Last Friday’s final consultation on whether Greater Manchester’s buses should be returned to public authority control was extremely convincing.

Weeks after MM revealed that Manchester City Council made false claims in its official response to the city’s affordable housing scandal, the council has still not publicly corrected itself.

Nobody could ever accuse the people of Manchester of being apathetic towards the Beautiful Game, and the success of the September 1-10 Manchester Football Writing Festival has once again reaffirmed the city’s passion for debate.

The Guardian Exchange tunnels have lay virtually empty for almost 60 years since they were built in the 1950s – fuelling radioactive rumours of shadowy activities 200ft below the surface.

No Devotion, made up of the former band members joined by ex-Thursday frontman Geoff Rickley, will perform at Sound Control following their live début last night in Cardiff.

Mark Garner, known by many as food writer ‘Gordo’, has been subjected to a vitriolic twitter account parody

The growing trend of sporting facial hair may have hit ‘peak beard’ as research uncovers that women are starting to find facial fluff less attractive.

Taking tweets from @EverdaySexism, where people can recount sexist incidents, Leah Green, 25, acted these out on unsuspecting members of the public

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is showing at Cornerhouse, Manchester