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01/03/2024

After four years of falling,more people are now sleeping on the streets of Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester leaders are expressing serious concern, calling for a pause on evictions and government investment in refugee homelessness prevention

The number of people seen sleeping rough on a single night in Greater Manchester reaches 149, up from 102 people in 2022, but remains 44% lower than in 2017 Data shows that over half of people seen over the course of December 2023 were new to the streets Greater Manchester leaders are expressing ser...

01/03/2024

A very Happy St David’s today to all our Welsh followers

28/02/2024

27/02/2024

Plans have been revealed for a £25m project to redevelop Manchester city centre’s iconic Pall Mall building on King Street

Bruntwood SciTech has announced that it is commencing construction on a £25m project to redevelop Manchester city centre’s iconic Pall Mall building. The Grade II listed building, which is located on the prestigious King Street, will be transformed into a new city centre innovation-hub, offering ...

19/02/2024

New Premier Inn Hotel on open on Rochdale Road on edge of City Centre with 229 bedrooms

A new hotel is set to open at a site on the edge of Manchester’s Northern Quarter The Premier Inn on Rochdale Road, which has planning permission for a 229-bedroom hotel set over ten storeys, and is part of Whitbread’s strategy of reconfiguring its network of hotels in Manchester city centre. Pa...

19/02/2024

Half of Greater Manchester’s bus services will be under local control when phase two of bus franchising launches in Oldham, Rochdale and parts of Bury, Salford and north Manchester on 24 March.

Half of Greater Manchester’s bus services will be under local control when phase two of bus franchising launches in Oldham, Rochdale and parts of Bury, Salford and north Manchester on 24 March. The change will mean a total of 324 bus routes – 188 routes in phase one and 136 routes in phase two ....

19/02/2024

Peter Kay will open Manchester’s state of the art venue on 23rd April

Coop Live has announced today that legendary comedian Peter Kay will open Manchester’s state of the art venue with his current record breaking tour when it first welcomes fans in April. The 23,500-seat arena is the largest in the UK and will offer an unparalleled fan experience that will set a new...

19/02/2024

One of the first bands to be signed on the Manchester label Factory Records in 1978 the Durutti Column are to get their seminal album Vini Reilly released as a five Disc box set

One of the first bands to be signed on the Manchester label Factory Records in 1978 the Durutti Column are to get their seminal album Vini Reilly released as a five Disc box set Produced by Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, The Cranberries, New Order) ‘Vini Reilly’ is regarded as the seminal alb...

19/02/2024

A new plan for Chorlton’s district centre is being considered by Manchester Council – and local people and businesses are urged to give their feedback.

A new plan for Chorlton’s district centre is being considered by Manchester Council – and local people and businesses are urged to give their feedback. There are a number of development opportunities in the neighbourhood that will be brought forward in the years ahead – most immediately the ne...

19/02/2024

This autumn will see the launch of Louis, an entirely new restaurant and musical venue from the Permanently Unique Group the people behind from the hospitality group behind Tattu and the recently opened FENIX

This autumn will see the launch of Louis, an entirely new restaurant and musical venue from the Permanently Unique Group the people behind from the hospitality group behind Tattu and the recently opened FENIX. Housed in their native Manchester, the idea for Louis has been incubated over a three year...

18/02/2024

Galloway announced the action on X today after Rachel Johnson called Galloway “an anti-zionist” & then “an open Jew-hater” on Trevor Phillips Sunday Morning show on ITV

Rochdale Parliamentary candidate George Galloway has launched legal action over TV slurs. Galloway announces the action on X today after Rachel Johnson called Galloway “an anti-zionist” & then “an open Jew-hater” on Trevor Phillips Sunday Morning show on ITV “I have commenced legal action ...

18/02/2024

Tributes have been paid this evening to a member of the team from Manchester’s Contact Theatre Sam Malik.

Tributes have been paid this evening to a member of the team from Manchester’s Contact Theatre Sam Malik. Sam from from Coppice in Oldham was pronounced dead in the early hours of the morning on Sunday with a suspected heart attack Contact Theatre wrote on X Sam had been a long standing member of ...

18/02/2024

Mother of God... it's Adrian Dunbar!👮

The Line of Duty star joined our officers in Bolton for a little walkabout as he filmed for a new TV series📺

No wee donkeys in sight though...

18/02/2024

“If you want an entertaining concept of some of life’s realities then this is possibly not for you, however if you want, thoughtful, powerful, theatre with a dark background and realism then get down to “

“There was a fork in her face. An actual fork. He dug a fork into her face. A fork stood on end in her cheek. A fork.” says Paul Smalley as he visited Manchester’s Royal Exchange this week to watch Shed Exploded View What a statement and unusually for The Royal Exchange a sparsely populated [....

18/02/2024

The masterplan places nature and landscape at the heart of its vision, celebrates the Manchester Ship Canal waterfront and the Imperial War Museum, creates opportunities for up to 5,000 high quality new homes, connects Trafford Wharfside to the city centre and develops a high-quality setting for Manchester United as they develop their plans for a world-class football stadium.

Exciting and ambitious plans to regenerate an area neighbouring MediaCity and surrounding Manchester United’s Old Trafford football stadium have been announced The Trafford Wharfside Development Framework has been prepared by the Council in discussion with major landowning partners including Peel ...

18/02/2024

The former Manchester City boss and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been release from prison in Thailand on parole

The former Manchester City boss and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been release from prison in Thailand on parole Shinawatra, 74, was among 930 prisoners freed on parole due to his age and ‘serious illness’ six months after his return to the country from self-exile. While Prime Minis...

18/02/2024

Last week saw a £7.6m project to enhance the given the Green light-The project will deliver an updated exhibition space,an advanced imaging laboratory, a flexible event space and a refreshed main entrance.

Manchester City Council has approved plans to transform The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Research Institute and Library to enhance its contribution to research, student experience and public engagement. The £7.6m project, named John Rylands Next Chapter, forms a part of the Library’s...

17/02/2024

Tributes have been paid to one of the faces of the Manchester music scene who has died suddenly at the age of 64

Rae Donaldson had worked at the Northern Quarter’s Vinyl Exchange for 30 years and previous to that at Eastern Bloc

Tributes have been paid to one of the faces of the Manchester music scene who has died suddenly at the age of 64 Rae Donaldson had worked at the Northern Quarter’s Vinyl Exchange for 30 years and previous to that at Eastern Bloc Rae died suddenly on his way to work at Vinyl Exchange this […]

27/01/2024

Daredevil Mancs raise £25,000 for Manchester causes in city-centre firewalk

The city centre-based charity, known for its mind-over-matter fundraising challenges, asked brave ‘soles’ to take to the coals for its first fundraising event of 2024. Crowds gathered at 6.30pm on Thursday 25th January at the historic St. Ann’s Square, as We Love MCR’s courageous fundraisers...

26/01/2024

This week has seen the unveiling of an incredible piece of public art at Printworks that’s a whopping 210 metre square, the biggest our city has seen.

This week has seen the unveiling of an incredible piece of public art at Printworks that’s a whopping 210 metre square, the biggest our city has seen. This is the first completed element of the overall, ongoing refurbishment which will be unveiled this spring. The striking, intricate design is bol...

26/01/2024

Work is finally underway to demolish a derelict eyesore building in Trafford – after the Council took the owners of Charlton House, on Chester Road in Old Trafford, to court after they failed to take any action over the crumbling building next to Trafford Town Hall.

Work is finally underway to demolish a derelict eyesore building in Trafford – after the Council took the owners of Charlton House, on Chester Road in Old Trafford, to court after they failed to take any action over the crumbling building next to Trafford Town Hall. In 2020, the Council issued Mas...

25/01/2024

A very Happy Burns Night to all you exiled Scots celebrating tonight in the Greater Manchester region

04/01/2024

Police want to speak to this person after City Centre spiking incident

Police in Manchester City Centre have released images of a man they are interested in speaking to in connection with an incident which occurred on Friday 11 August 2023, where a man in his 30s was spiked and sexually assaulted in Manchester. The victim also had his wallet, items of clothing and an e...

04/01/2024

In the first of our series celebrating the Great, the good, the famous and not so famous we start with a name that probably won’t be that familiar to you

In the first of our series celebrating the Great, the good, the famous and not so famous we start with a name that probably won’t be that familiar to you Born in January 1878, she would be the first woman to gain a medical degree from the University of Manchester and founded the Manchester Babies....