Day: 31 March 2016

If you’re a fan of whisky - or whiskey - here’s a date for your diary. Sunday 5th June 2016. That’s when Manchester’s very own Whiskey Jar is hosting its first ever Whisky Festival

Manchester has been ranked the most competitive location to do business in a study of 10 European cities by KPMG

The ultimate event for urban, road & city cyclists, Spin, is coming to Manchester's Victoria Warehouse for a three day stretch on May 6th 2016

Whether you know him as keyboard player of the Inspiral Carpets, musician in his own right, club DJ - he’s been playing at South on Deansgate for more than a decade - or radio broadcaster, the name Clint Boon probably rings a bell. Emily Oldfield popped into the BBC at Media City to meet this self-confessed ‘ordinary bloke from Oldham.’

Manchester’s links with sporting success are well documented, but did you know the area is also the home of the UK’s only venue dedicated solely to roller derby? Kaleigh Watterson went down during one of their weekly new skater sessions to find out more about this growing sport