Ellie Simmonds has swapped Loughborough University for the National Performance Centre in Manchester this year as she turns her attentions towards Rio 2016.

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The government has made the controversial move to tighten up GCSEs from September in order to help students prepare for later life.

Holland and Littleborough Lakeside Cricket Club were awarded a grant of £2000 through the England & Wales Cricket Trust (EWCT) Small Grant Scheme, supported by Waitrose, something ex-England captain Mike Gatting says is vital for the game’s future in this country.

A mental health advocacy group has accused Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust of ‘harassing’ its members in an attempt to ‘cut off an avenue for mental health patients and campaigners’.

Manchester gig-goers are in for a treat tonight with taxi app Uber giving music aficionados the chance to see an intimate secret gig somewhere in the city.

MM headed down to the Northern Quarter’s newly-relaunched Common eatery to see why their new breakfast menu has Manchester’s hungry creatives baying for more.

This is the poetic plea of a brave Wythenshawe tot, Jessica Rooney, who cannot walk or talk and would love a walking frame to help her explore – and she needs your help to get it.

Elite firms are more likely to hire ‘posh’ graduates than bright members of the working class, a report from The University of London has claimed.

Workers at the firm’s Salford Quays base have been told the site will be vacated by December 2016 while the bases in Stretford and Albert Square will be relocated to Norwich, giving some employees the chance to relocate.

World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset expressed his excitement on Manchester’s role in next year’s championship, which will be hosted in June at Sale Sharks’ AJ Bell stadium alongside Manchester City’s Academy stadium.