On Thursday July 4, 2019 at 6pm, Manchester International Festival will return to the spaces and streets of our city for 18 Extraordinary Days! Sometimes people ask me what I do ‘the rest of the time’. I guess they mean that, since the Festival only
For the first time anywhere in the UK, all smokers admitted to hospital in Greater Manchester will be offered intensive support and medication to help them kick their tobacco addiction. The CURE programme has been launched today at Wythenshawe Hospital (part of Manchester University NHS
A man has been arrested after a woman was found dead at a property in Oldham Shortly after 8.45pm on Wednesday 26 September 2018, police were called by the ambulance service to an address on Acorn Close in Chadderton to reports that a woman had
Two teenage boys have been charged after a teenage girl was raped in Bolton. The boys – who are aged 16 and 17 and cannot be named for legal reasons – have been charged with rape and remanded to appear before Bolton Magistrates Court
Dena, who will be 90 in October, is a force of nature in more ways than one. Not only does she keep a an allotment that allows her to make weekly meals for up to 50 lunch club members a week, but she also has
Trustees for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund are issuing a final reminder that the last date for people to apply for funding is Sunday 30 September. The charity, set up to support the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack which happened on 22
Britain’s first dedicated ice attraction is coming to Manchester for Christmas 2018. Opening 9 November, Ice Village Manchester is a frosty family-friendly attraction, produced in partnership with Manchester City Council. A team of the UK’s premier ice sculptors will transform Cathedral Gardens in Manchester city
For one day only the brand new festival brought together more than sixty different community groups, with each of them showing off their own culture and traditions in a fantastic carnival of culture, colour, and creativity. An action packed programme of free family-friendly cultural activities
Greater Manchester Police is supporting a national week-long operation to tackle knife crime. All police forces in England and Wales are taking part in Operation Sceptre, from September 18th-24th. During the week, GMP officers are conducting weapon sweeps, carrying out hotspot searches and targeting habitual
he family of a man who died after being assaulted in Hindley has paid tribute to him. At around 10:55pm on Saturday 15 September 2018, police were called to The Bear’s Paw on Market Street to reports that a man in his 50s had been