Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal believes his side are underdogs ahead of the Manchester derby at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Sir Charles Halle has been honoured with an archive exhibition in Central Library.

Members of the famed Class of ’92 will step onto the Old Trafford turf once more to play in the sold out Unicef Match for Children.

Levenshulme will host Manchester’s first Language Day on Saturday to celebrate the community’s rich linguistic and cultural diversity.

Manuel Pellegrini has hailed the Manchester derby as a special game ahead of this weekend’s trip to Old Trafford.

Creator of Coronation Street, Tony Warren MBE, is to receive a national achievement award at Salford International Media Festival in November this year.

Thousands of people gathered outside Manchester Town Hall to show their support for President Xi Jinping as he joined David Cameron, George Osborne, and other key figures from across Manchester for lunch today.

Operation Christmas Child is urging people to fill shoeboxes with goodies for children in war-torn Syria, to help bring them a little Christmas cheer amidst their current plight.

Chronic pain sufferers could be set for some relief as Manchester-based research has discovered the body’s natural painkillers could be enhanced.

The garden will be the fifth of its kind in the country, with the four others occupying spaces in Surrey, Devon, Essex and Yorkshire and currently recording record growth with a combined audience of 1.76 million visitors a year.

The warning comes as colleagues across Manchester last night faced a race against time to register for a crucial ballot on strike action.