What it’s all about: Commonwealth Games spirit hits Manchester to delight of chief executive Adam Paker
Thousands of people flocked to Congleton Park on Saturday to welcome the Queen’s Baton to Manchester ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
Animators do battle in 3D experience for printer worth more than £2,000 in Manchester Cup competition
Animators looking to design their way into the business will put their skills to the test in a bid to win Manchester’s 3D Print Cup and 3D printer worth over £2,000.
Emotional child abuse cases skyrocket in Manchester by 50% – NSPCC demand immediate action
Manchester has seen the number of child emotional abuse cases surge by half in the last four years, claims the NSPCC.
Beam me up: Manchester’s verdict on how city would use teleportation after Dutch ‘breakthrough’
Professor Ronald Hanson, from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, claims to be the first person to teleport particles between two points three metres apart
MM’s top five…Greater Manchester vintage clothes shops
Greater Manchester is bursting with charity shops, vintage stores and fairs so whittling them down to just five is tough.
National petition to protect music venues wades into noise row over Manchester’s Night and Day Café
The Music Venue Trust’s petition, founded earlier this year, calls for an urgent review of current noise abatement legislation affecting many city centre bars and live music haunts across the country.
Piccadilly Pulse: Manchester says ‘no’ to Nigel Farage as Prime Minister… and even UKIP voters agree
The controversial party turned out to be not-so-controversial with voters as UKIP made serious gains all around the country, but what do the people of Greater Manchester think of UKIP and its controversial leader
Sunny days ahead: Caribbean restaurant Turtle Bay comes out of shell in Manchester for packed launch
A treasure trove of tropical treats were revealed in the launch of Manchester’s latest Caribbean restaurant and bar Turtle Bay last night.
Sweet dreams are made of this: Boutique hotel chain get go-ahead to transform Grade II-listed Manchester building
Boutique hotel chain Eclectic Hotels has been granted permission to transform a 140-year-old office building into a 40-room boutique hotel in the city centre; set to open in early 2015.
Painting the park pink: Manchester’s LGBT annual picnic brings together stalls, birds and Eurovision stars
Manchester’s LGBT community are set to hold their annual Peel Park Pink Picnic on July 27 for the fourth year running.
‘I believe in Wayne Rooney’: England boss Roy Hodgson backs Manchester United striker over Scholes criticism
England play their send-off friendly at Wembley against Peru tonight before heading to the World Cup in Brazil, a tournament where they need talisman Rooney to shine.