CITY centre Metrolink services were hit after a tram derailed. The tram, linking Manchester Victoria with the Manchester Central conference venue, derailed near Mosley Street.

Services between the two destinations were stopped but all other lines remained open, a Metrolink spokesman said. No one was injured.

The spokesman described the incident at 1.50pm on Boxing Day as a 'minor derailment' and said an investigation was underway to determine the cause.

He added: "A small area around Market Street was affected after the front of a carriage went off the rails".