A Jedi, surfer, nanny, snowboarder and pirates? Manchester author’s dreams hit page in whirlwind fantasy novel
Manchester’s Andy Gee’s talks Gid and the Arborinium
Piccadilly Pulse: Should cannabis be legalised in the UK?
Uruguay recently legalised marijuana
‘Show me what you can do’: Bolton boss Dougie Freedman confirms Mark Davies set for weekend return
Davies has been out of action since February
Students ‘ecstatic’ as Manchester University defies government cuts and pledges to cover bursaries
Government cut funding to National Scholarship Programme
From porcelain to porn: Manchester’s last Aladdin’s cave may be the best spot for Christmas oddities
Manchester’s Empire Exchange is an emporium of random items
Trafford primary schools ranked second best in England, according to education league tables
Five Greater Manchester schools in bottom 200
Secret police information leaked by 999 call handler helped killer Dale Cregan evade capture, Manchester court hears
Anita Cregan, Kathryn Smith and Sean Booth pleaded not guilty
The waiting game: Dementia diagnosis varies wildly across Greater Manchester depending where you live
Rochdale’s average diagnosis time is 16 weeks
A woman’s work is never done: 77% of Manchester’s fairer sex do majority of housework, survey reveals
Manchester men not pulling their weight
Hidden treasure: Rare works worth thousands by Manchester artist William Turner discovered in cardboard box
Twenty three works discovered by daughter in late artist’s studio
Dawn ’til dusk march across Manchester: Councillors trek through city in Typhoon Haiyan appeal
The pair visited all 32 wards of Manchester on their challenge