Manchester has been labelled as a hub of charity-based activity by the organiser of the Life Style Sports Run in the Dark.

From Peep Show’s Mark and Jeremy to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Del Boy and Rodney, or the questionable Chuckle Brothers – there’s no shortage of male comedy power couples.

Manchester’s Gay Village is hosting a comedy night on November 13 in aid of local Castlefield charity After Adoption to provide support for LGBT adoptees.

Books exploring magic, bereavement and landscape are among the fiction and nonfiction shortlisted for a £10,000 writing prize dubbed the ‘Booker of the North’.

Operation Christmas Child is urging people to fill shoeboxes with goodies for children in war-torn Syria, to help bring them a little Christmas cheer amidst their current plight.

Prince Harry presented a prestigious award to a member of staff from Manchester Children’s Hospital, after she was nominated by a child patient.

The Printworks will be selling hundreds of jars of Manchester’s finest ‘live from the hive’ honey as they celebrate their second annual harvest to raise money for two Manchester charities.

Manchester City Council are doing all they can to help the homeless on a shoestring budget liminted by the ‘horrendous’ Tories, according to the co-founder of the Manchester soup kitchen Coffee4Craig.

From cashmere jumper mittens to vodka bottle lamps and scrabble clocks, upcycling has gone mainstream in Manchester.

The house that held the meetings of the famous suffragettes will be open to the public this weekend in celebration of the film based upon the movement.

Barking Tales, a unique comedy night with the focus very much on mental health, is the brainchild of Harriet Dyer.