End of the line: No additional timetabled services for festive rush say Northern Rail. Northern Rail have confirmed that they

Northern England’s largest train operator paid out more than £165,000 in compensation for late trains in the last year –

They may craft your grande two-shot, soya decaf vanilla latte each early morning, but how much thought have you truly given to the high street barista?

Mercury Prize Winners Elbow have curated an album as part of an exclusive artwork exhibition heading to Manchester this week – Sounds of the North, in town from September 19-30.

Virgin Trains have shown yet again why they have achieved gold Investors in People status by getting ready to equip the homeless and their furry friends over the winter months with old staff uniforms transformed by prisoners.

BLOK Manchester is the place to go: it’s a London-based boutique gym which combines an explosion of fitness, fashion, art and design all under one roof, set to open in Ducie Street Warehouse in September in the grade II listed Victorian building just behind Piccadilly.

The skeleton of Manchester’s most famous elephant is currently on display at Manchester Piccadilly Station.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Manchester in support of ‘Soldier F’ on Good Friday.

Craig Lundberg joined the army at 16, was deployed at 21, and blind by 22.

The number of slips, trips or falls recorded at Manchester Piccadilly station have declined for the third year in a row.

If you’ve ever waited on platform 14 of Manchester Piccadilly station, you’ve probably noticed Mayfield Depot, an old red-brick building with a bright pink advert for Tango emblazoned on it and out-of-date club night and gig posters pressed into the bricks.