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Salford Lads Club

Salford Lads Club is saved after after an overwhelming community response

Essential Trafford baby bank could close without urgent help

Meet the pear, tomato and banana who are changing the way we fight hate crimes in Manchester

Here’s how you can make a difference in Manchester this Christmas

Salford Lads Club

There is a light that must never go out – Film launched in last bid attempt to save Salford Lads’ & Girls’ Club

Jurassic World

Here’s how you can get 50% off tickets to Jurassic World: The Exhibition this Black Friday

Essential Trafford baby bank could close without urgent help

Thom Bamford 28 November 2024

Faced with losing their home and a £200,000 funding gap, the Little Green Sock Project—a lifeline for vulnerable families in Greater Manchester—is calling on the community to help secure its future and continue providing dignity and hope to those in need.

Here’s how you can make a difference in Manchester this Christmas

Thom Bamford 27 November 2024

Mancunians are known for their charity and in this desperate time of need for many – here’s how you can help people this Christmas

Salford Lads Club

There is a light that must never go out – Film launched in last bid attempt to save Salford Lads’ & Girls’ Club

Thom Bamford 27 November 2024

Salford Lads’ & Girls’ Club, a cornerstone of Salford’s community since 1903, is making a final appeal for donations to meet its £250,000 target by November 30th to ensure its doors remain open and its legacy endures for generations to come.

Review: The Jungle Book at the Octagon Theatre is ‘a spirited twist on the beloved Kipling classic’

Glenn Meads 27 November 2024

The Jungle Book at Octagon Theatre Theatre delivers a family-friendly adaptation with humour, heart and a fresh twist on Kipling’s beloved classic.

Step into another world this winter with Tattu’s incredible culinary creations

Thom Bamford 26 November 2024

Guided by the mythical Azure Dragon, Tattu’s enchanting winter menu invites you to immerse yourself in a world of bold flavours, artistic cocktails and opulent surroundings for a dining experience like no other

Jack Derbyshire

Community unites in heartfelt support for late footballer’s family

Thom Bamford 26 November 2024

A community has rallied to support the family of 27-year-old Jack Derbyshire, a devoted father and fiancé who tragically passed away after a football match.

Rooted in family, grown in the community – the family business inspiring potters for 25 years

Thom Bamford 26 November 2024

From a West Didsbury garage in 1999 to an exciting new Ardwick studio, Seven Limes Pottery has become Manchester’s oldest pottery teaching studio.

Claire Moore

Bolton’s own West End star plays scrooge in timeless Christmas classic

Glenn Meads 26 November 2024

Claire Moore brings star power and heart to Hope Mill Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol.

Review: After the Act at HOME is ‘a devastating exploration of the chilling effects of Section 28’

With a powerful blend of testimonies, evocative performances and inventive staging, After the Act at HOME chronicles the chilling effects of Section 28, transforming raw historical accounts into a gripping,

Salford Lads Club

Salford Lads Club is saved after after an overwhelming community response

Essential Trafford baby bank could close without urgent help

Meet the pear, tomato and banana who are changing the way we fight hate crimes in Manchester

Here’s how you can make a difference in Manchester this Christmas

Salford Lads Club

There is a light that must never go out – Film launched in last bid attempt to save Salford Lads’ & Girls’ Club

Jurassic World

Here’s how you can get 50% off tickets to Jurassic World: The Exhibition this Black Friday

The failed utopian housing project that became a bohemian counterculture ‘paradise’

Thom Bamford

Private dining room at Lucky Cat Manchester

The best private dining rooms in Manchester for exclusive dinner parties

Georgina Pellant

The ultimate Manchester sober bar crawl

Lucy Haynes

coffee pit stops and coffee walks across Greater Manchester

The quirky coffee pit stops to discover on walks across Greater Manchester

I Love MCR

Manchester book

The must-read Manchester books that will fill you with civic pride

I Love MCR

Here’s our top picks for sober nights out in Manchester

Thom Bamford

Happy news and stories sponsored by Happy Radio UK – playing the songs that make you smile. Available on DAB Radio across the North West.

Private dining room at Lucky Cat Manchester

The best private dining rooms in Manchester for exclusive dinner parties

The Big Manchester Bake

The best cooking classes in Greater Manchester

Atlas Bar

The independent speciality coffee shops across Greater Manchester

Richmond Tea Rooms afternoon tea

The best places for afternoon tea in Manchester

Sale

This is the place: why Sale might be one of the best places to live in the UK – in five years time

This is the place: Prestwich is the ‘cool and well-connected suburb’ with plenty going on

This is the place: has Stockport created a blueprint for regenerating our flagging high streets?

Ancoats Cutting Square

This is the place: why Ancoats is Manchester’s coolest neighbourhood

Sacha Lord

Worker Bee: Meet Sacha Lord, co-founder of Warehouse Project and Parklife Festival

Candy's Cupcakes

Worker Bee: Meet Candice Bannister, founder of Candy’s Cupcakes

Hannah Beaumont of Beaumont Organic

Worker Bee: Meet Hannah Beaumont-Laurencia, founder of Beaumont Organic

Worker Bee: Meet Simon Naylor, creative director at 53two and actor

Salford Lads Club

Salford Lads Club is saved after after an overwhelming community response

Essential Trafford baby bank could close without urgent help

Meet the pear, tomato and banana who are changing the way we fight hate crimes in Manchester

Here’s how you can make a difference in Manchester this Christmas

Step into another world this winter with Tattu’s incredible culinary creations

Escape to the Aegean this Winter with chef Zisis Giannouras at Fenix

Bruco

“Great food at excellent value” An authentic taste of Naples arrives in Ancoats

One of Manchester’s best looking pubs reopens after stunning refurbishment

Salford Lads Club

Salford Lads Club is saved after after an overwhelming community response

Review: The Jungle Book at the Octagon Theatre is ‘a spirited twist on the beloved Kipling classic’

Jurassic World

Here’s how you can get 50% off tickets to Jurassic World: The Exhibition this Black Friday

Claire Moore

Bolton’s own West End star plays scrooge in timeless Christmas classic

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