards up here with us is a testament to that.

Viva La K’s.

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Featured Images — Lucy Wagstaffe (supplied via War Child UK)

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