The Prime Minister is stepping up a gear on ambitious plans to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games back to the UK, with a £7 million cash injection to explore a future bid and a commitment to champion sport across the country.…
Young people at risk of being drawn into serious violent crime will be targeted through a campaign to highlight positive alternatives, featuring real-life stories captured by local talent. Posters and billboards will be displayed…
The site that was once home to Oldham’s sports centre has been given a new lease of life, as the first phase of Tommyfield Park officially opens. The Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Pam Byrne, marked the occasion with a ribbon cutting on…
A Salford man has been jailed for fourteen years for the rape of two women he met on dating apps, one in November 2021 and one in September 2024. Forty six year old Kenny Cox met his first victim through an app They went to a property in…
The second named storm of the year is set to hit the UK with our region with yellow weather warnings for wind in place through til Sunday The worst of the storm will be further north with Amber warnings in place covering northern England…
Two days after the UK Government announced the go ahead for the Jackdaw gas field people and organisations braved the first named storm of the year to express their outrage outside Number 10 North in Manchester. Led by an irritable…
The countdown is on to the opening of Stockport’s new £20 million Marple Hub, with the landmark new community facility set to welcome residents for the first time on Friday 11 December. Bringing a modern library, swimming pool, gym and…
A student from The University of Manchester is preparing to climb Africa’s highest mountain to raise money for young people with cancer, drawing on his own family’s experiences of the disease. Next August, 30 year old Joseph Mooney from…
The Hallé has announced the appointment of Alastair Nuttall as Chair of the Board of Trustees. Alastair moves into this role succeeding previous Chair, Debbie Francis, after serving as Trustee for the past three years. Three new Trustees –…
The Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds MP and Small Business Minister Lord Leong have visited Sister, The University of Manchester and Bruntwood SciTech’s innovation district, to meet some of the businesses collaborating and growing in…
For more than a decade, Mythic raiding in World of Warcraft has meant one thing in terms of roster: exactly 20 players. Every Mythic guild builds its recruitment, attendance and benching around that number. The Mythic version of The…
Walk through the ground floor of Manchester Arndale on a Saturday, and you can’t miss it: counters stacked with retinol serums, staff answering the same questions on repeat. The most popular of them is: which strength should I start with?…
On Saturday 14 November, four Salford artists and a ten-piece ensemble from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra will take over the Swinton Grand Palais to perform Songs of Salford, a new record made in the city, about the city, for its 100th…
Medlock Square, East Manchester’s pioneering hospitality-led entertainment destination, is celebrating Halloween for the first time with a line-up of seasonal food and drink specials, alongside its debut appearance on the city’s much-loved…
Rochdale charity Your Trust is hosting a variety of activities and events to keep kids and their families entertained this October half term. From live theatre shows to holiday clubs, Halloween pool parties to snorkelling lessons, a huge…
The UK Jewish Film Festival (UKJFF) is bringing its landmark 30th edition to Manchester as part of its four-week nationwide tour. Manchester hosts the biggest leg of the tour after London, from Thursday 19 November – Wednesday 2 December,…
Preparations are under way for next year’s celebrations, following a packed programme of lion dances, markets and a city-centre Dragon Parade in 2026. Planning for Manchester’s Lunar New Year celebrations is already in motion, according to…
A 38-year-old man has been jailed for 15 years with an extended three years on licence for offences against four underage girls. David Hulse aged 38 of no fixed abode was sentenced to 15 years at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court and…
The pedestrian, a man aged 78, suffered potentially life-threatening injuries and remains in hospital after a collision with a cyclist on Palatine Road yesterday afternoon The cyclist also sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.…
Acumen Waste Service Limited have started preparatory works to remove the illegally deposited waste at Bolton House Road. Following a robust tender process, Wigan Council announced that it had chosen Acumen as its preferred contractor last…
A 15-year-old girl from who was the first in the UK to undergo Casgevy treatment for her life debilitating sickle cell disease, rings the bell to mark the end of her treatment at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Aisha has had sickle…
The University of Salford will launch a new archive collection from the internationally-celebrated literary scholar and cultural theorist Professor Terry Eagleton next month. Professor Eagleton, who was born in Salford, entrusted the…
Last night the spotlight was turned on the people and groups that make Manchester special as the City celebrated the inaugural Best of Manchester Awards. Across every neighbourhood in the city we see people who go the extra mile, who…
Manchester United are launching the next phase of fan engagement for their proposed new 100,000-seat stadium and are asking the fans what they think “Over the past two years, tens of thousands of Reds have shared their views on the future…
Greater Manchester made history yesterday by staging the world’s first region-wide meditation takeover, uniting thousands of people across all ten boroughs in one extraordinary, shared moment of calm. Greater Manchester Meditation: A…
The John Rylands Library opened in 1900 and occupies a neo-Gothic building on Deansgate. Its collections include rare books and manuscripts, but the architecture alone makes the interior distinctive. The University’s October 2026 visitor…
Manchester’s got some of the best older housing stock in the north of England, and a huge proportion of it went up before 1919. You’ll find Victorian terraces packed tightly through Chorlton, Didsbury and Levenshulme, with Edwardian semis…
A Bolton man will appear in court this morning charged with fifteen various sexual and exploitative offences against children. Mohammed Akram aged 49 of Wyresdale Road, Bolton, who is of Pakistani origin, has been charged with Five counts…
Barclays says it is cutting 5,000 jobs The bank says the figure will involve around 5% of its workforce, to save costs and drive efficiency through investment in AI Its chief financial officer, Anna Cross, told journalists 1,000 of the job…
Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes has hit out at Michael Carrick following the defeat in the Champions League against Como He called out Carrick & the backroom staff: “It’s a decision from the staff to not press man to man and sometimes…