It will be all hands on ‘duck’ this Good Friday as thousands of plastic ducks will be launched into the River Irwell – but with Greater Manchester aiming to become plastic-free by 2020, MM investigated whether the clean-up operation will still have an environmental cost.

Manchester will once again stoke the fires of creativity and passion this winter as an eclectic new festival celebrating local music, poetry and fashion begins tomorrow evening.

The Manchester Duck Race is back with a splash in Spinningfields for its sixth year to raise money for Manchester children’s charity Brainwave on Good Friday.

A proposed £12m flood basin in Salford would boost the area’s natural amenities as well as providing essential defences, according to members of the community.

Police were received a call around 7pm on Wednesday after a body was spotted from the tow path near the A57 Regent Road, behind the Grosvenor Casino in Salford

Manchester’s own River Irwell will host the city’s fifth annual rubber duck dash.