Manchester Irish Festival: Green and white of Ireland invade Manchester’s red and blue as 200,000 expected
It is estimated that the annual event will generate around £10million in revenue for the city
On this day: Remembering Manchester United Munich victim Tommy Taylor 61 years after his Old Trafford debut
Prolific United striker Taylor left impressive record at Old Trafford before tragic plane crash death aged 26
Brittle Bone Disease sufferer reveals how children’s charity brought her ‘out of shadows’ at Manchester Hilton event
Variety, the Children’s Society launched in the UK in 1949, and has raised more than £270million for disabled children
Manchester Irish Festival: Singer-songwriter hopes to emulate heroes Oasis while headlining blues bonanza
The critically-acclaimed musician is playing at m19 bar in Levenshulme as part of the Manchester Irish Festival
Bemused commuters share Manchester Piccadilly Station with caged man to promote novel for World Book Day
Attention-grabbing display of man in cage at Manchester Piccadilly was to promote the new supernatural thriller Half Bad and to mark World Book Day in the UK.
Bolton boxer Amir Khan backs Chelsea FC initiative to get more Asians into professional sport
The scheme was is due to take place on May 5 at Chelsea’s state-of-the-art training ground in Cobham
Northern Exposure: Budding amateurs to pro snappers showcased in Manchester photography exhibition
Northern Exposure will showcase work by eight photographers, with budding amateurs to established professionals, at Portico Library in Manchester from March 5-29.
Brainless, gender-bending, stomach-spitting and glow in dark: Meet starfish set to dazzle at Manchester Sea Life
Sea Life Manchester is throwing open its tanks later this month to seven species of the echinoderm including the Red Knobbed starfish, the Giant Pink starfish and the Pincushion starfish.
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after young mum, 24, found dead at Salford address
A post-mortem to determine the cause of death will take place at a later date
Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty avoids jail after head-butting brother
Doherty avoided a jail sentence after head-butting brother in a pub brawl.
‘Optimistic’ Manchester bucks trend of ‘economically inactive’ North West with job figures, says report
A total of 1,117,000 people were economically inactive between October and December 2013 according to the Office for National Statistics