Life

MM staff would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and say a big thank you to all our readers for their support throughout 2015.

As families and friends prepare to feast and be merry, one of MM’s reporters spent a night on the streets of Manchester to experience the alienation and despair that will seem unimaginable to most of us this Christmas.

While Christmas is many people’s favourite time of year, it can be particularly lonely for those with mental health problems.

Reddit user Keccle took to the darkest corner of the internet yesterday to reunite a Christmas card with its owners after it was sent to the wrong house in Deansgate.

A 100-year-old World War One diary has inspired a retired engineer to take up his hobby, writing, as a career.

MM spoke to Nicola Savage, fundraising manager for Ronald McDonald House Charities, who is proud that the organisation provides an invaluable service at what can be an emotional time of the year.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you will know that the world of cinema is on the verge of something big.

Trampolining may not be the first thing that comes to mind when the time comes to start shedding those winter layers, but Jump Nation offers a slightly alternative option to standard gym sessions.

As Storm Desmond battered the North West causing floods and chaos, one dog-lover travelled 250miles to rescue an abandoned, arthritic hound.

As the COP21 Climate Change Summit comes to an end in Paris and the global agreement due to be agreed today, we are left wondering how this will filter down to Greater Manchester.

Corrie Star Brooke Vincent gets a stunning Christmas party season makeover from Manchester’s intu Trafford Centre