Help to clear the Bollin valley of invading plants
A campaign to clear clumps of toxic and destructive non-native weeds which are threatening to ruin the River Bollin's eco-system has been launched.
The...
Trams to run to airport before end of year
The new Metrolink line to Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport will launch before the year is out, more than twelve months ahead of schedule.
Trams will...
New Channel 5 programme to explore the multicultural community in Cheetham Hill
A new landmark series by Channel Five, the programme of its kind to look at multiculturalism in this country is to be set in...
New maps reveal the shape of old Lancashire
A historical atlas which shows Lancashire in its original form, has been published online for the first time.
The atlas, features counties no longer in...
Ronald continues to arch out across the region
It's yellow arches and it's fast food may be frowned upon in some quarters, for others it is godsend for keeping children quiet but...
Friends of Gorton’s Debdale Park get honoured by the Queen
Congratulations to The Friends of Debdale Park who have become the first park group in Manchester to receive the prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary...
A new glimpse at Manchester’s second city crossing
Newly released images from Transport for Greater Manchester give a glimpse of how trams will soon be travelling on the new line past city...
The white working class in Higher Blackley
Manchester's White working class communities are experiencing social insecurity that impacts on people’s lives, their families and the wider community in a range of...
New photos show the aftermath of the 1996 Manchester bomb
It is eighteen years since an IRA bomb, at 3,300lbs, the second largest ever on the UK mainland, exploded in the centre of Manchester.
Now...
Cotton, Brazil and Manchester
With the 2014 Football World Cup starting in Brazil, About Manchester takes a look at the region's connections with the South America Country.
In a...