Next stop, Party! Brass band bring sax appeal to Metrolink… with Pride gig on Manchester TRAMS
Mancunians are set for a ride around town like no other this evening as part of the city’s Pride Fringe celebrations.
Robin Williams’ suicide tells us ‘we need to talk about mental health’, warns Manchester charity
In the wake of actor and funny man Robin Williams’ suicide, comedian Jason Manford and a leading Manchester mental health charity are determined to make sure no one suffers in silence.
Manchester Pride ‘right of way’ row: Campaigners hoping to access Big Weekend without tickets hit road block
Event organisers have put in an official request to the Department of Transport to ensure that the right of way be suspended and that the road be closed over the bank holiday weekend
One in 46 people in Salford at risk of eviction and repossession – the highest in North West, says Shelter
Based on data recorded by the Ministry of Justice, last year almost 30,000 homes were at risk of eviction or repossession, equating to 81 per day
Pizza-casso: Northern Quarter bar PLY hosts exhibition to give Mancunians a taste of ‘food art’ to come
Northern Quarter bar and restaurant PLY hosted a pizza-themed art event to give punters a slice of what to expect when they open their doors in September.
Man who stabbed own mum to death after ‘satanic paedophile’ delusions may die in psychiatric hospital
Paranoid schizophrenic Matthew Brierley, 45, knifed psychotherapist Glennis Brierley, 64, the day after he moved back into her home in Littleborough, Greater Manchester
VIDEO: Super-stylish movie captures Northern Quarter’s ‘essence’ in filmmaker’s love letter to Manchester hotspot
A Manchester filmmaker has captured summer time in the Northern Quarter in all its glory in an online feature video.
Come save a life: Brave Leeds boy, just six, calls on Manchester to help beat rare deadly cancer at fundraiser
A little boy suffering from a deadly rare cancer is turning to Manchester to help raise awareness of the disease.
End of the line for Baguley train campaign? Public urged ‘get on-board’ as decision on Wythenshawe rail stop nears
Wythenshawe campaigners’ 20-year fight to secure a railway station in Baguely could be coming to end – but they have renewed calls for commuters to back them.
Man who ‘pretended to be Chelsea footballer’ charged with defrauding Manchester nightclub of £5,000
A man has been charged with defrauding a Manchester night club out of £5,000 – by allegedly pretending to be a Premier League footballer.
No volunteers, no future: Rebecca Adlington to help Manchester Handball Club sustain Olympic legacy
This Friday at Manchester Handball Club twice Olympic swimming gold medallist Rebecca Adlington will offer her services for London 2012’s legacy charity Join In.