A major drugs warning has been issued just days before thousands of revellers arrive in Manchester to attend Parklife.

‘Front of house’ drug safety testing will not take place at Parklife this weekend despite the festival’s organisers working closely with the Manchester-based who introduced the service elsewhere two years ago.

We’ve got the latest on the Northern rail chaos, news on a revamp of Stockport town centre in preparation for a Metrolink bid and an exclusive interview with comic Doug Stanhope.

The 2018 World Cup will be showing on numerous outdoor screens and pubs across Manchester in June and July, but what you really need to know is how to conduct yourself during this football-mad period!

Doug Stanhope is a fraud. Yes, he really is a revered stand-up comedian, alcoholic, provocateur, and he really was the cantankerous ‘Voice of America’ on Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe.

The Hilton’s swanky Cloud 23 is ushering in a ‘Summer of Celebration’ with a champagne-heavy drinks menu.

In Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, a woman is buried up to her waist in a hole and then later up to her neck.

Meet DS – a Jewish taxi firm putting their customers’ safety first following another annual rise in anti-Semitic hate incidents in Manchester.

Watching interviews with Ruban Nielson, you’d be forgiven for expecting a chilled and pleasant live performance from a somewhat withdrawn artist that would simply be enjoyable to listen to.

This year’s festival weaves the vibrant story of what makes Manchester the city it is with some of the key moments in everyone’s history that Manchester has played a central role in.

It’s a rare occurrence to see the sun shining over a normally gloomy Manchester, which is why so many Mancunians are quick to make the most of the warm weather.