New £6m transport interchange set for Wythenshawe opening

An impressive new gateway will welcome visitors to Wythenshawe after the opening of the town’s new £6m transport interchange next week. The new interchange will...

University of Salford and Bolton Market Triumph in Love Energy awards

Manchester businesses have been successful in the 2015 Love Energy awards. The awards, launched by energy price comparison specialists Love Energy Savings, aimed to highlight...

Salford project aims to boost numbers of disabled entrepreneurs

A new partnership between University of Salford academics, Disability Rights UK and University of Dundee is set to launch a series of events that...

RHS Tatton Stories -Billy’s Lane Allotments 

Ninety one year old Roy Sampson found solace in Billy Lane Allotments when his partner died. The veteran of Monte Cassino in Italy in 1944...

RHS Tatton Stories -Mill Town Meals digging Tameside

From the foothills of the Pennine's comes MillTown Meals, a recipe in a plot grown by a variety of community gardening groups from across...

Prestigious canal angling competition comes to Rochdale Canal

The next qualifying match in a prestigious new national angling competition, aimed at encouraging people to rediscover their nearby waterways, is set to take...

150 years of Oldham’s links with Japan

This year marks the 150th anniversary of a visit that would help launch one of the world’s biggest car manufacturers. On April 17, 1865 nineteen...

BBC North supremo Salmon to head new division 

The founder Director of BBC North in Salford, Peter Salmon, has been appointed the new Director of BBC Studios. Peter is a highly experienced TV...

Rust bringing organic to Spinningfields 

The development of an exciting new open-air café and takeaway outlet, Rust & Stone, is underway in Hardman Square Spinningfields. Housed in the former Long...

Plans approved to convert Cheadle’s Bruntwood Hall into a hotel

Plans for a twenty three bedroom hotel, with bar, restaurant and treatment rooms in Cheadle have been approved. Bruntwood Hall, whose previous uses included a...