The legendary Rusholme venue will close its doors for the last time this month after seven years of unrivalled notoriety in south Manchester’s nightlife scene.

A new civic movement is calling for people to name the good, bad and ugly of Manchester’s architecture with its first award ceremony.

The proposals for a new 35-storey residential building on Whitworth Street West, submitted in July, will be brought before Manchester City Council’s planning committee on Thursday.

Oldham Council will now start the selection process for a developer or investment partner for the Prince’s Gate at Oldham Mumps scheme, was approved by the authority’s Cabinet last night.

Contaminated Denton land set to be used for housing poses a health risk for future residents hoping to grow their own fruit and vegetables, according to a Labour MP.

Trafford Council fracking plans in Davyhulme have been stopped after lobby group Friends of the Earth (FotE) drilled holes in their plans.

Developers are being urged to keep their hands off a plot of open-space grassland in the Castlefield canal basin – with a Manchester councillor hoping it stays development-free.

Anti-fracking campaigners in Trafford are concerned their ‘voices are not being heard’ despite collecting 1,500 signatures opposing plans to drill for gas in Davyhulme.

Stockport residents have reacted with outrage at council plans which will see new houses built in Reddish Vale Country Park, as part of a project design to redevelop Brinnington.

A £1billion Campus Masterplan by the University of Manchester has taken its next step – by signing a deal to develop a 326-room hotel on its Oxford Road campus.

A new planning application has been submitted for the proposed Lord Foster-designed Maggie’s Centre at The Christie.