Salford planners give green light to £1bn MediaCityUK expansion
The scheme, passed this week by planning chiefs in the city, will include building 1,400 new homes, a market square and an events hall.
‘That’s my mission in life’: Inspirational Rochdale filmmaker raising awareness of Mosaic Down Syndrome
As landing a dream opportunity at the BBC by standing outside of MediaCityUK with a placard proves, very little stands between Claire-May Minett and her ambitions.
‘Half man half piano’: Child prodigy returns with show at Manchester music college
A child prodigy hailed as the new Mozart is set to take Manchester by storm – again.
‘It will be a war’: Salford expect Northern Premier battle royale with Ashton
Salford City boss Bernard Morley insists his second-placed side are prepared for a war in their title-contenders battle at Ashton United on Saturday.
‘A significant part of our vision’: Green light for £750m Oxford Road development
The first phase of a £750m development on Oxford Road’s former BBC site has been given the go-ahead, with construction due to start this month.
‘Look beyond the media’: Palestinian protestors call for ‘equal rights’ at MediaCity
Demonstrators were ‘calling for equal rights’, during a protest criticizing the BBC’s coverage of the Palestinian crisis on Sunday 29 in Salford’s MediaCity.
‘He has a presence here’: Manchester implicated in Savile scandal by journalist
The former BBC journalist who exposed Jimmy Savile’s sickening sex crimes believes Manchester is at the heart of the crimes committed by the man who abused hundreds of children spanning decades.
FA Cup first round: Four Manchester non-league minnows hunt for Football League scalps
The FA Cup first round kick-starts in earnest tonight with Salford City the first of four Manchester non-league sides out to cause an upset against Football League opponents.
‘Brave choices’: Journalist who exposed Jimmy Savile to share his story in Manchester
The BBC journalist who exposed Jimmy Savile’s sickening child sex crimes will be sharing his story at The International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester next month.
‘We love football’: FC United and Sporting Khalsa in FA Cup romance to savour
FC United of Manchester’s FA Cup encounter at relative minnows Sporting Khalsa on Saturday is about more than a place in the first round proper.
Wounded war veterans walking 1,000 miles in 72 days descend on Manchester
Six wounded army veterans will enter the North West this week as they continue their epic 1,000 mile, 72-day Walk Of Britain.