Life

American rockers Black Stone Cherry consider Manchester to be an ‘electric’ city – and as a result they wouldn’t dare skip it when touring.

“It is an odd thing where you’re doing comedy and getting paid to comment on the collapse of western civilization,” reflects Nish Kumar on his job as a political comedian.

As you’ve stood daydreaming at Victoria station or raced by to catch a departing train, would it be fair to say the small red-brick hairdressers that lies opposite has never registered deeper than your subconscious?

An artist who was influenced to take up painting after suffering from a brain tumour is exhibiting his work in Manchester.

A truly engaging, self-confident and multi-talented lady, Nina Nesbitt is clearly capable of leaving a lasting impression.

Craig Lundberg joined the army at 16, was deployed at 21, and blind by 22.

Construction output in the North West is expanding ten times faster than anywhere else nationally.

Her priorities may have changed since becoming a mum for the first time, but Helen Glover admits her competitive instinct means she has not closed the door on Tokyo 2020 just yet.

The secret to European champion Dina Asher-Smith’s success is all in a name – that of coach John Blackie, a man she calls her ‘second dad’.

An innovative new art project is shining a light on the devastating effects of diabetes as part of Manchester Science Festival.

YouTube sensation Jack Maynard is currently touring the UK – and just finished wowing audiences at Manchester’s Club Academy.