Five-time darts world champion Eric Bristow has hailed Michael van Gerwen as a great ambassador for the game as the Darts Premier League playoffs approach.

Staff and students from the University of Salford are hoping to turn their home-made supernatural thriller into a UK Television series.

MM were fortunate enough to catch up with the broadcasting legend while he was busy filming a new TV spot right here in Manchester.

Former Hacienda DJ Dave Haslam is set to offer insights and anecdotes from his time working the decks at the Manchester nightclub during an appearance on Leeds-based chat show Chinwag.

One legendary cobbled street synonymous with Manchester will become the home for a new set of Weatherfield residents later in the year.

Building on the events of the last episode: Daenerys’ flight from Meereen on-board Drogon, Stannis’ child-sacrifice and Cersei’s incarceration this finale really sings.

Jos Buttler is coming of age in England’s Test side, and the mould-breaking gloveman insists there is still plenty more for him to offer in time for this summer’s Ashes with arch-rivals Australia.

In what is actually a fairly uninspiring and tepid episode Thrones continues to stumble towards its season finale.

The third hour of season five delves deeper into the mechanisms of Kings Landing and The House of Black and White.

As with episode one there’s an awful lot of exposition due to the vast number of storylines.

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