Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and TV stars to descend on Rochdale’s inaugural Literature and Ideas Festival
Three-day extravaganza set to celebrate dance, music, theatre, drama, film, science and visual arts
Silk Road crackdown: Manchester men arrested over alleged links to black market ‘drug and gun’ website
Silk Road is notorious for sale of drugs and guns
Lesson in laughs: Salford director turns teacher and pupil relationships into sitcom Staff Room
Salford’s own Ryan McDermott directs and stars in Staff Room
The Mancunian Way: BBC Philharmonic showcase Manchester’s musical heritage in 2013/4 season
BBC Philharmonic celebrate Manchester’s illustrious musical pedigree
Manchester’s ‘worst neighbour’ or the ‘Robin Hood of Eccles’? The inside story behind John King Aldred
John featured on BBC’s Neighbourhood Watched show
Was the BBC’s multi-million pound move to the ‘dark satanic mills’ of Salford’s MediaCityUK worth it?
Just 10% of the BBC workforce live in Salford
‘Living history’ of Manchester’s Victoria Baths celebrated with month of commemorative events
Ten years since the baths won the first series of the BBC Restoration show
The Vega Diaries: The secret is out at Manchester235… TV chef James Martin welcomed to the fold
Manchester235’s Food and Beverage Manager on new appointment
Ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall’s sentence reviewed after complaints of ‘lenient’ sex offence jail term
The broadcaster was given a 15-month sentence
Football club will be next for Salford City Reds owner Marwan Koukash as he looks to splash cash on new asset
Rumoured club are Oldham Athletic
Jailed: Former North West BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall sentenced to 15 months over child sex offences
Star was sentenced at Preston Crown Court