Manchester’s internationally renowned Hallé Choir have welcomed a new choral director to lead the historic ensemble.

Don’t Miss A Beat is here to recommend five tracks a week. Rather than being a standard ‘five new tracks you must hear’ it will comprise a selection of music that fall into five categories.

Too wide and confusing a variety of fitness-related activities and food is causing people to be inactive and consequently unhealthy, says a Virgin Active fitness trainer.

As a former card game fanatic, there’s nothing more supreme than to hear how an insipient south London-born rapper honed his linguistic talents in the context of a card battle.

To celebrate the return of one of Britain’s most iconic acts, here is a compilation of Brown, Squire and co’s most under-celebrated tracks.

Life-changing calming techniques have been introduced at a Manchester hospital’s mobile chemotherapy unit in order treat patients who suffer from anxiety and a phobia of needles.

It’s five to nine in the morning and Whitworth Street is already scattered with teenagers, some of whom are sat on the floor, huddled under sleeping bags, trying to protect themselves from the November air.

A University of Manchester alumnus has been crowned the best accountancy student in the world, after scoring a global high score out of 22,078 entrants.

Manchester has been labelled as a hub of charity-based activity by the organiser of the Life Style Sports Run in the Dark.

From Peep Show’s Mark and Jeremy to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Del Boy and Rodney, or the questionable Chuckle Brothers – there’s no shortage of male comedy power couples.

British singer-songwriter Iniabasi Samuel Henshaw is coming to The Deaf Institute this Saturday and people should be excited. And jealous.