Rapid improvements at the front of races are reshaping ambitions for everyday runners, who now see elite times as a ...

Manchester Fashion Week returned to the city this week after a ten year absence. The opening panel, hosted by sustainable fashion consultancy Eco Age set the tone by framing Manchester as a “catalyst ...

Greater Manchester Police, in partnership with Manchester City Council, CityCo, the University of Manchester and the Pub and Club Network, have relaunched the summer Safer Streets operation following ...

The Covid-19 pandemic brought public transport to a standstill and Greater Manchester was no different. With lockdowns, schools closed and many people working from home, bus use significantly declined ...

The first weight loss jab approved for use in the UK was not Ozempic, although that’s the one most people have heard of. It was in fact Saxenda, launched in 2017, followed by Semaglutide (Wegovy) in ...

Unexplained sightings have puzzled Greater Manchester for decades – from glowing lights darting across the Pennines to strange shapes hovering silently over city rooftops. Once taken seriously enough ...

On 2 January 1975, six members of the Manchester Gay Alliance 1973, set up a helpline. Through pamphlets handed out at gay-friendly hubs, they discreetly advertised a phone number offering free, ...

People in the north of England are the most dissatisfied with Sir Keir Starmer with 77 percent feeling this way and data shows support for Reform, but not so, for the Green Party. The Prime Minister ...

Independent music venue Retro is being demolished in August 2025 to make way for a major £1.7 billion project called the ‘Sister Masterplan’. Retro, formerly known as the Swinging Sporran, has stood ...

Hate crime figures for Greater Manchester show that the area still hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels, or recovered from the highest levels of hate crime recorded after the country went through ...

UK universities saw their first decline in student enrolment rates in nearly a decade in the academic year 2023/2024. The overall decrease was 1.1%, with a greater decline in the North West of England ...

Up to 60% of Greater Manchester residents live within 15 minutes of public libraries, Ordnance Survey data has revealed. The data studied bus, tram and train routes all over the area, including ...