MM looks at the best fringe events taking place this year’s conference, to give activists a peak beyond the security fence and help delegates to decide where to go.

Charity campaigners invited Mancunians to score goals against extreme poverty and preventable diseases, ahead of the Conservative Party Conference coming to Manchester tomorrow.

Critically-acclaimed New Orleans jazz musician Leroy Jones is coming to Manchester to play at the Royal College of Northern Music as part of his new UK tour.

Rugby union organisers simply would not put their game up against a football game with such magnitude, so why do they feel they can do it against the biggest game in English rugby league?

Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh described the Tory government as a ‘fucking proper enemy’ at a theatre night to raise awareness of cuts and the importance of trade unions yesterday.

Manchester has had 239 incidents relating to forced marriages, predominantly affecting females between 15 and 24.

A Manchester charity that encourages young people to get active has secured £250,000 of funding from Sport England.

Banks should have been ‘left to go bust’ instead of allocating tax payers’ money to bail them out, according to a leading economist during a Manchester debate.

David Dunn is eyeing a first away victory of the season at Gillingham on Saturday, despite the Gills chasing promotion, and boasting a 100% home record so far.

We crept down the stairs of Bierkeller to their German cavern. The low ceilings and long wooden pews stretching the length of the bar made the environment cosy.

Four Malawian students have come to Manchester to train as audiologists, thanks to the charity Sound Seekers.