Six Nations podcast: Who will come out on top in 2017?
The RBS Six Nations 2017 kicks-off this Saturday with fans bracing themselves for a nerve-jangling feast of rugby over the next couple of months.
Listen: Is Greater Manchester set for a ‘mega-jail’?
Following the announcement of initial plans, there has been outcry among residents, protest groups and professionals alike as to whether this type of plan is sustainable.
VIDEO: Manchester skatepark rolls out ladies-only sessions – is this the way to get girls involved in the sport?
Skateboarding, more so than any other sport, is connected to a culture.
Review: Frightened Rabbit @ Manchester Cathedral
Frightened Rabbit are a band that have transformed drastically over the course of their last three albums.
A serious case of pins and needles… does acupuncture really work?
Lying prone on a table, naked to the waist and with multiple fine pronged needles sticking from their backs, acupuncture patients hardly look a picture of serenity and calm.
Evil is rising! Grab a mop – Kill the Beast bring Halloween hilarity to The Lowry
The Beast are set to play three nights at The Lowry Theatre, Salford, from Wednesday through to Friday as part of the theatre’s Halloween Spooktacular.
‘Personal headspace’: The unique Jenny Hval set to make Soup Kitchen her own
Jenny Hval brings her unique brand of experimental electronic pop to Manchester’s Soup Kitchen this Tuesday, as she tours her new album Blood Bitch.
Review: Parquet Courts @ Academy 2, Manchester
“It comes through the window, it comes through the floor, it comes through the roof and, it comes through the door…”
Two Sikhs, Three Peaks… Manchester Grammar School cousins take on Welsh mountains for refugee charity
Two Mancunian cousins will take on the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge in aid of refugees this October.
‘People have quit their jobs, proposed marriage’: The Lowry set for the Red Bastard’s comic twist
Clad in a red unitard, with two space hoppers strategically positioned to create a bulbous and grotesque form, the Red Bastard turns heads wherever he goes.
Man in a van! Watch as cash courier gets trapped in own vehicle… on first day of work
A cash handling courier got imprisoned in the back of his own van and required four police cars and six officers to get him out – on reportedly his first day at work.