A body has been found in a burning skip on a main road into Manchester city centre.

Police and fire crews were called to a skip wagon on fire, on the car park adjacent to the Apollo Theatre on the A57 Hyde Road in Ardwick, at about 05:30 BST.

A body was discovered inside, though police said they do not yet know if the body is a man or a woman.

The main road has been closed and a police investigation is under way.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-29201970

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Rachel Thacker was found within yards of this spot in August 1996.

In 2010 Rachel's mother expressed fears Duncan Bermingham ,Rachel's murderer was due to be released.

If todays body turn's out to be a young woman ....Who knows. ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series10/week8_bogus_taxis.shtml

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/fears-murderer-of-burntwood-student-could-249111