Celebrate Gracie Fields at the Stockport Plaza
Fans of Rochdale's very own Gracie Field's may be interested in an event this Friday (28th Feb).
Stockport Plaza hosts a tribute afternoon in honour...
Salford and Chicago combine in transatlantic musical
The evocative sounds of the Metrolink and the bell of Salford Cathedral will be combined with recordings from downtown Chicago and the shores of...
Streep set to play the young Emmeline Pankhurst
The Oscar nominated actress Meryl Streep is reportedly to play Manchester political activist Emmeline Pankhurst in a new film called Suffragette.
According to the Hollywood...
Revealed: Manchester’s oldest football team came from Hulme
Manchester's football history has been rewritten with the discovery of what is believed to be the region’s oldest Association Football Club.
Previously it was believed...
Manchester Students’ war letters go on show for first time
Four poignant letters written by Victoria University of Manchester students to their History Professor from the battlefields of World War One, are to be...
Freedom of the city for Graphene Nobel Laureates
Sir Andre Geim and Sir Kostya Novoselov, who won the Nobel prize in 2010 for their work on graphene. have been awarded the Freedom...
Ping Pong comes to Salford.
It appears that the craze for Ping Pong craze has hit the area with more and more of the region's bars and clubs are...
Inaugural Mary Quaile Club will hear about the life of Ellen Wilkinson
A new historical discussion group, the Mary Quaile Club, will be holding its first meeting this Saturday 15th February at the Cornerstones Community...
City plans to propel Etihad in the Premier Super league of stadiums
Councillors in Manchester have approved plans for Manchester City to increase the capacity of their East Manchester Etihad stadium from Forty eight to sixty...
Budget Hotel comes to Cross Street Commercial Buildings
Cross Street is to be home to an new budget hotel according to reports in the local media.
On Monday The Business Desk reported that...