Video: Take That’s Mark Owen plays surprise Manchester set at Northern Quarter pub The Castle Hotel
See two tracks from show
Police uncover £4million of mephedrone in raids on gang behind Greater Manchester internet drugs empire
Drug-selling website was operated from Bolton
Car crash wreckage dragged through Stockport to show tragic consequences of dangerous driving
A 24-year-old Tameside man was killed
MM’s top five… alternative Manchester music venues
This week MM takes a look at five alternative music venues
International Day Against Homophobia is ‘beyond important’ in discrimination battle, claim Lesbian & Gay Foundation
Manchester-based charity stress importance of celebration
‘Beyond expectations’: Manchester United’s Robin van Persie delighted after fans’ player of year vote
Dutchman took 41.5% of the vote to win Sir Matt Busby award
‘My dream is being threatened’: Fernandinho pleads for lower asking price to seal Manchester City move
Brazilian still wants to join City as backroom staff exodus continues
HS2 rail service to link Manchester and London stuck with £3billion funding gap, say spending watchdog
The timetable of phase one has been challenged
Altrincham Season in Review 2012/13: Play-off heartbreak ends free-scoring season
Brackley Town put paid to Blue Square Bet Premier hopes
Origins of life on Earth… and Mars? Billion-year-old water discovery unveiled by Manchester scientists
Water discovered in Ontario, Canada
‘Should have been docked points’: Warrington Wolves coach Tony Smith hits out at Salford City Reds fine
The Reds fielded 14 men against Castleford