Life

Tucked away in unit seven of Longsight Business Park is non-profit organisation Rethink Rebuild.

MagnaRep: Reptiles & Exotics, Rescue & Support started over eight years ago as a family idea but quickly turned into a reality when charity trustee and founder Nick Wilburn, 25, took on the project to rescue animals in need.

MM has prepared a guide to the best New Year’s Eve events around Manchester for anyone who has left been a bit on the disorganised side.

Sad and frightening headlines have splashed the front pages of the newspapers in 2015, but a Manchester illustrator is hitting back with a paper celebrating the year’s most cheerful news stories.

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.