75 year old Hulme nursing star wins prestigious award

A 75-year-old nursing superstar who has been working 60 hour weeks throughout the pandemic has been named the winner of a prestigious care award. Gladys...

Marcus Rashford and Greta Thunberg honoured with Blue Peter Gold badge award

Blue Peter is celebrating the bravest and best achievements of some of its young viewers by awarding them the highest accolade the show can...

Oldham Grandad becomes oldest person to row the Atlantic singlehanded

A 70-year-old grandfather from Oldham has become the oldest person to row unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean - raising more than £640,000 for charity. Frank...

Famous Prestwich Chemist, “Dennis the Chemist” Is 80 on February 6th, Celebrating 55 Years...

Dennis Gore, known to millions across the world as Dennis the Chemist and he is still working here in his pharmacy in Prestwich Manchester...

The Great and the Good of the region are honoured by the Queen

This year’s New Year’s Honour’s list features the great and the good from across the region including many who have been recognised for their...

The courageous family who faced a life-changing diagnosis during lockdown

This March, whilst the nation went into lockdown, Harry Bowyer was diagnosed with the muscle wasting condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at only six-years-old. At six,...

Mark Radcliffe loved sitting here and he still does

LEGENDARY broadcaster Mark Radcliffe has unveiedl an engraved park bench in his beloved Manchester – but one unlike any other. In a twist to...

Alan Turing to be the image of the new £50 note

Making the announcement at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, the Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney also revealed the imagery...

Good vibrations’ for Meg, the Tameside student using drumming to help manage her autism

A Tameside music student who has autism has been excelling as a drummer by using the instrument to channel her creative side. Meg Balcomb, 15,...

New ITV ident features Manchester artist’s 150-sari textiles piece

Artist Sutapa Biswas has produced a new on-screen identity for ITV to celebrate its commitment to creativity and British culture for the last 50...