The Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist died last month at the age of 63.

His death came two years after that of his wife, Imelda Mounfield, who was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in November 2020. The couple welcomed twin boys in 2012.

He had been due to travel the UK later this year for an in-conversation tour sharing memories of his rock experiences.

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The funeral, which was held at Manchester Cathedral, drew hundreds of fans, including a guard of scooter riders with black bands and a photo of Mani on their bikes.

Arriving at the service, The Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown said Mani was "a brother to me", calling him a "beautiful human being".

Some of the biggest names of British 1990s music were at the ceremony, including Oasis star Liam Gallagher, singer-songwriter Paul Weller, Primal Scream frontman Bobbie Gillespie and Bez, from the Happy Mondays.

Tim Burgess, lead singer of The Charlatans, Elbow frontman Guy Garvey, Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen, Mike Joyce, drummer from The Smiths, Inspiral Carpets keyboardist Clint Boon, and former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook also came to pay tribute.

Former Manchester United players David Beckham and Gary Neville were also among hundreds of mourners arriving for the service.

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and Coronation Street star Sally Lindsay were also in attendance.

Hundreds more fans gathered outside the cathedral and applauded as the cortege arrived, and as I Wanna Be Adored - one of The Stone Roses' biggest hits - blared from the speakers.

The coffin, which was decorated with artwork from the cover of The Stone Roses - the band's self-titled debut album - had travelled around eight miles from Heaton Moor in Stockport to the cathedral.

Gallagher, along with The Stone Roses drummer Alan Wren - also known as Reni - and bandmate John Squire carried the coffin from the ceremony after the service.

Mani was part of the Stone Roses' classic line-up alongside Brown, Squire and Wren.

Pausing briefly as he went into church, Brown said he was there to celebrate "what a beautiful human being that he was".

Asked what his bandmate meant to him, the singer said: "Everything. He's a brother to me."

Forming in 1983, Mani was part of The Stone Roses until they split in 1996, playing on both the eponymous debut album, released in 1989, and their 1995 follow-up, Second Coming.

The "Madchester" band was known for blending indie with acid house, psychedelia and pop.

Mani went on to play with Scottish band Primal Scream for 15 years, leaving in 2011 to rejoin the reuniting Roses.

Fire Control received reports at 4.22am that a canal bank had collapsed with large volumes of water escaping into the surrounding land.

Firefighters had to use barge boards and water gates to mitigate water flow to establish upstream and downstream safety sectors.

Three narrowboats have been affected by the incident, with at least two swallowed by the sinkhole, which is approximately 50m by 50m in size.

There are currently no reports of any casualties, but around a dozen residents have been evacuated from nearby moored boats and are being relocated to a welfare centre at the former Whitchurch Police Station.

An area of land next to the canal has been flooded as a result of the breach.

Emergency services are currently on the scene, and a multi-agency response has been set up, co-ordinated through the Shropshire Tactical Co-ordination Group (TCG).

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said on X: "Shropshire FRS is responding to a landslip affecting the canal in the Whitchurch area.

"For everyone's safety, members of the public are kindly asked to remain away from the affected area, including Whitchurch Marina, while crews and partners manage the incident."

Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, Sajid Akram, allegedly attacked people at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach on 14 December, killing victims aged 10 to 87 and injuring 40 others.

Fifty-year-old Sajid Akram was killed by police at the scene, while Naveed was injured and treated in hospital. He has been charged with 59 offences and was transferred to a prison on Monday.

New South Wales Police have released pictures of Naveed Akram and his father holding guns, as they "conducted firearms training in a countryside location, suspected to be NSW" in late October, according to a fact sheet seen by Sky News.

"The accused and his father are seen throughout the video firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner," police said.

'Homemade bombs'

On the day of the attack, the pair allegedly threw homemade bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the gathering, but these did not detonate.

An analysis indicates that both were "viable" IEDs, according to the police file.

The fact sheet was released after a suppression order was lifted by an NSW court.

Police allege the men had stored the explosives - three pipe bombs, one "tennis ball bomb" and one large IED - in a silver Hyundai car, alongside two single-barrel shotguns, a Beretta rifle and two Islamic State flags.

The Hyundai was parked near the scene of the shooting, with the Islamic State flags allegedly displayed in the front and rear windows.

'Justification' video found

A phone belonging to Naveed Akram was also found in the car, on which officers identified several videos, including the alleged firearms training video.

Another video shows Naveed Akram and his father sitting in front of an image of an Islamic State flag, with four long-arm guns with rounds attached seen in the background, police said.

The men "appear to summarise their justification for the Bondi terrorist attack" in the footage, according to the fact sheet.

Their Hyundai was previously seen on CCTV entering the car park at Bondi Beach before Naveed Akram and his father walked around the area at around 10pm on 12 December - two days before the shooting.

Police said this was reconnaissance and planning for the attack.

On the day of the shooting, CCTV showed the pair carrying bulky items wrapped in blankets to their car in the early hours of the morning.

Police allege these hidden items were the rifles and homemade bombs.

They went back inside the AirBnB rental property, in the suburb of Campsie, before leaving in the afternoon to head to Bondi.

Police said a search of the property discovered a firearm scope, ammunition, a suspected IED, 3D-printed parts for a shotgun speed loader, a rifle, a shotgun, numerous firearms parts, bomb-making equipment and two copies of the Koran.

Naveed Akram's mother said she believed her husband and son were on a fishing trip when they allegedly launched the attack, according to police.

She said Naveed had been calling her every day from a public phone at around 10.30am.

New gun laws

Meanwhile, the NSW government announced new draft gun laws on Monday, which the state's premier, Chris Minns, promised would be the toughest in Australia.

The new restrictions would include making Australian citizenship a condition of qualifying for a firearms licence.

But a law like this would have excluded Sajid Akram, who was an Indian citizen with a permanent resident visa for Australia.

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He also legally owned six rifles and shotguns, which would be limited to a maximum of four guns under the new legal limit for recreational shooters.

This comes as Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that his government would introduce a new offence of adults trying to influence and radicalise children after already introducing legislation to criminalise hate speech and doxing.

Teuta Hoxha, 29, has been on remand, awaiting trial for 13 months. Her sister told Sky News she suffers from continuous headaches, mobility issues, and can no longer stand for prayer.

They fear the worst.

"I know that she's already instructed the doctors on what to do if she collapses and she's instructed them on what to do if she passes away," Teuta's younger sister Rahma said. "She's only 29 - she's not even 30 yet and nobody should be thinking about that," she added.

"She's been on remand for over a year, her trial's not until April next year and bail keeps getting denied."

Rahma, 17, said despite ill health, Teuta calls her from prison every day to help with homework.

"She's like my mother figure," she said. "Our mother passed away when I was really young.

"Teuta took care of me and my siblings and made sure to read us bedtime stories. She's always there for me and even from prison, she's helping me do my homework and revise for exams."

"My sister is a caring and loving person," Rahma added. "It feels like the state has taken a piece of me."

Teuta is among eight Palestine Action prisoners who have been on hunger strike. They are all on remand, awaiting trial for offences relating to alleged break-ins or criminal damage, with some having been in custody for over 12 months. They all deny the charges.

The hunger strikers demand an end to the UK's hosting of weapons factories supplying arms to Israel, the de-proscription of Palestine Action, an end to mistreatment of prisoners in custody, and immediate bail.

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Their families warn young British citizens will die in UK prisons having never been convicted on an offence.

UK law sets out custody time limits to safeguard unconvicted defendants by preventing them from being held in pre-trial custody for an excessive period of time. The regulations governing these limits require the prosecution to progress cases to trial diligently and expeditiously.

The government has said it will not intervene in ongoing legal cases.

Minister of state for prisons, probation and reducing reoffending Lord Timpson said: "These prisoners are charged with serious offences including aggravated burglary and criminal damage.

"Remand decisions are for independent judges, and lawyers can make representations to the court on behalf of their clients.

"Ministers will not meet with them - we have a justice system that is based on the separation of powers, and the independent judiciary is the cornerstone of our system. It would be entirely unconstitutional and inappropriate for ministers to intervene in ongoing legal cases."

On Monday, Teuta is set to mark her 30th birthday behind bars. There will be no birthday cake, Rahma said.

"The only form of resistance she has is her body and that's what she is using against the state."

A spokesperson for HMP Peterborough declined to comment on specific individuals, but said all prisoners are managed in line with government policies and procedures.

They continued: "If any prisoner has specific complaints, we encourage them to raise them directly with the prison, as there are numerous channels available for addressing such concerns."

Ministers have today unveiled the government's Animal Welfare Strategy, which also takes aim at other measures seen as cruel, such as shock collars, as well as cages and crates for farm animals.

But while proposals to improve animals' lives have been welcomed, Labour have been accused of acting like "authoritarian control freaks" for plans to ban trail hunting by 2029.

This is the practice that sees an animal scent laid through the countryside, which then allows riders and dogs to 'hunt' the smell.

Labour banned fox hunting outright in 2004, but Sir Keir Starmer's government has suggested trail hunting is now "being used as a smokescreen for hunting" foxes.

Announcing the reforms, Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds said: "This government is delivering the most ambitious animal welfare strategy in a generation.

"Our strategy will raise welfare standards for animals in the home, on the farm and in the wild."

Under the proposals, puppy farms - large-scale sites where dogs are bred intensively - will be banned.

This is because these farms can see breeding dogs kept in "appalling conditions" and "denied proper care", resulting in "long-term health issues", according to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The strategy has also launched a consultation on banning shock collars, which use electricity to sting pets and prevent them from escaping.

Other proposals include introducing new licences for rescue and rehoming organisations, promoting "responsible" dog ownership and bringing in new restrictions for farms to improve animal welfare.

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These will see bans on "confinement systems" such as colony cages for hens and pig-farrowing crates, while requirements will be brought in to spare farmed fish "avoidable pain".

The use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs will also be addressed, while farmers will be encouraged to choose to rear slower-growing meat chicken breeds.

In order to protect wild animals, snare traps will be banned alongside trail hunting, while restrictions on when hares can be shot will be introduced.

The reforms have been publicly welcomed by multiple animal charities, including the RSPCA, Dogs Trust, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, and World Farming UK, as well as by the supermarket Waitrose.

Thomas Schultz-Jagow, from the RSPCA, called the proposals a "significant step forward" and said they have the potential to improve millions of lives.

He added: "People in the UK love animals, and they want to see governments leading the way to outlaw cruel practices which cause suffering. This strategy leads the way by showing a strong commitment to animal welfare."

Meanwhile, the Greens have also welcomed it but warned the strategy must have "real teeth", "clear timescales" and "properly support farmers through the transition and not allow imports that don't meet UK standards".

Adrian Ramsay said: "Puppy legislation must end breeding for extreme, unhealthy traits in dogs. The strategy could go further for animals, particularly by ending greyhound racing, as the Welsh Government is doing."

But the Conservatives have hit out at the strategy, saying it shows Labour "simply doesn't care about rural Britain".

Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, said: "While it is good to see the government taking forward Conservative policies to tackle puppy smuggling and livestock worrying, Labour is yet again favouring foreign farmers over British farmers by allowing substandard foreign imports to undercut our already-high welfare standards."

She also accused Labour of announcing the strategy on the Monday before Christmas "to avoid scrutiny" as "they know that this will be another hammer blow to farming profitability".

Challenged on whether the government will make meat import standards the same as those for UK farmers, a spokesperson for the PM said: "We will always consider whether overseas products have an unfair advantage, and we are prepared to use the full range of powers of disposal to ensure produce made here in the UK by our farmers is always the most viable option.

"The farming road map due in 2026 will set out our long-term vision."

They pointed to the 57 recommendations put forward by former NFU boss Baroness Minette Batters last week, following the completion of the Farm Profitability Review. The spokesperson said that ministers are "considering them carefully".

But responding to the strategy, Nigel Farage said: "So now Labour wants to ban trail hunting. You might as well ban walking dogs in the countryside as they chase rabbits, hares, deer and foxes. Labour are authoritarian control freaks."

Meanwhile, the Countryside Alliance, an organisation that promotes rural sport, said: "Why does the government want a war with the countryside?

"Trail hunting supports hundreds of jobs and is central to many rural communities. After its attack on family farms, the government should be focusing on addressing issues that actually help rural communities thrive, rather than pursuing divisive policies that hinder them."