Unite reveals plans for student tower

Two men have died after a crane collapsed at a Seddon building site in Dunwoody Way, Crewe.

The Department for Transport has this morning announced the shortlist for the new West Coast rail franchise. Virgin Trains and First Group are again competing, joined by MTR.

The proposed replacement for the Mabel Tylecote Building within Manchester Metroplitan University’s Oxford Road estate is set to be considered at the next meeting of Manchester City Council’s planning committee, which takes place on 29 June.

The University of Salford and Salford City Council have appointed 5plus Architects as masterplanner to create a development framework for the university’s estate and a future vision for the wider area.

Maggie’s Oldham, designed by dRMM Architects, has been officially opened.

Despite funding pressures and uncertainty, universities are leading the way with ambitious building programmes across the region. Hear from Salford City Council, Salford University, UCLan and more at Place North West’s update on the higher education sector.

The developer has released visuals of the proposed second phase of its £70m Altair scheme in Altrincham town centre.

A residential-led development within the Brooks Lane industrial area in Middlewich has been recommended for refusal ahead of Cheshire East Council’s strategic planning board meeting on Wednesday 28 June.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has established a taskforce to go over all high-rise blocks in the city region “building by building”, as he sought to provide reassurance to tenants as to their safety following the Grenfell Tower fire.