‘Break free and aim higher’: Manchester school for BME kids aims combat trend of ‘settling for mediocrity’
A group of Manchester teachers and professionals are raising money to launch a school for black minority ethnic and under-privileged children.
‘Unbelievable’: Manchester founder dishes the dirt on UK’s first indoor BMX park
The UK’s first indoor mountain bike and BMX park is set to open in Manchester after ‘unbelievable’ support from the biking community saw the project smash its £300k target.
‘Fast love’: Will speed dating make or break Valentine’s Day for two MM singletons?
Armed with their finest chat-up lines and charming techniques Eve and Ed hit the speed dating scene in a bid to find their one true love, or at least someone relatively pleasant, to spend Valentine’s with
‘Like walking around all day with your sock slipping off’: Manchester blogger sheds light on living with anxiety
Anxiety and mental health conditions are often tricky to explain but Manchester blogger and model Laura Whitehurst describes it as ‘like walking around with your sock falling off.
Not fannying around! Mancs trump rest of UK in fact or fiction sexual health quiz
Manchester are more sex savvy than the rest of the country, separating the myth from the muff when faced with a list of fanny falsities.
‘It’s all about the narrative’: Manchester fashion designer on ‘sticking to her guns’ and finding inspiration in Japan
MM chatted to a Manchester Metropolitan University fashion graduate about the narrative, characters and Japanese influence behind her designs after she was named Young Designer of the Year 2015.
‘A lifelong learning process’: Salford Uni film graduate on Golden Globes nomination and making Oscars shortlist
Salford University graduate Anna Heinamaa narrowly missed out on a Golden Globe for her foreign language film The Fencer last weekend but she’s still got a shot at an Oscar!
Hair of the dog! Say goodbye to Dry January as ‘grassroots initiative’ gets people trying more beer in the New Year
One Manchester beer enthusiast knows the best way to cure your New Year hangover is hair of the dog so why not swap Dry January for Tryanuary…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! A Christmas message from all of us at MM
MM staff would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and say a big thank you to all our readers for their support throughout 2015.
‘You’re f***ing s**t’: MM reporter sleeps rough to reveal abuse and alienation of Manchester’s homeless
As families and friends prepare to feast and be merry, one of MM’s reporters spent a night on the streets of Manchester to experience the alienation and despair that will seem unimaginable to most of us this Christmas.
‘Mystery solved’: Reddit users reunite Manchester DJ with lost Christmas card from nan
Reddit user Keccle took to the darkest corner of the internet yesterday to reunite a Christmas card with its owners after it was sent to the wrong house in Deansgate.