15 h. ago Criminal behind bars after secret footage from Piccadilly Gardens brings him down

The arrest came as part of Operation Vulcan

Events

4 d. ago Rugby legend Gareth Thomas bringing Tackle HIV campaign to Manchester

Thomas will be in Piccadilly Gardens in the centre of the city as two Women's Rugby World Cup matches are played in Manchester

Sport

5 d. ago Council names date Piccadilly Gardens redesign will be unveiled with 'features people liked in the old days'

It's been promised for years

Politics

5 d. ago England flags and Union Jacks appear across city centre overnight as council makes decision on removal

Men were seen tying a Union Jack and England flags around Piccadilly Gardens

Politics

8 d. ago Two teenagers arrested in Piccadilly Gardens after knife and balaclava found

One suspect was arrested on suspicion of carrying out a terrifying knife-point robbery

Events

1 week ago Serena Williams built her legacy on defiance. Why lend it to Ozempic culture? | Bryan Armen Graham

From Compton outsider to American nonpareil, she came to embody resistance to toxic norms. But her embrace of GLP-1 drugs feels like capitulation to ideals she once rejectedWhen Serena Williams was featured in a People magazine story on Thursday morning discussing her 31lb weight loss, the rollout had all the hallmarks of an advertisement draped in the thin veil of an all-caps EXCLUSIVE.Vogue’s social channels amplified their own access, NBC’s Today show gave her a one-on-one segment and Elle published a carefully packaged interview in which Williams declared she wanted to break the stigma around weight-loss drugs, each of them in lockstep with what appeared to be a hard 9am press embargo. This vintage Jill Smoller quadrafecta was not a spontaneous confessional; it was a coordinated media blitz pegged to the US Open, the tentpole event of American tennis, which kicks off on Sunday in earnest. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Police issue picture of man they want to speak to after Piccadilly Gardens robbery

Officers are investigating a robbery in Piccadilly Gardens in the early hours

Events

2 w. ago Only those with 'detective level' skills can spot three differences in 10 seconds

A tricky brainteaser featuring a man, a cat, and a dog, has left people scratching their heads as a 'detective level' observation skill is needed to spot all three differences in just 10 seconds

Events

3 w. ago Lloyds customers can deposit cash using app while popping to the shop

The bank has teamed up with PayPoint for a feature enabling people to deposit coins and banknotes using a barcode.

Economics

3 w. ago The Guardian view on attacking the ECHR: the real target is judicial independence and the rule of law | Editorial

The populist right sees the European convention as a soft target in a longer campaign to degrade democratic checks and balancesMost British citizens have little contact with human rights law, which is as it should be in a mature democracy. Widespread anxiety about basic freedoms is a feature of more repressive regimes.Many people will only have heard of the European convention on human rights (ECHR) in the context of the last Conservative government’s failed attempts to dispatch asylum seekers to Rwanda, or in a handful of incidents where convicted criminals or terrorist suspects have avoided deportation to jurisdictions where they might face inhumane treatment. Such cases are amplified by politicians who are hostile to the whole apparatus of human rights law. The Strasbourg court that adjudicates on breaches of the ECHR is denounced as an enemy of British sovereignty. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago 'I took my kids to play in Piccadilly Gardens, what I saw left me fuming'

"No decent Mancunian should need telling"

Politics

4 w. ago Urgent appeal issued to find missing teenage boy with links to Piccadilly Gardens

Officers are searching for him

Events