All is calm, all is bright: Christmas shoppers set sail for Trafford Centre via ‘stress-free’ canal cruises
Round trips are available each week
Death of care leaver inspires poet Lemn Sissay to launch The Christmas Dinner… and he needs YOUR help
Lemn discovered The Topѐ Project in London
Flailing on ice: MM don skates and (try to) bust a move with Dancing on Ice star Maria Filippov
MM caught up with the Dancing on Ice star at Selfridges Trafford Centre ice rink
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas! Manchester235 to host lavish New Year celebrations
What are you doing to welcome 2014?
It’s a small world! Christmas Markets crêpe seller bumps into Manchester customer… back home in France
Holy crêpe! French Christmas marketer meets Manchester customer abroad
Holidays are coming! Iconic festive Coca-Cola Christmas truck set to roar into Manchester’s Trafford Centre
Iconic TV advert tour will celebrate Manchester as a ‘kindness hotspot’
Budding songstress to perform in front of millions as BBC broadcast Christmas illuminations live from Bolton
Amir Khan will switch on the lights
Gothic meets fibre-optic: ‘Galaxy first’ festive lighting to be unveiled at Manchester Christmas illuminations
Piccadilly Garden’s fountain will be lit
‘The Christmas capital of the UK’: Stars to gather in Albert Square for Manchester light switch-on
James Arthur will be performing
Drug use, violence and living in poverty: All that 1,000 North West children want for Christmas is a safe home
Shelter is launching an emergency appeal
Bolton to welcome The One Show presenters on UK Rickshaw Challenge for Christmas lights switch-on
The event is taking place on Monday November 11