Thousands of people may lose their jobs as Manchester’s restaurants face closure due to coronavirus.

As part of a radical reimagination of the welfare system in Britain, Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell announced plans to roll-out Universal Basic Income (UBI) at the last General Election. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis such a scheme could become a necessity for Northern families.

Dan Haygarth delves into Lancashire cricket history to pick a team from the county’s players past and present that would be well suited to The Hundred

Taking message from literature as seriously as a deadly pandemic, MM have compiled a list of resources you can draw on for insights into disease, quarantine, and the current Covid-19 outbreak, which will hopefully help you cope with what is set to be a torrid year.

Do the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s budget proposals do enough to help vulnerable people in the north during the coronavirus crisis? According to local economists, absolutely not — and there’s an urgent need for more radical action.

Nostalgic for the innocence of a pre-coronavirus world, MM have compiled a list of books and podcasts that contain no mention of disease or contagion, and that might provide a welcome moment of distraction from the panic unfolding around us.

Comedians Robin Ince and Josie Long will keep those self-isolating entertained with a new daily festival to be streamed online.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham was joined today by civic, health, and business leaders to speak about what measures will be taken to mitigate the impact of the escalating coronavirus pandemic on the city area’s health and the economy.

On January 26, Zach Sullivan was catapulted into the national spotlight when he became the first ice hockey player in the UK to publicly identify as bisexual.

The Manchester Storm defenceman tells MM about life on and off the ice, his love of Newcastle United and why it was time to tell the world his secret.

According to PSE, in Greater Manchester it is estimated that 600,000 residents are currently experiencing the effects of extreme poverty. In addition, as many as 1.6 million people are at risk of sliding into deeper poverty.

A man who conspired with his brother to carry out the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing that killed 22 people has been jailed.