Mancunian Way Skatepark Crowdfunding campaign exceeds initial target

The not-for-profit Co-operative and Community Benefit Society, which is looking to use the funds to create a vibrant community space for local young people...

Last chance to vote: Manchester schools project shortlisted for heritage award

A schools project for primary children in Manchester has been shortlisted in the Historic England Angel Awards 2018. One hundred years after England celebrated the...

Snap Crackle and Pop-Happy 90th Birthday to Rice Krispies

The breakfast cereal, which gave Jonathan Ross his TV debut in an advert in 1970 aged 10, first came to Britain from America on...

Donate a coat and warm a heart this winter in Manchester

Safestore is urging people from across Manchester to dig out any coats that are hidden at the back of wardrobes or no longer worn and...

Artists and sponsors revealed for Walking with The Snowman™ sculpture trail

Wild in Art has today announced the names of the artists and sponsors involved in the Walking with The Snowman™ art trail, which comes...

Salford Church where Emmeline Pankhurst got married is added to Historic England’s at risk...

Today Historic England publishes the 2018 Heritage at Risk Register, the annual snapshot of the health of England’s historic places. In the North West 24 sites have...

‘Festival of Leaving’ kicks off two weeks of Manchester Jewish museum arts festival

Manchester Jewish Museum (MJM) launched its ‘Festival of Leaving’ yesterday evening with storytelling around a bonfire, a caravan of hidden treasures and a Mexican...

Victoria Cross Recipient From First World War is honoured in Stretford

Descendants of one of the last recipients of a First World War Victoria Cross travelled from as far afield as Brazil for commemoration ceremonies...

Built in Manchester-‘Human brain’ supercomputer with 1 million processors switched on for first time

The world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been fitted with its landmark...

FANTASTIC!! WITTY!! POIGNANT!! HILARIOUS!! -We loved Calendar Girls

Yes I too have started to write in capital letters and exclamation marks after going to see the Calendar Girls Musical currently on tour...