Cash boost for Peel Park

Salford's oldest park has been given an new year funding boost. Salford City Council has successfully bid for £54,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and...

How Graphene could revolutionize Green energy

The latest discoveries surrounding the wonder material Graphene, could lead to a revolution in Green energy. impermeable to all gases and liquids, Graphene can easily...

Local MP Andrew Gwynne to head up Copeland by election 

Local MP Andrew Gwynne has been handed the task of running the Labour campaign in the Copeland by election. Gwynne, the MP for Denton and...

Hannah Mitchell An iconic Manchester Women’s Hero

To celebrate International Women's Day About Manchester takes a look at the life of Hannah Mitchell, suffragette and Manchester councillor Hannah was was born...

Thousands ready to dive into Windermere

Up to 10,000 swimmers are expected to take the plunge at Britain’s biggest open-water swimming event - the Great North Swim, at Windermere, this...

Mysterious Jurassic sea monster unveiled

A fierce predator that lived 170 million years ago has been unveiled for the first time, half a century after it was discovered. The fossilised...

Manchester-the UK’s capital? One national publication thinks it should be

Yes the London based Economist believes that the time is now right for moving the UK Capital to the North West. "To many the capital...

Coop’s farms next to go as the Manchester group continue to divest

The dismembering of Manchester based Cooperative Group continues as this morning it is announced that The Wellcome Trust has agreed to buy the Co-op...

Mayors need radical housing powers to prevent London-style housing crisis

Greater Manchester's newly devolved Mayor should will need far-reaching new powers, including control over the green belt, to prevent a London-style housing crisis occurring. That's...

Manchester Scientists cast doubt on link between power lines and illness

New evidence suggesting that power lines and mobile phones do not cause physical harm to humans has been found by researchers at The University...