Life

Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is a popular place for everyone in the city, whether you pass through it on your way to work, want a tranquil place to eat your dinner or are indulging in a bit of retail therapy in the area.

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s new comedy courtroom play Trial by Laughter is currently touring around the UK.

Greater Manchester saw a significant spike in religious and racial hate crimes in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017.

Between 1991 and 1994, England became the focus of attention for the installing of major new roller coasters. MM look at the history of Blackpool’s famous ‘Big One’…

Three times a week, different groups of Mancunian men, women and children alike make the journey to Manchester Universities’ Catholic Chaplaincy – home to Manchester Central Food Bank, a Trussell Trust site founded by a group of university students in 2013.

Despite its traditional history, Oldham is currently the host to an innovative solution to something which is, sadly, also common in quintessential Northern British Towns, male suicide. MM look at Andy’s Man Club, established by the brother-in-law of a suicide victim…

In the June 2016 referendum, the city of Manchester had the fifth highest vote to Remain in the EU with 60% – here MM take a look at what the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester have done in preparation for the March 29 European exit.

Sometimes it is often easy to miss things that are happening right in front of you. It’s easy to miss because you’re not looking for it. But sometimes, that can only make the problem worse.

In the 90s Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was so embarrassed by a $40 late-fee that he incurred for a copy of the movie Apollo 13 at his local Blockbusters, that he came up with the idea for a company.

It’s been two decades since Sudanese political activist Yagoub Matar, 49, first became a refugee when escaping the clutches of the one-party, oppressive state of Sudan.

MM chat to comedian Justin Moorhouse before his 39-date Northern Joker tour, starting in Salford on January 19, with the Manchester United fan highly likely to be more entertaining than this season’s displays at nearby Old Trafford.