Returning to the UK again for their latest album tour, Canadian rockers Wintersleep descended upon the intimate venue of the Castle Hotel and revived a unique rock sound fading from the indie landscape.

Eagle-eyed history buffs from the North West may already be aware of an important anniversary that occurred on September 15: when in 1830 two of Britain’s true Northern powerhouses were forever linked when the first journey on the Liverpool to Manchester railway line took place.

If you want army combat gear, trance music, bloodshed and humour, Manchester’s Macbeth is for you.

Dolly Parton’s musical has tumbled out of the West End and stumbled straight into Manchester.

Manchester’s coolest new cocktail bar and restaurant offers a gin experience with a difference.

As Stage 8 of the Tour of Britain wound its way around Greater Manchester yesterday, the riders were greeted at various locations along the route by placard waving, devil-mask wearing protestors.

After courting controversy over Brexit, former Prime Minister Theresa May has once again managed to divide public opinion and give way to a heated debate by adding Geoffrey Boycott to her resignation honours list.

Syria Relief – the largest Syria-focused NGO in the UK – is continuing to support 2.4million people in Syria by opening a primary school for children who have fled their homes as a result of the conflict.

Manchester isn’t just a city with two huge football clubs and a reputation for producing iconic music bands. Visit and you’ll find it’s got a thriving gaming scene, with no fewer than 11 land-based casinos.

Kerridge has teamed up with Gary Neville to open The Bull & Bear at the former Manchester United star’s Stock Exchange Hotel

BLOK Manchester is the place to go: it’s a London-based boutique gym which combines an explosion of fitness, fashion, art and design all under one roof, set to open in Ducie Street Warehouse in September in the grade II listed Victorian building just behind Piccadilly.