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It’s easy to point out a problem however it takes hard work and determination to help create a solution.

Recalling the day that changed his world, he said: “Two years ago on my last day in Manchester I was an unfortunate victim of a machete attack and was slashed six times.

Last October Freya Slack, who studies Interactive Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University, launched the initiative Don’t Cramp My Style as part of a university project. It soon blew up into something much more important: period poverty campaigning.

After recent figures showed knife crime has doubled across Greater Manchester over the last three years, GMP moved fast to remove more than 600 weapons from the streets last month.

Every July, as the sun bakes the streets and the summer pulls into high gear, thousands of geeks, nerds, cinephiles, cosplayers and pop-culture addicts flock to Manchester Central for the city’s Comic Con. Here’s our guide…

The Bluestocking Theatre Company will have its inaugural performance at the Manchester Fringe Festival’s venue The Kings Arms Studio on July 20 and 21, with the all-new play Emergency Door Release – MM caught up with Victoria Tunnah to find out more…

Tameside General Hospital and the Salford Royal have the highest rates of MRSA infections in the Greater Manchester area, according to statistics seen by MM.

New research shows that ‘social media influencer’ and ‘YouTuber’ are among the top three career paths children wish to pursue in the future.

The critically acclaimed play Rotterdam returned to Manchester Opera House last month after two of the main cast were targeted in a homophobic hate crime in Southampton – which caused two previous showings to be cancelled.

In 2017, 70,287 deaths were attributed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to drug overdoses with the vast majority being attributed to opioids.

In light of the first co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and HOME, we talked to Jackie Kay about her memoir, its stage debut and how much she loves Manchester.