Some of Manchester’s most famous illuminated landmarks will be switched off to raise awareness for foster care in the North West.

A National Commemorative Service will take place at the Manchester Cathedral on July 1 2016 to mark the centenary of the Battle of The Somme.

Mancunians are being urged to chomp down on more fruit and veg following a survey which revealed that only three in ten are eating the recommended five portions a day.

Acoustic Yorkshire duo Seafret have been making huge waves across the country with their contagious music and are now stopping in Manchester as the headline act in the New Faces tour.

Those living in the Metrolink network’s City Zone pay an average of £223 more per month more than those on other lines, according to a new rental price map.

With Manchester’s iconic grey skies looming once again overhead, the stubborn drizzle of Monday morning rush hour rain and the bitter winds tearing across the Pennines, it’s clear winter’s back and here to stay.

Oldham charity volunteer pleads for help as 70 Syrians are denied burial in Lesbos.

As many as 165 extra overnight bed spaces have been created for Manchester’s homeless this winter, after the City Council made two empty buildings available to rough sleepers.

Being a northerner, when Franko Fraize describes Manchester as ‘pukka’ it’s difficult to know exactly what it means, but it certainly sounds positive.

Just before the mid-point of Bill Ryder-Jones gig at Gullivers in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, a man turns around to tell the lads behind him to stop talking.

Wigan manager Gary Caldwell was full of praise for his Wigan team as they stretched their unbeaten run to 12 games in the league and kept their first clean sheet away from home in the process.