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As the RHS Flower Show gets underway at Tatton Park this week, Dogs Trust is warning pet owners of the hidden dangers that could be lurking in their flower beds.

Co-founders Neil Jeram-Croft, 34, and Al Bailey, 36, say they were thrilled with the success of the festival and have already confirmed the event will be back next year.

Figures in a recent Sunday Times report revealed that, for a professorship in science, women get paid an average of £5,000 less than men – the figure rising to as much as £21,000 in some institutions.

The Monthly Gift is a Manchester campaign that seeks to raise awareness of the issues women sleeping rough face dealing with their periods and increase donations of sanitary products to the homeless and those in need.

One legendary cobbled street synonymous with Manchester will become the home for a new set of Weatherfield residents later in the year.

MM caught up with Mancsy to discuss his work around the city, his experience as a street artist and a descendent of Bristol’s Banksy, and how the face of graffiti is changing.

The director of Museum of the Year 2015, the Whitworth Gallery, attributes the museum’s recent triumph on the international stage to the people of Manchester, vowing to inject prize fund back into the community that sculpts its success.

The most in-depth and comprehensive study of murder in Britain has been completed by a husband and wife team and is the subject of a new book entitled When Men Murder Women, published by Oxford University Press.

Manchester-based artist and photographer Rod Kippen chats to MM about his first major solo exhibition and give us a glimpse of what’s beneath the Surface.

Caleb, who is nominated for Best Director at the Manchester International Film Festival 2015, spoke to MM about his short film One Word and the ideas behind it.

The fixture will form a small part of an fun-filled family day in support of two charities – One Stop Breast Clinic at Salford Royal Hospital and Once Upon A Smile