You mean city? Tyson Fury claims Manchester’s a ‘sh*t town anyway’
European and WBO International heavyweight champion Fury, from Wythenshawe, faces German Christian Hammer on February 28 at the O2 Arena in London.
First direct flight between Iraq and Manchester (but don’t forget your 90-min security check in Vienna)
Manchester is soon to become the first airport outside London to offer direct flights to Iraq, with one airline ready to launch two routes to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in the north of the country.
Sweet or volty? Popcorn machine electrocutes two Didsbury Cineworld staff
Two staff members of the Parrs Wood Cineworld received electric shocks while using the faulty popcorn machine in the same day – costing the cinema £12,193.29.
Grab a spoon: City’s first cereal café Black Milk will be as ‘Madchester as possible’
Fancy yourself as something of a cereal connoisseur? Well weetabit longer, and you’ll be able to snap, crackle and pop in to Black Milk Cereal, the first ever cereal café to open in Manchester.
Manchester People’s History Museum ‘demystifies’ British politics with Election! exhibit
Manchester People’s History Museum host an Election! exhibition, which will grow and evolve around the 2015 campaign, and include collections featuring iconic objects from every general election from 1900-2010.
Manchester set for economic takeoff as Airport City’s £15m logistics hub approved
Manchester businesses are jet set for ‘unrivalled’ access to the international market place as Airport City get the go ahead to build a new £15million logistics hub.
Manchester trans leader praises Stonewall charity for uniting LGB back with T
The chair of a Manchester transgender discussion group has praised national charity Stonewall for its decision to finally start campaigning for the trans community.
Manchester community leaders unite against cuts to give city ‘service it deserves’
Councillors and community leaders from across Manchester get together to discuss the impact of public sector cuts on the safety and security of local communities.
Tameside ‘terror’ probe: Girl, 16, released without charge – boy remains in custody
On February 16, searches were executed at Hanover Street and Spring Mill Drive in Mossley following an investigation by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit.
London’s George the Poet on social exclusion, ‘simple’ Northerners’ and secret slang
The flow of George the Poet’s lyricism travels much deeper than the regurgitated 16 bars we’re used to hearing in most urban music.
Devo what? Referendum needed as ‘most Mancs don’t know what devolution is’
The majority of Greater Manchester residents are completely unaware about the city’s devolution agreement and that a referendum must be enforced, according to a local trade union leader.