If you had told Jordan Hulme he would be collecting a Player of the Year award a year ago, he would not have believed you.

There’s nothing like a night at the theatre to take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. In this regard, Blood Brothers is arguably the Big Dipper of productions.

Team GB taekwondo young star Christian McNeish claimed his first European Championships gold with an impressive victory over the home favourite in Kazan, Russia at the weekend.

Astronaut Tim Peake has landed in Manchester. The British spaceman has partnered up with Samsung and the Science Museum for a VR experience tour of the UK.

Trafford was painted red last night – for something unrelated to its world-famous football club – as Labour wrestled back control of the council from the Tories for the first time in 14 years.

The pair of Geraldine Coggins and Dan Jerrome re-wrote the party record books by securing the Greens’ first ever seats in Trafford.

MM reporters are at counts across Greater Manchester bringing you results as they are announced, reaction and analysis.

Kindertransport has returned to the stage in Manchester 25 years after writer Diane Samuels’ first showing – and it’s now presented to the world in a time where its themes of identity politics, immigration and anti-Semitism are perhaps more topical than ever.

Snap, the company behind the massively popular selfie app, Snapchat, has begun selling a certain type of sunglasses that can capture video, audio, and photos, all from the wearer’s point-of-view, which can then be uploaded to your Snapchat account.

A Freedom of Information request by MM to Greater Manchester Police revealed the 2016 figure of 672 had inflated by 375 cases to 1,047 in 2017.

Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Courtney Marie Andrews has been touring her critically-acclaimed new album May Your Kindness Remain.