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A Manchester University building on Sackville Street has been evacuated by police after the discovery of a ‘potentially explosive’ chemical.

Self-harm rates are increasing in Manchester, shocking new statistics have revealed.

Drivers who use their mobile phones while at the wheel should be banned from the road and an absence of proper penalties makes it socially acceptable to text at the wheel, Britain’s top traffic officer said this week.

A shocked Manchester University audience were told last week that gender inequality ‘is apartheid’, with human rights figurehead Shami Chakrabarti calling it ‘the greatest and most entrenched’ human rights issue facing the world today.

Brides-to-be looking to the past for wedding inspiration will have the chance to re-visit all the era’s under one roof next month as the Secret Vintage Wedding Fair returns to Manchester.

Mrs Urquhart, whose online petition gathered over 10,000 signatures, said she was ‘delighted’ with the outcome and that ‘common sense had prevailed’.

An inspirational Manchester nurse could save 25,000 lives with five years of tireless campaigning to educate and recruit more than 3,000 South Asian organ donors.

MM talk to Jen Yockney, editor of bisexual magazine Bi Community News, about her experiences of coming out and what progress Manchester still has to make towards equality as part of our LGBT History Month Q&A series.

City centre based youth charity RECLAIM challenges 40 young people, aged 12-13 years old (Year 8), to create their own political parties to pitch to five councillors at Manchester Town Hall.

Academics have spoken out on the apparent loss of 240,000 reference books from Manchester Central Library, with some calling it ‘regrettable’ that library bosses are allowing the digital age to replace physical texts.

Manchester gang culture is put under the spotlight during a special event, led by writer and DJ Dave Haslam, at the Royal Exchange Theatre