Duke and Duchess learn all about Manchester’s wonder material Graphene

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the University today (October 14) to learn more about world-leading graphene research and celebrate...

Eccles student’s swimming success

17 year old Eccles college student and City of Salford swimmer Lewis Clough from Tyldesley will return home today with a staggering five medals,...

Wordsworth-The War Poet?

A major exhibition portrays Wordsworth as one of the nation’s greatest war poets. The nineteenth century poet famous for wandering ‘lonely as a cloud’ on...

Rochdale’s Gracie Trail opens

​A tourist trail marking significant places in the life of the late Dame Gracie Fields opene​d in Rochdale on 9 September 2016. The new purple...

Tributes paid to “an independent and active pensioner”

The family of a woman who died following a collision with a car in Stockport has paid tribute to her. 91 year old Joan Pimblett...

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...

Oldham Writer Wins Kindle Scout Publishing Contract

Jacqueline Ward, a crime fiction author from Oldham,has won a contract to publish her novel Random Acts of Unkindness. Random Acts of Unkindness is set...

Salford academic builds libraries for Ghanaian children

Children in Ghana have been given the chance read thanks to work by a University of Salford academic. English Literature lecturer Dr Mark Yates, who...

Garvey and Jobson write Title Track for Cold Feet

Elbow Frontman Guy Garvey and Peter Jobson, from legendary Manchester band I AM KLOOT, have written the title track for the new series of...

GMP officers raise cash to replace stolen donation

Police Officers from Eccles and Swinton police stations have together raised money to replace a donation which was stolen from the car of a...