Grammy-nominated band North Mississippi Allstars preparing to bring ‘smooth’ tour to Manchester
American blues and country rock band North Mississippi Allstars are bringing their ‘Prayer For Peace’ tour to Manchester.
INTERVIEW: Meet the Swinton woman who answered fire and rescue calls for 25 years being honoured by the Queen
A Swinton woman who has lived and breathed the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service for more than 40 years is to receive a Queen’s Birthday Honour Award.
Manchester ‘warrior’ woman joins Glastonbury fight for global access to safe water
Glastonbury is one of the greatest festivals in the world, showcasing some of the best talents in music and contemporary performing arts.
Jamchester: Let the UK’s biggest battle of the gamers begin in Northern Quarter
Over the coming weekend the Studio in Manchester will play host to the UK’s biggest game jam.
Virgin bids to continue running West Coast Mainline trains through Manchester
The Department for Transport has this morning announced the names of the three bidding consortia which will vye for the contract to run services on the WCML, which runs from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh with many services through Manchester.
Think before you picnic… A guide to food safety in summer
The heatwave sweeping the nation is great for picnics or al fresco dining but bad for food hygiene.
Eager beavers swarm to Fallowfield as SSE Wildcats & FA team up to grow game
More than 100 young girls from across Manchester enjoyed the latest instalment of a new programme run in conjunction with The FA.
With 2016 ‘dead and buried’, Bury swimmer James Guy targets Hungary worlds gold
Defending his 200m freestyle title is top of the agenda for swimmer James Guy as he prepares for next month’s World Championships in Hungary.
‘We shall overcome’: Re-live the most poignant chalk messages left on the memorial at St Ann’s Square
It’s been almost one month since a terror attack claimed the lives of 22 people at Manchester Arena.
Greater Manchester sees sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents after Brexit vote to leave EU
Since the Brexit vote there have been 152 incidents of anti-Semitic hate crime across Greater Manchester, while close to 60% of all anti-Semitic hate crime committed in 2016 took place after June 23.
Revealed: 100 people a day caught fare dodging on Manchester’s Metrolink
Last year more than 30,000 people were caught without a tram ticket across the Metrolink network. That amounts to almost a hundred people a day.