Manchester set to outperform other UK Cities outside London says report but North South...
Manchester is forecast to be the strongest performing city in the UK outside of London in the next three yearsaccording to the latest Ernst...
For our towns in the North to thrive again we need social mobility backed...
Under this Government our town economies are becoming more disconnected from our booming cities than ever before, says the MP for Leigh Jo Platt.
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Soldiers who fought at The Battle of Manchester Hill to be commemorated 100 years...
Plans are underway to commemorate the part played by soldiers from the Manchester Regiment in a little-known battle that proved to be a forerunner...
Rochdale’s Town Hall Bells to be broadcast nationwide
The chimes of Rochdale’s Town Hall clock could see in the new year after the BBC has bowed to pressure from ministers who complained about...
Manchester Jazz Festival returns for its 23rd year this week
Manchester’s longest running music event and Europe’s most adventurous jazz festival returns for its 23rd year with 96 gigs across the city, featuring a...
Manchester team transforms physiotherapy through games technology
A team at Trafford Hospital is transforming the way shoulder surgery patients receive physiotherapy, by using a series of personalised computer video games to...
BBC Philharmonic perform macabre musical medley for biggest ever Gothic Manchester Festival
A bone-chilling medley of the spookiest musical scores will be performed by the BBC Philharmonic at a one-off concert to celebrate the largest ever...
HOME to host UK premiere of Mike Leigh’s Peterloo in Manchester this October
The film tells the story of the Peterloo massacre, which took place 199 years ago today, on 16 August 1819, and stars Rory Kinnear, Maxine...
New badge scheme to help people who find it hard to stand to get...
People who find it hard to stand on public transport will be able to take advantage of a new scheme to help them get...
Full extent of Greater Manchester’s air quality problem revealed in new report
Many more parts of Greater Manchester have higher levels of air pollution than previously thought, a report published today reveals.
152 stretches of road in...