Dig the City reveals its festival programme

28 stunning designs will be displayed throughout the festival, from both professional and amateur designers, as well as community groups and businesses. The theme for...

SmartStart -Wood Street mission launches £1m fund for school uniforms

Children’s charity Wood Street Mission is launching a major new initiative today  to kit out all local children living in poverty for school. SmartStart Manchester...

Back on track-Telling the Story of Ancoat’s Swan Buildings

Stories of a Victorian building in Manchester will be told for the first time after a charity which calls it home secured a £50,100...

Cash boost for Peel Park

Salford's oldest park has been given an new year funding boost. Salford City Council has successfully bid for £54,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and...

Heaton Hall saved?

Manchester City Council has announced a new partnership working alongside the National Trust, Heaton Park Trust, English Heritage and Visit Manchester to secure the...

Classics at Lunchtime

Those with an interest in music concerts may be interested in concerts taking place at Manchester Metropolitan University's All Saints Campus this term as...

Scheme planned to turn Cornbrook into Gateway

Plans are afoot for a major residential regeneration scheme around the Cornbrook area off Chester Road in the area near the old Pomona Docks. The...

Extreme architecture and science of the frozen south comes to MOSI

A piece of the frozen South Pole comes to Manchester this week in the first exhibition to be held of its kind at the...

Green, clean energy beneath Ardwick to power Oxford Road

Geo-Thermal energy reserves three thousand metres below the streets of Ardwick are to provide power to homes,businesses and leading institutions along the Oxford corridor. The...

City Centre tops in vibrancy league

The centre of Manchester has now outstripped London as Britain’s most “vibrant” urban area with the influx of young professionals and students driving a...