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...
Romantic letter to Lancashire Tommy unearthed
A touching love letter from a young Frenchwoman to her sweetheart Lancashire soldier on the Western Front has been unearthed by researchers at the...
Mein Kampf worries fuel debate in Manchester
A Manchester academic is warning that more needs to be done to understand Hitler’s infamous autobiographical manifesto “Mein Kampf” to avoid a resurgence of...
Cotton Queen
A name of a nineteen year old weaver by the name of Frances Lockett is probably remembered by few today but back in 1930,...
New book from Rochdale MP promises to shed the light on Cyril Smith
No politician pandered to the media’s appetite for personality more than Rochdale's Liberal MP Sir Cyril Smith during the 1970s and 1980s.
With his...
Sir Howard nominated for next chairman of Lancashire Cricket Club
As the club is celebrating its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary,Lancashire Cricket Club has nominated Manchester City Council supremo and Chief Executive Sir Howard...
In Memoriam Sir John Zochonis
A memorial service for Sir John Zochonis, who died peacefully in hospital in November at the age of 84, will be held at Manchester...
Local historian launches his first book
A new book by a Trafford historian will transport readers back to the times of the Wars of the Roses in an England...
The adventures of Annie Wilde
It is February 1918, and after several decades of protest and four years of bloody war Parliament is poised to grant what the suffragettes...
RIP Paul Goggins
Tributes have been flooding in for the former Home Office minister and Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East! Paul Goggins who died...