Dress Your Pet Day, a calendar observance that gives animal lovers the incentive to dress their pets, from cats to piglets, is on the horizon.

As England head coach Eddie Jones prepares to make his first team announcement for the upcoming Six Nations, speculation among fans, coaches and the media concerning player selection is as high as it has ever been.

Manchester Giants’ Ingus Bankevics believes his side have nothing to lose heading into Sunday’s BBL Trophy match against Esh Group Eagles Newcastle.

Oldham assistant manager Dean Holden says the club have a right to feel hard done by after a late goal saw Millwall leave Boundary Park with all three points.

The ‘minor changes’ to GCSE and A-level exam timetables to accomodate Muslim students fasting for Ramadan is not Islam being given special privilege in the UK, says a Rochdale commentator.

After enduring a drab December and failing to bring the electrifying brand of football the Old Trafford faithful crave the jury is still out for Louis van Gaal.

A new series of live talks is proving a huge hit amongst Manchester’s talkers and thinkers.

Exercising through the winter is never easy, which is why Christina Macdonald, editor-at-large of Women’s Running, has offered her top ten tips for running in the colder months.

The first phase of a £750m development on Oxford Road’s former BBC site has been given the go-ahead, with construction due to start this month.

Another Christmas has come and gone and we haven’t had a hint of snow.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will not press captain Vincent Kompany into a hasty return for this weekend’s FA Cup clash with Norwich City.