New book aims to explore memories of D Day
The story of D-Day has become very Americanised according to a Manchester historian, who has contributed a chapter on how Britain remembers the historic...
Manchester voluntary Groups honoured in the Queens’s awards
Thirteen Greater Manchester groups have been honoured in Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2014.
This unique UK national honour was created over a decade ago...
It’s all black and white for latest Graphene research
Researchers at the University of Manchester have discovered that combining black and white graphene can change the electronic properties of the one-atom thick...
Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box
A new show, Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box is coming to Manchester Museum in June.
Written and performed by the...
Iconic 1960’s Manchester Lowry expected to fetch £2-3 million in Sotheby sale.
An painting by Lowry unseen for many years is expected to fetch between two and three million pounds at an auction at Sotheby's in...
Whitworth Park Pleasure, play and Politics
A new exhibition is examining how Manchester’s Whitworth Park has changed over time.
Manchester Museum’s Whitworth Park: Pleasure, Play and Politics is the result...
2006 vintage Chelsea is greatest English football team of all time, says Salford University...
It probably won't go down too well across the region but after inputting the results of more than 200,000 football matches into his highly...
The pitter patter of tiny trotters
Chester Zoo is celebrating some new arrivals this May with the birth of a Visayan Warty Pig.
The sex of the zoo’s latest youngster, which...
Gorton to host new BBC Children’s drama
The team behind Gorton's Space Project, the new 360,000 sq. ft. drama and TV production hub due to open later this month, has announced...
BBC Phil opens its new season at Bridgewater Hall
The BBC Philharmonic will be opening its new season at The Bridgewater Hall on 27 September, when Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena takes the podium...