Phoenix Nights reveal new Manchester date following Ted Robbins’ collapse
Audience members who witnessed the collapse of Ted Robbins during last Saturday’s Phoenix Nights live show have been invited to a special matinee performance next Sunday.
Wigan road death: Appeal to help trace family of woman ‘in her 90s’ hit by lorry
Authorities were called to Leigh Road around 11.45 am yesterday, following reports that a woman had been hit by a lorry.
LGBT History Month Q&A: Pride’s Karen Richards says ‘better to be trans than Tory in my family’
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.
Can you hear them yet? ‘Noisy’ FC United fans on Manchester-Torquay trip are future of football
More than 1,000 fans will embark on a 500-mile round-trip to attend FC United of Manchester’s FA Trophy quarter-final fixture against Conference Premier side Torquay United this weekend while Premier League devotees struggle to afford rising ticket prices.
Queer Media Festival shows stories can ‘change the world’ for LGBT History Month
Organiser, Jamie Starboisky, 31, says he set up the festival, which takes place on Saturday February 7 at Contact, after being inspired by the power of storytelling.
Man dies after being pulled from Manchester canal at ‘drug dealing hotspot’
A man has lost his life after being pulled from a city centre canal in the early hours of this morning.
‘Back off’ Ofsted! ‘Climate of fear’ forces out finest teachers, says NUT chief
John Morgan, secretary for the Manchester Union of Teachers (NUT), believes that teachers are being forced out of the profession through ‘intolerable pressure’ by Ofsted.
Tories deliberately made it harder for ethnic minorities to vote, says Manchester cllr
Manchester Labour Councillor Kevin Peel accuses the Government of ‘deliberately making it harder for young people, students, transient renter and ethnic minorities to vote’.
Manchester International Festival CEO hunt: Could you fill Poots’ boots in £100K job?
The hunt is on for a new Manchester International Festival CEO after founding artistic director Alex Poots has decided to step down from his 10-year role.
Johnson disappointed by ‘dull’ Oldham defeat as Latics drop down League One table
Barnsley scored with their first attack when Kane Hemmings got on the end of a Milan Lalkovic cross to poke the Tykes into a 12th minute lead which Oldham never pegged back.
One last bad break-up for Corrie’s Julie Carp before she bids farewell to the Street
Corrie star Katy Cavanagh announces she will bid farewell to Weatherfield after 7 years on the street.