For many Christmas is a time to have fun, share a few jokes and act a bit silly. However some people have taken this silliness further than most, even as far as governmental departments, by writing funny festive Freedom of Information requests.

In the week where Nigel Farage blamed open door immigration as the reason to why he missed a meeting with a group of UKIP supporters, his appearance on Question Time with Russell Brand was bound to be heated.

Former Radio DJ Ray Teret has been handed a 25-year jail sentence for his involvement in a string of historic sex offences involving 11 women.

It seems that naming your business after the city’s most famous artist could be the way to go, if The Lowry’s scoop of a top Manchester tourism award is anything to go by.

Jason Manford is courting controversy again after backlash from fans has forced him to remove a Facebook comment using the word ‘retard’ that he used to drum up publicity ahead of his Live at the Apollo… show on BBC1 last night.

Starring Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball in a new film adaptation of her stage play, That Day We Sang, Salford Quays this week hosted the premiere of Victoria Wood’s new 1960s-themed television musical.

Oldham-born Warren Clarke, stalwart of British TV drama since the 1970s, has died aged 67, his agent confirmed this afternoon.

An award-winning playwright is crowdfunding to bring a production loosely based on the Rochdale child grooming scandal to Manchester.

Celebrity chef Simon Rogan has vowed never to do television again after ‘really bad editing’ on BBC’s Restaurant Wars portrayed him as a ‘mentalist and a bully’.

Viewers will have the chance to see Tameside Council in action once again this month, as the second series of their fly-on-the-wall documentary returns to TV screens.

The cheapest season ticket at the Etihad Stadium will set you back just £299, cheaper than at 15 Championship clubs, 10 clubs in League One, four in League Two, and even Halifax Town in the Conference, according to the BBC’s Price of Football report