Your face in lights at Salford Quays

Salford Quays will be lit up tonight with the launch of Lightwaves 2017, the UK’s only digital light festival Some familiar faces and places will take...

Stockport’s ‘Cockleshell Hero’ to be honoured

The bravery of the ‘Cockleshell Hero’ Royal Marine James Conway will be honoured with a permanent memorial to be unveiled on Sunday 10th December...

Sting’s ship sails into Manchester

Gordon Sumner aka Sting  rocked up in Manchester this week performing four songs from his first musical The Last Ship which premieres in the UK when...

Two thousand limited Christmas Bee Baubles are up for grabs at Manchester’s Arndale

Mancunians will have an extra special reason to head into town this weekend, as Manchester Arndale is giving out exclusive Christmas Bee baubles in...

Greater Manchester’s Creatives part in BBC One’s hugely popular Christmas 2017 short film

BBC One launched its 2017 short film The Supporting Act that will run throughout the Christmas period on the channel. So far the film has...

Lightwaves returns to the Quays this weekend

The annual festival 2017 will showcase an eclectic programme of digital light art, taking over public spaces for an unforgettable 10 days, from Friday...

Winners of Manchester Writing School announced

Sakinah Hofler has been awarded the £10,000 Manchester Fiction Prize while the Poetry Prize judges awarded £5,000 each to joint winners Romalyn Ante and...

Rochdale’s cotton road will weave its heritage trail

A year after featuring in a hit television documentary Rochdale's famous Cotton Famine Road is in the news again following a huge cash injection...

Elbow and BBC Philharmonic team up for Media City date

BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC North have announced an exclusive Christmas concert with Manchester band Elbow and the BBC Philharmonic orchestra. It will be...

Who are the Manchester acts included on the BBC Sound of 2018 longlist

Three of Manchester's music acts are in with a chance of being named the BBC Sound of 2018 after being included on the longlist....