9 h. ago Food hall with 'secret' 1940s bar and jazz restaurant coming to Greater Manchester town's nightlife hotspot

The new eatery will be in the heartland of the town centre's former epic nightlife scene

Society

10 h. ago Nightlife at British holiday hotspot looks 'dead' as tourists brand it 'ghost town'

A video has gone viral on social media that shows a woman walking through the streets of a British holiday hotspot with the bars 'all shut' - and people have since shared their thoughts

Events

13 h. ago Drunk care worker and single mother fined after rampage where they fought police officers after being barred from a club

Drunk care worker Eloise Hindry, 22, brawled with two police officers while single mother Bethany Hill yelled: 'You f***ing pair of k***heads' during an explosive fit of rage at a jazz bar in Cheshire.

Events

35 h. ago The 'vanguard' Greater Manchester town on the precipice of major change

The area was visited by a government minister recently - who looked at the exciting plans for the towns' future

Politics

37 h. ago 'I went to M&S you have to queue to get into to see if it's actually worth it'

Marks and Spencer is a shop you can often spend hours in thanks to their vast array of clothes, beauty, and most importantly, their food hall, where you can spend a fortune...

Politics

3 d. ago We tried the £3.50 Chicago Town treat shoppers say 'makes pizza night'

It's available at Iceland, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and more

Economics

3 d. ago The hidden gem waterpark five minutes from a Greater Manchester town centre

Bookings are now open for the summer season

Politics

4 d. ago Town centre self storage unit will be knocked down following devastating fire

Firefighters have been battling the blaze in Middleton for three days

Events

4 d. ago 'I visited Spanish hotspot expecting amazing nightlife but was left disappointed'

One female holidaymaker who was looking to let her hair down on her trip away to a Spanish hotspot admits she was left disappointed when she got there at the lack of nightlife

Politics

5 d. ago The Greater Manchester town hall with a leaky roof set for £1m makeover

The problems are becoming both more frequent and increasingly serious

Economics

5 d. ago LIVE updates as building taped off near Stockport town centre car park following serious incident

The entire car park had been sealed off

Politics

6 d. ago Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin review – privilege and race intersect in a fine debut

A young gay Black man escapes from grief into the hedonism of upper-echelon New York, in a lyrical tale of redemptionLives can turn on one mistake. Smith’s comes when he is caught in the corner of a restaurant in the Hamptons on the last night of summer, snorting cocaine from a key. He walks calmly out with the two khaki-clad police officers, poses for a mugshot and posts his $500 bail.Smith is Black, which won’t help, but he comes from wealth, which will. So he calls his sister, who calls his father in Atlanta, who tells his mother, who collapses on the floor in shock then starts calling lawyers. Smith prepares for his court date with a series of AA meetings and counselling sessions that will make it clear that this promising young man is on the road to redemption. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Did the liberation of Africa start in Manchester? The biting play about a pivotal, forgotten moment

It was a turning point in the push for African independence – and it took place in Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall. We meet the writer of a play about the fifth Pan-African CongressOn the facade of the building that once housed Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall in Manchester sits a plaque commemorating a turning point in the push for African independence. The fifth Pan-African Congress in October 1945 was attended by future global leaders as well as activists and scholars from across Africa and its diaspora. But despite the event’s international importance, it has been largely overlooked by mainstream British history. Now a biting new play is set to remedy this.“I think a lot of Mancunians don’t know it happened,” says playwright Ntombizodwa Nyoni, who lectures in the same building, now part of Manchester Metropolitan University. “But it’s like: you’re part of such a phenomenal moment in history.” Eighty years later, her dramatisation of the event, Liberation, is about to receive its worl...

Politics

8 d. ago LIVE: Streets taped off near Greater Manchester town centre following 'stabbing'

A cordon is in place

Politics

9 d. ago 'It's been promised for years', but now it's finally happening for one Greater Manchester town

The Metrolink extension has been confirmed for Heywood and Stockport

Sport

1 week ago Oldham's town centre Post Office saved after permanent closure fears

The temporary Post Office will open on June 18 and later be transformed into a permanent shop.

Politics

1 week ago Seven men face ‘lengthy’ sentences for sexual abuse of teenage girls in Rochdale

The men were convicted of sexually exploiting two girls in the town in Greater Manchester between 2001 and 2006.

Events

1 week ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang found guilty of raping and abusing two teenage girls who were used as 'sex slaves' over period of five years

The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.

Events

1 week ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang who used two teenage girls as sex slaves from the age of 13 face years in jail after being convicted of rape and indecency

The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.

Events

1 week ago Rochdale grooming gang are convicted of sex offences against two teenage girls over five

The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.

Events