After a year of careful planning, the motorway bridge was finally erased from the landscape in under 12 hours – some six hours ahead of schedule. A fascinating time lapse video has now been released which reveals the work involved in demolishing the bridge including
For 70 years the Platt Hall Gallery, at the crossroads of Rusholme, Fallowfield and Moss Side, has housed Manchester Art Gallery’s costume collection. Generations of Mancunians have been able to visit the gallery since its inception to see clothing ranging from 17th century dress, to
The strategy – Grown in Greater Manchester. Known Around The World – identifies areas of strategic opportunity across the city-region. It also sets out a clear plan of how all 10 Greater Manchester districts will work together to target resources that will develop, celebrate, protect
An award winning catering service has been teaching the city’s youngsters and their families that cooking healthy food can be easy, tasty and affordable. Over the last 18 months Manchester Fayre, the city council’s catering service that prepares around 26,000 schools meals a day, has
Manchester advertising photographer Paul Cooper has had three projects shortlisted for a coveted place in the 2019 Creativepool Annual awards. The projects include one on Anthony Joshua, Olympic boxing champion, world heavyweight champion and the current holder of the IBF, WBA and IBO titles in
22-year-old Norwegian artist Jakob Ogawa kick-started his career in 2017 with «All Your Love» that quickly became a tastemaker favourite. Later that year, his anticipated debut-EP «Bedroom Tapes» came out. The EP received critical acclaim both by domestic and international media, establishing Jakob as a
Social work in Manchester is set to get a real boost this week with the start of a brand new social work degree apprenticeship. The pioneering apprenticeship – the first of its kind in the UK – has been developed by the council in collaboration
A team of GPs from Manchester has launched The Placebo Clinic, the first of its kind in the world, to make use of the so-called honest placebo effect. The placebo effect is one of the most studied in medicine, and can produce remarkable results. Even
A Brinnington man who evaded arrest by fleeing from hospital with a drip still attached has been jailed for drug offences. In March 2018, three people – including Beren Marshall (17/08/81) of Harcourt Street, Stockport – were jailed for more than 17 years after orchestrating
Through the English Cricket Board’s (ECB) non-turf pitch scheme, Bolton has so far spent £100,000 on 10 new artificial cricket pitches, with further funding to come for equipment and five years of maintenance. The move is part of the ‘cricket unleashed’ initiative by the ECB,
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