£2.2 million bill for urgent repairs to the Manchester Town Hall
Manchester Town Hall is facing a bill of £2.2m for refurbishment according to a report due to go to the Council's executive committee this...
Philips Park Cemetery prepares to mark its 150th year
In October 2016, Philip's Park will celebrate its one hundred and fifty year anniversary and to mark the occasion, there will be an exhibition...
100 years ago in Manchester
Heavy casualties were reported among Lancashire and Cheshire Battalions with thirty four officers killed and 134 wounded or missing.
Among the deaths that week, Sapper...
My name is Chaim Ferster, not B10924.
Tributes have been paid to Chaim Ferster, the Holocaust survivor who later settled in Cheetham Hill who has died this morning at the age of...
A Century of Change – Salford Arts Club Exhibition
To commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Salford Art Club's 2014 annual exhibition at the Salford museum and Art...
£73m plan to transform Stockport
As part of the ambitious programme of investment and improvements underway by Stockport Council, a major plan to transform the access and transportation in...
The Imitation Game
A trailer is out for the movie Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role as Alan Turing.
Cumberbatch won the top award at...
Historic clogs return home to Manchester
A pair of clogs, dating back to the nineteenth century and loaned to children that attended the Charter Street Ragged School in Manchester, have...
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...
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...