‘Our finest moment’: Inspiral Carpets join forces with poet and punk muse John Cooper Clarke for upcoming album
The band have been busy recording and mixing their first studio album in 20 years with original vocalist Stephen Holt.
Every little helps: Art dealer fined for unloading paintings too slowly – while Tesco deliveries get double time
Chris Brooks, 43, uses a loading bay outside his premises to carry inside prestigious works worth up to £45,000 each by artist including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Sir Peter Blake to showcase at his shop
Icky thump! Manchester artist Stanley Chow on going from ‘anonymous illustrator’ to drawing for Hollywood
Grammy-nominated Manchester illustrator Stanley Chow has his exhibition ‘The Takeaway’ at Manchester’s Centre For Chinese Contemporary Art
Stepping Hill gynaecological nurse says Queen’s Birthday Honours List spot is ‘proudest moment’ of her life
Gill Clarke, 55, from Mile End, was awarded the honour for her services to nursing.
Bolton dad, 26, plunged to his death from motorway bridge despite ‘courageous’ efforts of police to cling onto him
Kyle Smith, 26, fell from a motorway bridge and was killed by a car
Children having children: Manchester teen pregnancy shame as city has highest rate in UK
Data from the ONS shows more than one in twenty discovered they were expecting before their 18th birthday
Forced marriage: Manchester campaigners welcome law being tough on perpetrators – but fear it could deter victims
Forcing someone into marriage is now a criminal offence
‘Nothing will be the same’: Family of Parklife-attack victim Robert Hart, 26, plead killer to come forward
Today, Robert Hart’s mother Elaine, 65, from Rainow, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, appealed for her son’s killer to come forward
Do YOU have the X Factor? Simon Cowell hunts for next star in Manchester auditions
Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Louis Walsh and Mel B will take the places behind the judging panel
Vodafone ‘tax dodging’ blockade: Protesters descend on mobile phone store in Manchester
Protesters, who were made up of members from action group UK Uncut and the People’s Assembly, claimed the company have avoided paying any corporation tax since 2011
Drumming up a storm: Manchester’s Bongo Sean hopes unusual instrument improv will take him to Ibiza
Although not a well-known instrument, the bongo is fast becoming a fans favourite thanks to Manchester’s Bongo Sean. His unique style has already seen him play alongside the likes of Nero, Example and Danny Howard.