From Street to Trench-A War that shaped a region

A new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North on Salford Quays aims to tell the stories of the people of the North West...

Danny Moran: there’s more to Ireland…

On the balls of the eyes the road from Dublin to Galway exacts almost no pressure at all. If only Flann O Brien were...

North West’s most sensitive wilderness areas flooded with raw sewage

Almost 1,200 sewage overflow pipes discharged in England and Wales’ most sensitive wildlife habitats for over 300,000 hours last year, all of which are...

Manchester Holocaust survivor provides inspiration for Lakes exhibition

Heather Belcher, one of Britain’s leading textile artists, brings her remarkable new exhibition to the Lake District Holocaust Project in Windermere this summer. Belcher’s Hidden...

Manchester will fall silent this Sunday

Manchester will fall silent as the city remembers the fallen during the annual Remembrance Sunday commemoration that will take place on Sunday 14 November...

£1.5million refurbishment at Ghyll Head to officially open

The Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Tommy Judge opened the brand new Hive Woodland Camping Pods at Ghyll Head Outdoor Education and Activity Centre ...

Voting now open for Great Northerners Exhibition

After announcing that it would be expanding its Great Northerner’s exhibition to honour and celebrate the city’s black and ethnic minority communities last month,...

Spring and Summer Studio and Special Shows announced by Royal Exchange.

Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre has announced full details of shows in The Studio and Special Events in its Spring Summer 2015 Season. Highlights include...

New beginnings as first baby is born at new birth centre in Salford

A new birth centre has officially opened at Ingleside in Salford – 80 years after it was first proposed – and has seen its...

Maureen Lipman and Paul Chuckle launch Marie Curie fundraiser in Manchester

To launch Marie Curie’s biggest annual fundraising campaign, the Great Daffodil Appeal, actor Maureen Lipman, currently starring in Coronation Street, the Lord...