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Canada became the first G7 country to legalise cannabis, former Tory leader William Hague called for the UK to follow suit and medicinal cannabis will soon be available on prescription.

Elizabeth McKenna from last year’s The Apprentice is an Australian-born successful florist, motivational speaker and businesswoman: but who actually is the person behind the controversial TV personality we all talked about?

The event on the first floor of MOSI’s Great Western Warehouse gives more than 350 people at a time the chance to test out 160-plus consoles, spanning the last 40 years of gaming history.

Superman, Batman and Ironman are all common characters that appear in weddings, but now one Manchester bride-to-be is introducing a new craze – cats!

The Gambling Commission has announced a tough advertising crackdown on UK betting firms over concerns of misleading advertisements in connection to promotions and bonuses.

Suzannah Bremner from Stockport, Manchester has shared the stage with the likes of Little Mix and Jennifer Lopez, but her latest focus is giving free street dance classes to foster children in Los Angeles.

From the nostalgia of China Plates and Pearl Earrings by 25-year-old Jade Jones to the riotous Trollope, Manchester’s Fringe has been “a little bit of everything” according to GMF director Lisa Connor.

Award-winning Jenny Lu, the producer of her debut film The Receptionist, is an inspirational figure to many, who shows that with enough dedication it is possible to achieve your goals.

Mobile phones are an intrinsic part of modern society. With the average teenager spending upwards of two hours per day on their smartphones, many schools in Greater Manchester are trying to limit phone usage during the day.

Manchester and southern Japanese prefecture Kagoshima came together today to commemorate the brave students who travelled to the UK – some to Oldham – in the 1860s to help further their country’s development.

The timeworn buildings in this cultured corner of Manchester might not be making way for glossy new-builds, but they are regularly revamped in their own Northern Quarter-style way.