The Midland Hotel and me: Manchester’s most iconic hotel from Rolls meeting Royce to Hitler’s dream
One woman knows Manchester’s Midland Hotel better than most – and whose life is inextricably linked to the grade II* listed building.
Fit and healthy Hale boy, 17, ‘loved by all’ dies from rare undiagnosed heart condition that usually affects old men
A-level student Harry Dubois collapsed while watching TV at home and died earlier this month
Dove Stone Reservoir death: Murder investigation launched weeks after man’s body dragged from water
Craig Wilcox’s body was found in Dove Stone Reservoir in February, seven weeks after he went missing
Wanted – undead with love of brains: Zombie training school seeks fresh meat for Manchester apocalypse
2.8 Hours Later, the cross-city urban zombie chase game will be hitting the streets of Manchester in July, and the organisers will be holding a Zombie School on July 5-6
Motorcyclist, 27, dies after colliding with car in Hattersley
A 27-year-old man was travelling along Ashworth Lane on a Skyjet motorcycle around 9am when he collided with a car
No soggy bottoms! Famous foodie Nigel Slater rises to occasion at secret Bolton baking club… with own cake
The famous foodie dropped into Bolton’s Clandestine Cake Club as he took part in filming for a BBC4 documentary about the nation’s favourite confectionary
Vintage DJs’ Manchester home ransacked as brazen burglars swipe records worth thousands while they sleep
Hundreds of vintage records, electronic music equipment and their car was taken
Greater Manchester Police launch probe into alleged Rochdale Council ‘cover-up’ over Sir Cyril Smith sex abuse
GMP set to investigate whether there was a ‘criminal cover up’ by members of Rochdale Council
Best Nike ad ever? Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney star in advert racking up 30million views in three days
Footballing mega-stars including Brazilian starlet Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Andrés Iniesta, Andrea Pirlo and Chelsea’s David Luiz and Eden Hazard all feature in the ad.
From ‘buried alive’ stunt to England’s oldest man: Glimpse into Manchester’s past in archive videos
British Pathé has unearthed some Manchester gems from the past by releasing its archive of over 85,000 historical films available to watch on YouTube.
Game, set and match: New racket sport Racketlon courts fans ahead of Manchester Open
Racketlon is the equivalent of a triathlon or decathlon and infuses tennis, badminton, table tennis and squash into one whole game.