Frankly, my dear, I don’t want a ham: Manchester told ‘go vegan’ for Valentine’s
Animal rights activists PETA offered six different ways for loved up Mancunians to go Vegan for Valentine’s Day.
LGBT History Month Q&A: ‘I didn’t come out so much as fall out’, says Village landlord
To celebrate LGBT History Month, MM talk to LGBT figures from across Greater Manchester about their experiences of coming out and what progress they think the city still has to make towards equality.
The art of love: Whitworth gallery plans Valentine’s Day launch after £15m revamp
After being closed for over a year for a £15million revamp, the Whitworth Art gallery will hold a weekend’s worth of events to celebrate its reopening on Saturday February 14.
Manchester named world’s 14th most sustainable city ‘thanks to grassroots groups’
Manchester has been named the world’s 14th most sustainable city and community groups are the driving force behind it, according to an environmental campaigner.
Consensual sex forms make ‘deeply worrying’ changes to rape law – Manchester lawyer
‘Consensual sex’ forms for people to sign on drunken nights out to show they agreed to intercourse have ‘deeply worrying’ implications to the way rape cases are investigated, according to a Manchester solicitor.
Knife-wielding man Tasered outside Longsight primary school after attacking parents
A 30-year-old man who verbally and physically assaulting members of the public and police officers outside a primary school in Longsight has been arrested on suspicion of affray.
WATCH: Driver’s lucky escape when run over by OWN van in thief’s petrol station getaway
A man was run over by a thief who stole his van from a petrol station forecourt in Rochdale, which was later found abandoned following the theft of a laptop.
‘Not good’ says Van Gaal: Man Utd flounder into third with poor Burnley win
Goals from Chris Smalling and Robin van Persie were enough to see off Burnley, who had levelled through in-form striker Danny Ings.
Lancashire women’s cricket captain tells rising LGBT stars to bat away homophobia
Lancashire women’s cricket captain and Trafford resident Jasmine Titmuss has become the first ever Ambassador for Pride Sports, an organisation focused on LGBT sports development.
Women are being stalked and do not even know it, warns sister of Bolton murder victim
Stalking and murder victim Katie Boardman’s sister speaks out on the importance of taking stalking more seriously and education for unaware victims in light of new online campaign.
No ifs, no butts: Harphurhey man sees £400 go up in smoke for dropping fag
Christopher Lear, 34, of Carisbrook Street in Harpurhey, received fines of £160, along with £240 in costs and an additional £20 victims of crime surcharge.