International Women’s Day: Celebrate Manchester’s first festival with a cycle and Danish pastries
A Danish-style breakfast bike ride to Whitworth Art Gallery is taking place on International Women’s Day, celebrating safer cycling in Manchester.
Paralympic legend Dame Sarah Storey in race against time to secure cycling team funding
Cycling legend Dame Sarah Storey is on the final day of her Join The Team crowdfunding campaign.
Review: Stornoway @ Manchester Academy
Goodbyes are always hard, but as indie-folk quartet Stornoway left the stage on Saturday night, it really felt like the end of an era.
‘Putting on a show’ is Wigan rugby star Brand’s motto for England U20s in Six Nations
Playing for your adopted nation against the country of your birth can bring conflicting emotions, but not for rugby ace Rory Brand.
‘Much to celebrate, much to learn’: Tameside museum exhibition charts birthplace of THREE World Cup winners
A new exhibition – Goal! – at Portland Basin Museum, Ashton, is showcasing the importance of football in Tameside from when it was first played to the present day.
‘Five is better than three’: Bury boxer Ali a big fan of British Lionhearts World Series test
He has tasted the Olympic atmosphere but Bury boxer Muhammad Ali insists nothing beats the feeling he gets from representing the British Lionhearts.
‘Man-Fran a real trend’: Direct flight link to California a ‘Golden Gate’ opportunity to boost North West industry
Businesses across the North West are set to boom as Virgin Atlantic launch direct flights between Manchester and San Francisco.
Train users misled over ‘cancelled’ rail strike posters displayed at stations across Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester train users were led to believe that the upcoming rail strike had been cancelled – only to have their hopes dashed.
‘We must learn from history’: Gurinder Chadha discusses film, family and ancestry during Q&A @ HOME
Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House is an ambitious project to say the least.
Salford Council splash extra £545,000 on cleaning city’s parks and streets
Salford City Council will be spending an additional £545,000 on cleaning the city’s streets and parks after being urged to act from public feedback.
New figures show almost half of UK likes a flutter… with a third of all bets online
The research looks at overall gambling participation and perceptions in 2016, as well as how people gamble online, the devices they use and the influence of social media.