Ciarán, 31, best known for playing Mickey Maguire in Shameless and Gary Best in The Bill and Dylan Hodge in Waterloo Road, will be setting off alongside five Peugeot employees for the 26-mile slog

Salford Quays are set for an invasion from the Far East this Sunday in the annual Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.

Chorus, created by award-winning British artist and composer Ray Lee, is constructed of a collection of metal tripods supporting rotating arms with speakers attached.

Manjeet Kaur fled India and arrived in the UK in 2011

Street performers light up the aisles until Sunday

The Quays is home a range of award-winning attractions

Round trips are available each week

Phyllida Lloyd is directing Opera North’s production of Britten’s Peter Grimes

Manchester United team up with The Lowry to host arts festival

Just 10% of the BBC workforce live in Salford

Craze combines waterskiing, surfing and snowboarding