Manchester 250: Wednesday 17 October

A PATIENT with the infectious lung disease Tuberculosis (TB) has gone missing from hospital. The man who was being treated at North Manchester General Hospital disappeared from the unit on Tuesday night, then turned up on Wednesday at a hospital in London. Officials are now trying to discover how he managed to leave the hospital unit.

COMPULSORY recycling could soon be enforced in Manchester. The council is looking to introduce bin searches and on-the-spot fines of £100 as part of its bid to make Manchester Britain’s greenest city. The move would make Manchester the first council outside Barnet in London to introduce compulsory recycling. Barnet has seen a 28% recycling increase since the scheme was introduced in 2004.

MANCHESTER AIRPORT has the longest queues in the country. A website which monitors delays has reported that 138 people complained after queuing for an average of 35 minutes at the check-in desk. Ukairportdelays.co.uk found that Coventry has the airport with the least delays. Manchester Airport says it is working on reducing the queues but that the website does not represent the views of all the 22 million people travelling through Manchester Airport every year.

RYAN GIGGS has extended his contract with Manchester United until the end of June 2009. The 33-year-old winger has played 727 matches since signing for the club as a 14-year-old school boy. He said: “I am enjoying football more than ever and I hope to carry on playing football for Manchester United for as long as I can.