The team behind The Lead Station is to open 97, a new neighbourhood Cocktail...

97, a new, independent neighbourhood cocktail bar is coming to Chorlton at the end of January. Located at 97 Beech Road, the new venue will...

Bacup’s Pioneer clock is set for refurbishment

The restoration of Bacup's landmark Pioneer Buildings clock will be amongst the first works to be taking place as part of the Townscape Heritage...

Kendal Mountain festival

Every November over 13,000 people arrive in Kendal from all over the globe to meet some of the world’s most intrepid and daring adventurers...

Manchester’s Apprentices set sail for the Irish Sea

A team of Greater Manchester apprentices will learn how to man a tall ship as they set sail for a week-long challenge in the...

History of ideas

BBC Radio Four is to offer listeners a fresh take on some of the big questions that have preoccupied thinkers down the ages in...

Pumpkin treats for animals as Chester Zoo kicks off Halloween

Animals at Chester Zoo have been given an early pumpkin treat as the zoo kicks off its new Halloween half term.  From a mob of...

Soar like a bird over the Lakes

A “FIRST of its kind” 360 degree virtual flight tour will give visitors to the Lake District National Park the ability to soar like...

Life in the Victorian Asylum

A new book by Mark Stevens Life in the Victorian Asylum reconstructs the lost world of the nineteenth century public asylums. This fresh take...

Chester’s Propylaeum gets conservation funding deal

A major conservation project for one of Chester’s historic and important buildings begins in February in a project totalling £679,000. The entrance way to the...

Alchemist to open in Alderley Edge

The Alchemist bar and restaurant will soon be coming to Alderley Edge with work on the former Grill on the Edge site now well...