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Manchester Evening News

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January 16, 2026

THE life and legacy of Sir Howard Bernstein is being commemorated as a new road is named after him.

- By PAUL BRITTON

The former Manchester council chief executive passed away aged 71 in June, 2024.

Sir Howard always a powerful voice in London for Manchester is widely credited with spearheading the city's 21st century renaissance.

His name will forever be synonymous with bringing the Commonwealth Games to Manchester in 2002, the regeneration of Hulme, the expansion of Manchester Airport and the rebuild of the city centre after the 1996 IRA bomb, among countless other projects he drove forward.

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