MM spoke to Bernard and Huey director Dan Mirvish as the film had its UK premiere at MANIFF last week, where it won Best Screenplay.

For the second day in succession a flood of tears came from alpine skier Menna Fitzpatrick – only this time they were in celebration of her first Paralympic medal.

The pub has been rebranded as ‘Mrs Sarah’s Chop House’ to celebrate the females who spearheaded its success.

The first athlete in the first race of a Winter Paralympic Games, it all sounded a little too good to be true for alpine skier Menna Fitzpatrick.

A University of Manchester alumna has finally received her graduation certificate 80 years after completing her degree in English.

It’s the biggest fixture in English football and the 200th meeting between Manchester United and Liverpool.

This summer, Belgium and Brazil are two of the front runners to lift the FIFA World Cup in Russia – but before then two players who will be vying for a place as the main centre-forward in each team come face-to-face on opposite sides.

Collecting vinyl is by no means a rare or remarkable hobby, but in the case of DJ and crate-digger-extraordinaire Johnny Starke, it’s a passion that filmmaker Anthony Ladesich had to document in his Manchester Film Festival award-winning short film Forty-Five: The Search for Soul.

Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell presented awards at the Manchester centre and spoke about the need for certain changes to apprenticeships and further education in general.

Manchester is leading the charge this year for International Women’s Day.

Inside issue one we look at a campaign to get Manchester to quit smoking, speak to LGBT campaigner and activist Mike Jackson and look at who might wrestle the title of Manchester’s next boxing king of the ring!