Episode one of the latest series delivers a strong start to what will be an interesting season.

The team behind the award winning Kosmonaut bar in NQ is looking to change the general disappointment of ‘gourmet fast-food’ by adding to Stevenson’s Square’s ever-growing foodie scene with their next offering – Ply.

Arguably the most exciting band of 2015, the Welsh four-piece from seaside resort Llandudno returned to the city to play a highly anticipated sell-out show at the Manchester Academy on Friday.

The production runs until Sunday evening in the Royal Exchange’s intimate Studio theatre.

Before Sam hit the stage, you couldn’t help but digest the fact that you were about possibly hear one of world’s most prolific male voices of recent years, however, the 90-minute show didn’t live up to expectation.

Mozza was on top form, both harmonically and politically, from his first swish of the microphone cable to his last.

Renowned for their energetic and extravagant live performances, the Devon rockers arrived on stage to a rapturous applause from the crowed and ripped through their back catalogue.

If the shadows under their eyes confessed to a long journey, their music remained uplifting and wonderfully melodic – Simon and Garfunkel-esque, alternating between the synth-pop rock of singles.

Sad films may be ten-a-penny, but it’s very rare to find one that can hit you right in the gut like this without feeling heavy-handed or overly-manipulative.

Greater Manchester Police have apologised to more than 40 vulnerable girls across Rochdale and Heywood after failing to realise the extent of child sexual exploitation in the area.

Placebo’s Manchester O2 Apollo set-list of oldies-but-goodies like Infra-Red and Every You Every Me and soon-to-be classics from their 2013 album Loud Like Love was never going to disappoint.