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Glastonbury is one of the greatest festivals in the world, showcasing some of the best talents in music and contemporary performing arts.

The Department for Transport has this morning announced the names of the three bidding consortia which will vye for the contract to run services on the WCML, which runs from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh with many services through Manchester.

The heatwave sweeping the nation is great for picnics or al fresco dining but bad for food hygiene.

More than 100 young girls from across Manchester enjoyed the latest instalment of a new programme run in conjunction with The FA.

Since the Brexit vote there have been 152 incidents of anti-Semitic hate crime across Greater Manchester, while close to 60% of all anti-Semitic hate crime committed in 2016 took place after June 23.

Last year more than 30,000 people were caught without a tram ticket across the Metrolink network. That amounts to almost a hundred people a day.

The man with crude language is on the tip of our children’s tongues – insightful analysis of children’s most used vocabulary in Manchester 2017 has revealed.

Despite Metrolink’s massive overhaul recently – which has turned the Manchester light rail network into the UK’s biggest – customer satisfaction is higher than ever.

A survey published on National Sewing Machine Day has revealed more than half of people in the North West are uneducated in a trade they were once renowned for.

Crowds of over 160,000 revelled in the diverse line up including everything from indie sensations The 1975 and singer and rapper Frank Ocean through to George Ezra, London Grammar, Pete Tong and Fatboy Slim.

While Jeremy Corbyn’s party could not win enough seats to win a majority, gains across the country – coupled with the Conservatives losing their majority in the House of Commons – meant there was reason to celebrate after a testing 18 months.