Beswick to commemorate Manchester’s first women channel swimmer

The first women to swim the English Channel is to have a street named after her in East Manchester. Sunny Lowry's name is to be...

Northerners have upper crust in UK language divide

Yes it is true, at least according to a study by the University of Manchester which reveals a North-South divide on how we describe...

Trams to Trafford Centre come a step closer

It might not be the news that many local shopkeepers want to here but transport officials will be discussing proposals to take Manchester's Metrolink...

Welcome Bishop Walker

Manchester has a new Bishop it might have escaped your notice. The Right Reverend David Walker was enthroned as the 12th Bishop of Manchester at...

MMU Professor is shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize

Manchester Metropolitan University Professor of Poetry Michael Roberts has been nominated for another award for his latest poetry collection, Drysalter. Michael has been shortlisted for...

Hotpot comes tops on Lancashire Day

It may have escaped your notice but today is Lancashire Day.However if we believe the findings of a local agency survey it seems that...

United Legend Foulkes dies

This morning Manchester United confirmed the sad news that Bill Foulkes, former team captain and survivor of the 1958 Munich Air Disaster has died...

Culture in Manchester:Institutions and Urban Change

A new book that is out this week brings together studies of cultural institutions in Manchester from 1850 to the present day, giving an...

A rare Jewish manuscript found in Bury sells for £210k

A rare Haggadah manuscript, found during a house clearance in Bury has been sold at auction for £210,000. The text which is used by...

Manchester wonder material set to help the fight against AIDS

Manchester discovered wonder material Graphene that is set to revolutionise the twenty first century is going to be used to create thinner and stronger...