Dad’s Halo Effect: B of the Bang fiasco ‘must not put Manchester off public art’
A giant ‘chess set sculpture for the people of East Manchester’ will not go the way of the disastrous B of the Bang project, the council have promised.
First the Queen, now ‘The Messiah’: Russell Brand visits Harpurhey youth centre to read own book
The comedian, actor and author Russell Brand made a visit to The Factory Youth Zone as part of a nationwide launch for his new children’s book.
That’s fine! One in three disputed parking penalties overturned in Manchester
Motorists have reclaimed £1.38million from Manchester City Council over the last four years, as over a third of all contested Manchester city centre parking tickets were overturned.
Gone in six seconds: Watch Manchester Employment Exchange’s demolition
A Manchester photographer has captured one of the city’s architectural giants being brought down to size – in GIF form.
VIDEO: Bizarre man caught wafting giant knife about in Manchester city centre
This is the moment a knife-wielding man wandered through the centre of Manchester brandishing the threatening weapon.
In pics: Manchester’s iconic cenotaph receives finishing touches after St Peter’s Square move
Manchester’s iconic cenotaph is receiving its finishing touches after relocating to another part of St Peter’s Square.
Canal Street brawl: Open letter calls for ‘zero-tolerance’ on homophobia as police probe possible hate crime
Police were called to the Village at 11.10pm on August 17 after CCTV operators captured a number of men fighting on Canal Street.
Basket-ing in the sunshine: Manchester Picnic returns to Piccadilly Gardens for fifth course
The Manchester Picnic returns to let the city’s food fanatics enjoy an urban bite to eat.
The summer feast is back serving up a picnic to put the best of teddy bears to shame from 11am-6pm on August 29-31
Manchester’s Dig the City Festival: Green-fingered urban gardeners grow for gold in medal honours
Manchester’s Dig the City festival has covered public spaces in urban gardens, judged by celebrity gardener Rachel de Thame and Sean Harkin of the National Trust.
Blackley biker ‘could lose leg’ after hit and run leaves him critically injured in middle of road
A hit and run incident in Blackeley yesterday morning has left a biker in a critical condition and ‘fighting to save his leg’.
VIDEO: Horrific moment Manchester reveller smashed over head with CONCRETE SLAB in Gay Village attack
A reveller who was smashed over the head with a piece of concrete in an unprovoked assault in Manchester city centre has been urged to come forward by police.