Seven nurses from a Manchester hospital will be swapping scrubs for walking boots as they look to scale the national Three Peaks in 24 hours to raise vital funds for premature babies.

The Naverick 2000 claims to be bulletproof to even military-grade ammunition, to work on the moon (without updating maps) and is formed by lasers

Double Olympic gold-winning Adlington, who also claimed two bronze medals at the London 2012 Games, is keen to return the good deeds volunteers did for her when she was training as an elite athlete.

The charity Invest In ME have raised £350,000 towards a clinical trial of Rituximab, a drug which is also used by people suffering from arthritis.

The Manchester Picnic returns to let the city’s food fanatics enjoy an urban bite to eat.
The summer feast is back serving up a picnic to put the best of teddy bears to shame from 11am-6pm on August 29-31

City will be hoping for a similar emphatic result on Sunday to spur them on for a second successive title and overcome the Community Shield disappointment.

Coming back into the public eye for his first exhibition in 40 years, Michael Butterworth is presenting the ‘Use and Abuse of Books’ exhibit running between August 14 and September 5.

Chris Kamara says predicting the winner of the Premier League this season is incredibly difficult with several sides – including a rejuvenated Man Utd – in the hunt.

‘Remember the children of Gaza’ will be the cry as Manchester city councillors and residents will fly the Palestine flag and read the names of children killed in the Gaza conflict this weekend.

All things green and beautiful will be celebrated this weekend as vegetables great and small take centre stage at VegFest, while raising money for disabled facilities.

After a scintillating World Cup summer, Mancunian interests will be turned towards the world’s most lucrative league as rivals City and United gear up for what will be a massive season, in very different respects.