Parklife demonstrates why the North is setting the benchmark for UK festivals this summer. Held in Manchester’s Heaton Park, this

As Mayfield closes its doors again ahead of renovation in the New Year, the next chapter for the industrious depot-cum-art space remains unclear… but definitely not unexciting.

A major drugs warning has been issued just days before thousands of revellers arrive in Manchester to attend Parklife.

Crowds of over 160,000 revelled in the diverse line up including everything from indie sensations The 1975 and singer and rapper Frank Ocean through to George Ezra, London Grammar, Pete Tong and Fatboy Slim.

Tens of thousands of music lovers will descend upon Heaton Park this weekend for the two-day music festival which is now into its eighth year.

GMP are appealing for information after a teenager was stabbed in an unprovoked attack at Parklife Festival in Manchester.

An investigation has been launched to find an offender who violently attacked a man at this year’s Parklife Weekender Festival.

A total of 55 arrests were made over the two days at this year’s Parklife Weekender Festival that took place at Heaton Park.

This summer, Manchester will serve up a plethora of cultural delights to whet the appetite of music and theatre lovers, festival-goers, jazz enthusiasts and food junkies.

Robert, 26, died on June 11 last year, five days after the assault at the music festival which left him fighting for life with bleeding on the brain

The weekend event moved to the site in 2012 to accommodate increasing numbers, and the City Council are working in conjunction with organisers to ensure problems from previous years aren’t repeated.