The story of the 1949 Saddleworth air crash
The 1949 air crash of DC-3 above Dovestone's Reservoir has been in the news in recent days over speculation that a man found dead...
Regeneration plan for Stockport’s Rail Station is revealed
A Masterplan has been launched by Stockport Council to regenerate the area around Stockport rail station in order to strengthen its connections as a...
Billy Whizz sets Droylsden alight
"Playing Professional Football was always my ultimate goal"
Billy Hesler Cregg is certainly getting there and anyone that has been watching the Bloods since he...
Restoration work set to continue at Gorton’s Monastery
The Monastery’s new £3million eco-friendly ‘Welcome Wing’, with building and restoration work due to start next month
The Monastery of St Francis & Gorton Trust,...
Magic, Witches & Devils at The John Rylands Library
Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries.
European Christians felt threatened by demons thinking that such creatures were given...
Manchester’s super material Graphene could keep aircraft wings Ice Free
Researchers at an American University believe they have found a use for Graphene that could keep planes flying in freezing weather.
A thin coating of...
Banned by the Nazis
Manchester born Baritone Peter Braithwaite will be performing music banned by the Nazi's at a special Holocaust Memorial Day at Manchester's Jewish Museum.
The show‘Degenerate...
100 years ago in Manchester
The prisoner has committed an offense punishable by death” said the Manchester Stipendiary, remanding in custody for a week Valentine Garrett, a private in...
Oldest Jurassic dinosaur in the world is named ‘dragon thief’
A Welsh dinosaur discovered on a beach near Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan last year, and identified by an academic from The University...
Manchester to get its first statue of a women in over 100 years
Emile Pankhurst is set to be honoured with a statue in Manchester after the results of a public vote were announced today.
Mrs Pankhurst won...