St. Patrick’s Day: What is the origin of ‘The luck of the Irish’ phrase?
Thousands marched through the city over the weekend for the St. Patrick’s Day march
‘My husband would still be here’: Oldham woman battles for life-prolonging cancer drug as first-line treatment
Malignant Melanoma is the second most common form of cancer in young adults aged 15-34, killing more than 2000 people a year in the UK
City of gold: 2012 Olympics inspire more in Manchester to take up sport than anywhere else in UK
According to the Sport England’s national Active People Survey, Manchester has seen an increase of people participating in sporting activities by 4%
Grand Prix Down Under: Can the ‘Manchester United of F1’ return to the top and who can stop Red Bull?
A look ahead to the Formula One season
Poet Mike Garry and New Order take taste of Manchester to New York for Tibet House fundraiser
The poet performed at the 24th annual benefit concert for Tibet House on Tuesday.
Former Shameless star Jody Latham plots Manchester movie on bare knuckle boxing – funded by Kickstarter
Latham needs to raise at least £25,000 by Fri, Apr 18 for the crowd-funding website to honour the project
The BMX Factor: World’s best compete in ‘fast and furious’ cycling series at Manchester Velodrome
Great Britain’s Liam Phillips, the current world champion, will be competing in front of the near sell-out crowd
Tony Benn – he encouraged us: Tributes to nation’s ‘favourite politician’ who dies aged 88
Tony Benn: he encouraged us. These words are Tony Benn’s chosen epithet, which he said he’d be ‘very pleased’ to be remembered by
Night of the living selfie: Bolton student puts zombie twist on craze sweeping nation
Claire Minehane, 26, from Coventry studies special effects for film and television at the University of Bolton
Piccadilly Pulse: Should Salford and Manchester be merged into one city… called Salchester or Manford?
Do you think Manchester and Salford would be better off as one city?
Cutting-edge cancer care on horizon after planning application for Maggie’s Centre at The Christie
A new planning application has been submitted for the proposed Lord Foster-designed Maggie’s Centre at The Christie.