Amid cancelled exams due to the coronavirus, UK ministers may take comfort from the country’s modest gains in the international PISA tests at the end of last year.

Out of 137 universities, the University of Manchester was found to be the third-highest spending in academic journal subscription expenditure from 2017-2019.

Mayor Andy Burnham addressed a mixed bag of developments in the Coronavirus situation following the fifth meeting of the Greater Manchester Covid Emergency Committee.

Rochdale-born professional footballer David Buchanan talks to MM about life during lockdown, helping out his local community and his decision to furlough his wage.

Manchester Storm announced their first signing of the 2020/21 season on Friday. Mancunian Matters select six players from last season who must be retained this summer.

A vaccine may be the only way of completely eradicating the deadly virus sweeping across Britain. The National Flu Immunisation Programme has taken years to mass-produce a vaccine for people of all ages, a vaccine for Coronavirus may face a similar time frame for maximum effect.

The severe economic impact of this crisis is being felt widely, with people losing jobs, small companies going under and newspapers folding.

Launched this week, Quibi is a new streaming service whose videos are exclusively ten minutes or less. Unlike its web-friendly competitors, it can only be used on mobile devices, utilising dynamic portrait-to-landscape ‘Turnstyle’ viewing technology – that is, whatever way up your phone is, your shows will always be full-screen.

The creator of the My Food Bank Finder App is now putting his talents to work to use his expertise to bridge the gap between key workers and suppliers with the crisis currently facing the NHS in terms of a lack of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment).

Sharks Community Trust have joined forces with local bio-industrial group Cargill to help children engage in physical activity and understand the benefits, as part of the Eat Well Play Safe project.

Andy Burnham paid tribute to Manchester Council’s deputy leader Sue Murphy in his weekly press briefing before Easter.