Piccadilly Pulse: Manchester give controversial GCSE shake-up one out of nine
The government has made the controversial move to tighten up GCSEs from September in order to help students prepare for later life.
‘Sustainable future’: Gatting applauds Littleborough Lakeside’s £2k grant
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.
‘Deliberately humiliating’: Manchester users’ group hits out at mental health trust
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’.
All aboard as Uber puts on free rides to exclusive SECRET intimate Manchester gig
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.
Morning glory! Common launch new breakfasts for hungry Manchester creatives
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.
Jessica’s Journey: Manchester tot who can’t walk needs YOUR help to take first steps to ‘where she needs to be’
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.
Two thirds of Manchester lack the ‘posh polish’ needed to bag a high end City job
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.
Hundreds of jobs to go as Aviva announced plans for Manchester closures
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.
‘Grow the game’: Manchester to host U20 World Rugby Championship in 2016
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.
Manchester’s historic music publishing industry to be honoured on special night
A compilation of forgotten songs from Manchester’s Industrial Revolution will be revisited and re-mastered on a night that will pay homage to the city’s historic music publishing industry next month.
Next stop Manchester: 100th Metrolink tram rolls into city after trek across Europe
The brand new vehicle arrived in the early hours of Saturday morning after leaving the Vienna depot of global manufacturer Bombardier last Tuesday.