‘Most are just normal people’: Manchester film maker to portray Calais refugee crisis
The escalating refugee crisis will be portrayed as a film by a Chorlton director next year and filming is well underway.
Tram trauma: CCTV images released of Chorlton gang wanted for Metrolink attack possibly linked to derailment
A gang of men and women who threw rocks at a tram in Chorlton, forcing passengers to take cover and causing serious damage shortly before another was derailed, are wanted by Greater Manchester Police.
Focus children! Chorlton kids pilot innovative education programme with Sale Sharks
Pupils at St. John’s R.C. Primary School in Chorlton, with the help of Sale Sharks’ community department employee and ex-England rugby player Hendre Fourie, were some of the first to experience Premiership Rugby’s On the Front Foot programme before it is fully rolled out in September.
Coach buddies: Manchester friendship bus on drive to fix ‘older, lonely Britain’
Organisers behind a brand new friendship service hopes to connect the over 45s of Manchester in a series of coach trips to some of the summer’s popular events across the region.
Lettuce turnip the beet as Manchester’s ‘cool and ethical’ Vegan Fair returns
Manchester’s voracious veggie lovers unite as the Vegan Fair returns to Chorlton Irish Club tomorrow.
Yobs storm Chorlton! Private Eye cartoonist brings satirical sketches to Arts Festival
The exhibition, which features ‘Yobs’ along with a number of other classics, will run until the end of June at The Font as part of Chorlton Arts Festival 2015.
Knott in doubt: Deansgate watering hole reclaims CAMRA’s Pub Of The Year title
A popular Deansgate watering hole has been awarded Pub Of The Year by Campaign For Real Ale.
Sour power: Chorlton brewer swaps art for beer, reviving forgotten brewing techniques
Manchester’s newest micro brewery is aiming to turn back the clock and bring the taste of sour beer back to the city’s burgeoning ale scene.
Britain’s rudest pensioner: Chorlton ‘old git’ jailed after 47-year campaign of woe
An old Chorlton man, branded Britain’s rudest pensioner, has been jailed again after decades of bad and grumpy behaviour which has seen him locked up more than FIFTY times.
Withington MP John Leech rallies residents in bid to save Chorlton Baths
Mr Leech is currently co-ordinating a ‘Community Right to Bid Application’ with hopes that he can save the swimming facilities from closure.
Stealing in the suburbs: Chorlton-cum-Hardy named UK burglary hotspot
In Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Barlow Moor, 52 of every 1,000 home insurance quotes contained a claim for burglary.