Mancunians will be getting ready for a night of nocturnal partying and festival atmosphere as the city celebrates the best of its culture in the Northern Quarter with the Manchester After Hours event.

Talented singer-songwriter Passenger performed an impromptu busking set in Manchester to raise the profile of the Big Issue magazine and its homeless vendors.

Mancunians will soon be jetting off to Vienna in their droves courtesy of direct flights from Jet2.

Manchester crooners will be handed the chance to wipe the scowl off Simon Cowell’s face at this weekend’s X Factor auditions at Emirates Old Trafford.

Hundreds of vintage records, electronic music equipment and their car was taken

MM’s top five Penguins on World Penguin Day.

Crumpsall’s Codie Hayward is crowned Miss Manchester 2014 in a glitzy Palace Hotel do.

Beyoncé’s no stranger to a bodyshakin’ move or two

The city’s most glamorous women will battle it out to be crowned Miss Manchester at the Palace Hotel next Thursday

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott teamed up for an intimate gig

Carl Nunnerley, 39, from Burnage will showcase his colourful personality and creativity in the kitchen in this evening’s MasterChef heat, which airs on BBC One at 8pm