Reach for the Sky- The Towers of Bootle Street

Plans for the redevelopment of Jackson Row were on display for one day only this week in the Central Library and About Manchester went...

It’s time to ditch diesel – says Manchester’s Friends of the Earth

The government must phase out diesel to reduce deaths from air pollution says Friends of the Earth, as the government is due back in...

The pilgrimage revival: Britain’s historic routes revealed by York academic

Dr Emma Wells, Associate Lecturer in York’s Department of History and Programme Director in Parish Church Studies at the Centre for Lifelong Learning, has...

Britain’s post-war prime ministers ranked by politics experts

David Cameron has been rated one of the worst performing post-war prime ministers in a poll of academics specialising in British politics and contemporary...

Weekend Non league round up

Altrincham, Stockport and Curzon Ashton will all be in the draw for the first Round proper of the FA Cup although the Tameside side...

BBC Two to reveal the extraordinary history of confectionery in new series

Following the success of Victorian Bakers earlier this year, BBC Two is now sending four modern-day confectioners back over 450 years of social and...

Britain’s Tudor Maps, a new edition of Britain’s first atlas

Batsford is publishing Britain’s Tudor Maps: County by County this autumn, a beautiful new edition of John Speed’s atlas from 1611 Britain’s Tudor Maps: County...

And then there were five

Liz McInnes becomes the fifth Greater Manchester MP to return to Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet as the member for Heywood and Middleton accepted his...

More cuts on the way across Manchester

The latest proposals see the council looking to make savings of between £40 million and £75 million over the next three years as it...

Antiques Roadshow Special to explore artefacts from the Holocaust 

UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation is partnering with the BBC to create a special edition of the Antiques Roadshow looking at artefacts from the Holocaust...