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They have been resilient amid wider high street decline – but units are now emptying in areas such as Southall, west London

General manager resigns after test event problems at 23,500-capacity venue, with shows rescheduled

Do you love reading – but all too often find yourself just scrolling through your phone or watching TV? Here is how to get lost in literature again

The group’s facility near Manchester, where four women died, ‘should be prosecuted’, says Richard Caseby

Businessman, powerboat racer and founder of the Toleman Formula One team

Two friends tell their story for National Stalking Awareness Week, as police bring in new powers to protect victims

Rick Astley sang for staff, VIPs and press in test event at UK’s biggest indoor arena ahead of opening

Dozens of secretly filmed, voyeuristic videos feature women often in short dresses on nights out

More than 250 people join group action claiming security service failed to take steps that could have prevented 2017 bombing

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester The Hallé’s playing was triumphant as Thomas Adès oversaw a challenging programme including a rare Tippett masterpiece and new work from Oliver Leith, while the conductor’s own piece was an immense statement

Police describe killing in Moss Side area of city as ‘senseless loss of life’ as they appeal for information

Home theatre apologises for upset caused by cancelling of Voices of Resilience

At this defining moment for English devolution, my new manifesto has clarity, ambition and three big ideas

Politically committed dramatist and screenwriter admired for his radical stage and television work created over the last 50 years

More than 300 artists and cultural workers write open letter to Home venue over cancellation of Voices of Resilience event

MPF is a progressive punk festival that plays to a younger crowd. It promotes startup/DIY bands led by women, people of colour and LGBTQ+ people by putting them on the same stage as more established acts

People who live and work near most sewage-infested waterway in England despair of any imminent change

Former Manchester United star says his near-30-year silence on subject has been his revenge on the press

My friend Rosemary Walker, who has died aged 71, worked variously as an environmental health officer, a lecturer and a gardener, making her home for more than 40 years in Saddleworth, a community to the east of Manchester.

Two Israeli brothers, who were at Nova Music Festival, say they were detained by Border Force at Manchester airport

My grandfather Don Shearman, who has died aged 92, spent many years in show business as a pianist and worked with a number of top artists, including Norman Wisdom, Russ Conway and Roy Hudd as their personal musical director.

Dan Barker, selected to stand just three months ago, says he’s delighted to join the new home of conservatism

Liberal Democrat Steve Webb says he thinks affected women will have to be offered some ‘form of rough justice’

Exclusive: Woman banned from city centre after arrest for chanting ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’

It was a time when the pill was unavailable and homosexuality was illegal. As Shelagh Delaney’s sparky story of a Salford single mother and her pregnant teenage daughter returns, can it really speak to our era?

Open letter signed by families of victims including Manchester Arena bombing says debate ‘must not play into terrorists’ hands’

Video shot near town hall shows officer deliberately stepping on man’s stomach as he lay on the floor

Star-studded ceremony to take place in November at new Co-op Live arena, set to become the UK’s largest when it opens in April

Stage and screen actor best known for playing the bombastic butcher Fred Elliott in Coronation Street

Star player with QPR admired for his breathtaking speed whose wild exploits made him a tabloid favourite in the 1970s