A £230m programme of environmental investment is under way across the North West to improve 184km of the region’s rivers by 2025

Investment plans for cleaner Greater Manchester rivers revealed

A £230m programme of environmental investment is under way across the North West to improve 184km of the region’s rivers by 2025. United Utilities has...
Due to operate across Wigan and Bolton from next September, they will be the first to bear the branding of the new Bee Network

Greater Manchester’s Bee Network buzz begins as bold plan starts to take shape

With less than a year to go before the first locally controlled bus services in 36 years take to the road, a multi-million-pound order...

Greater Manchester’s new long-distance walking trail gets the go-ahead

Thanks to National Lottery players, Greater Manchester residents will be able to enjoy a new long-distance trail on their doorsteps. The countryside charity, CPRE, together with The Ramblers, Britain’s...

Coming soon – Canal-side brasserie Maya is opening Manchester in Spring 2023

Another exciting opening for the city, canal-side brasserie space and bar Maya is due to open in Spring 2023. Maya will take part of...

Danny Moran: Treasures of the Irwell, echoes of the past

On the Irwell bed, somewhere between Bacup and Bridge Street, the wreck of a sculpture trail sleeps. Since its feted art collection was washed...

Jill Furmanovsky exhibition launches at Manchester Central Library ‘Photographing the Invisible’, 50 years of...

The first ever exhibition of a life’s work by renowned music photographer Jill Furmanovsky at Manchester City Library from April 15 to June 24,...

I think the founders back in 1823 would be proud

Last month saw the Seashell Trust, a charity providing education and residential care for children and young adults with profound and multiple learning difficulties,...

From Valley of the Kings to Indian Restaurant? The story of Stockport’s Pyramid

Originally planned to be part of a ‘Valley of the Kings’ development, and home to the Manchester based Co-op for over twenty years, Stockport's...

Argentine artistry meets Stockport grit to create the biggest mural in the north!

Five renowned artists from the La Boca barrio in Buenos Aires are working with hundreds of people from Stockport communities to transform the unloved...

How Glasses Direct is Making Eye Care and Eyewear More Affordable for Everyone

The demand for accessible eye care services has surged in the United Kingdom. According to the NHS, an increasing number of UK residents are...