Elections 2018: Duo make history in Trafford by becoming first ever Green Councillors in borough
The pair of Geraldine Coggins and Dan Jerrome re-wrote the party record books by securing the Greens’ first ever seats in Trafford.
Elections 2018: Trafford Tory councillor calls it the ‘dirtiest, probably hardest campaign ever’ after shock loss
After an increase in voter turn-out from two years ago at 42.9% and the growth in support for Labour and the Greens, Trafford became red for the first time since 2004 with one more councillor than the Tories who have 29 while the Lib Dems and the Green each now have two apiece.
Elections 2018: Will the North West provide some cheer for Corbyn and despair for May?
Fraser Smith takes a look at what might happen at the polls tomorrow as Greater Manchester gets ready to vote.
Lib Dems’ local election hopes: MM chats to John Leech about May’s battle at the ballot box
After weeks of canvassing, local councillors will find out their destiny as the general public go to the ballot box early next month.
MM Sports Extra: Issue one of our new sporty e-zine
MM Sports Extra is packed with features and interviews.
Peter Speight interview: How the North made a Winter Olympian born to ‘shred’
For many, 4am on February 20 this year will not mean very much. For Peter Speight however it was the moment he achieved his life-time ambition: to become an Olympian.
‘The writing was on the wall’: Mugabe exit no surprise says University of Manchester academic
The announcement, in November, may have come as a shock to many outside of the African continent, but not to Dr Admos Chimohwu.
Manchester Arena attack ‘could have been stopped’ says new report by top QC
The review, undertaken by David Anderson QC, said that the bomber Salman Abedi was a “subject of interest” and that the terrorist attack, which killed 22 people, could have been avoided.
Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley swaps cobbles for Selfridges for some festive fun
Catherine – who plays Coronation Street barmaid Eva Price – was invited along to the pop-up The Exchange Arms to pull the first pint.
Boxing’s 20th century greats unlikely to be replicated, says James Lawton – author of A Ringside Affair: Boxing’s Last Golden Age
“I had never known before, and might never again, such a heightened sense of being present at a moment so filled with impending drama,” writes James Lawton in his new book A Ringside Affair: Boxing’s Last Golden Age.
‘More like Rocky than the real Rocky’: MM chat to director of George Foreman film
George Foreman has astounded many due to his perseverance in the face of overwhelming odds.