Looking through the sea of snapbacks and dreads, it’s clear this is a Skints crowd.

People in Manchester city centre are not even expected to reach the traditional retirement ages of 60 and 65 before moving into a phase where their health is neither very good nor good.

The Gillette Flexball Cup, a nationwide 5-a-side football tournament kicking off on April 19, is offering players the chance to watch the world’s most famous club fixture, El Clasico, as Barcelona and Real Madrid do battle.

Sitting on the judging panel for the Manchester Pale Ale Refreshing Sounds competition, Clint is part of a nationwide search to find the best new, unsigned music acts.

Dulcet tones and hymnal backing vocals produced a calming sense of stillness at the Ritz Manchester last night.

MM catch up with the Benidorm cabaret singer who captured the terrifying Stockport road rage incident in which a stranger was forced to cling to the bonnet of a speeding car, which has gone viral.

The world’s best BMX riders will compete in the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup on the weekend, with British Cycling duo Tre Whyte and Charlotte Green taking to the track they know best in search of success.

As the tension and the media coverage builds in the final leg of the race to become Britain’s next Prime Minister, MM have got in touch with a local politics expert to get his views of how the atmosphere surrounding the General Election has changed in Manchester over the last 32 years.

This week, MM’s very own agony aunt hears from someone who feels so lonely even though her partner is right there.

Manchester United will be without Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones, Daley Blind and Michael Carrick as they seek to cause an upset at league leaders Chelsea on Saturday.

After Borussia Dortmund manager Juergen Klopp announced he would be leaving the German club on Wednesday, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini answered the inevitable questions about his own future.