“Those early struggles have helped me to remember what is important and that is to stand up for what you believe in and when you are confident in yourself you can go on to support others.”

A Medieval bridge over Rochdale’s River Roch will be uncovered in an ambitious project to regenerate the town centre.

MM’s top five… Rock bands with musical careers spanning more 50 years.

Choirs and performers across the city will be coming together to celebrate the ‘awesome scale’ of human history this weekend for a two-day event at the Manchester Museum.

The Textus Roffensis, which is almost a century older than the Magna Carta, has been digitised by the University of Manchester in co-ordination with Rochester Cathedral.

Manchester Libraries and The Lesbian and Gay Foundation have joined forces to make LGBT archives publically available at Central Library.

Rolling Stones superfan Richard Houghton is now frantically searching for fans who witnessed historic gigs for new book.

One of Stockport’s most famous historical treasures, Bramall Hall, is offering free entry this Saturday before it closes for a £2million renovation.

Britcon 2014 saw hundreds of wargame collectors and competitors converge on Manchester University to take part in the annual battle royale last weekend.
And one of the world’s best sat down with MM to talk about his passion and why he feels the need to constantly add to, arguably, a collection unrivalled by anyone in the world.

The skeleton of a rare three-storey-high dinosaur that walked the Earth more than 70million years ago is making its UK debut at Manchester University today – and University of Manchester scientists are getting their teeth into it.

A Salford author is taking a visual journey through the city’s history in his latest book – and shedding light on the long-standing competition with neighbour Manchester.