Manchester Poet makes short list for T.S Eliot prize
Poet and Manchester Metropolitan University Professor Michael Symmons Roberts has been nominated for the 2017 T.S Eliot Prize.
His latest collection Mancunia is part of the ten-strong shortlist for the...
Big welcome home for Cromwell High
PUPILS celebrated the reopening of their fire hit school with a message of hope for the future.
Cromwell High School in Dukinfield was severely damaged...
Barlow RC High School is opening its doors to local community groups
A new partnership from an East Didsbury high school will expand the use of its sports and performing arts facilities on evenings, weekends and...
Research school to be launched in Oldham
A ‘Research School’ is being launched to boost the quality of teaching in Oldham.
Research Schools are hubs based within existing schools or academy chains....
BBC Radio Manchester’s religious programme wins Jerusalem Award
BBC Radio Manchester presenter Mike Shaft has won a Jerusalem Award for his show Sunday Breakfast with Mike Shaft.
The Jerusalem Awards promote Christian involvement...
All hands-on deck at Salford’s new creative arts complex
A million-pound creative arts hub in Salford has opened its doors to the public this month, following a nine-month construction project.
Walk the Plank, one...
Ancoats Hope Mill Theatre nominated for prestigious national theatre award
The theatre has been nominated for one of the UK’s most prestigious theatre prizes – the Empty Space Peter Brook Award 2017.
The award is...
Manchester-based Standby Productions create emotional film to fuel The Chennai 6 families’ fight for...
Manchester’s Standby Productions, was commissioned to produce an emotional video campaign to defend a terrible miscarriage of justice.
The filmmaker worked with Whittaker & Co,...
Plans to expand Salford’s Libraries are passed
Seven new ‘libraries’, brand new computers and extra opening hours have been given the go ahead by Salford City Council.
It’s part of a £590,000...
Rayner pledges to change lives in the way that hers was changed
The next Labour Government will create a National Education Service, a cradle-to-grave system supporting everyone throughout their lives.
That was the pledge made at the...