Manchester Art Fair showcases more than 600 artists for its 16th year
The annual Manchester Art Fair has returned to the city once again and is bigger and more inclusive than ever
Northern accents are still at a disadvantage
Accent bias remains a major concern for young people in the UK, particularly for those from the North according to
Northern Trains pay £165,000 compensation in 12 months
Northern England’s largest train operator paid out more than £165,000 in compensation for late trains in the last year –
Choosing ‘Booker of the North’ winner like ‘choosing Pope without the smoke’
Books exploring magic, bereavement and landscape are among the fiction and nonfiction shortlisted for a £10,000 writing prize dubbed the ‘Booker of the North’.
Manchester Thunder league semi epic will trump southern ‘event’, says Tracey Neville
Manchester Thunder netball coach Tracey Neville is hoping that their Superleague semi-final with Hertfordshire Mavericks will be a ground-breaking Northern sporting event.
Get yourself connected: George Osborne backs £15billion transport plan for northern five-city alliance
A £15billion plan asking for improvements to transport between five northern cities has been backed by Chancellor George Osborne at a speech in Manchester.
Baps? Barms? Rolls? Teacakes? War of words between north and south explored in Manchester University study
Research was compiled after a survey of 1,400 English speakers
Record-breaking exhibition celebrates L.S Lowry’s legacy at Hale art gallery – selling 14 ‘matchstick men’ paintings
‘Lowry and his Legacy’ was held at Clark Art Gallery