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If you are travelling North this morning up the M61

A train platform isn’t usually where you expect to stumble across theatre performances. But that’s exactly what will be happening for a week at Eccles Train Station from tomorrow aboutmanchester.co.uk/train-dreaming…

In the lead-up to the 6 Music Festival in Greater Manchester, 6 Music and BBC Sounds bring listeners a new eight-part podcast, The Rise and Fall of Madchester, presented by Steve Lamacq and Alison Bell. aboutmanchester.co.uk/the-rise-and-f…

Grunwick, Miners, Wapping, they are all here as Manchester’s People’s History Museum uses the centenary of the General Strike to put on an exhibition On The Line: 100 years of strikes aboutmanchester.co.uk/review-on-the-…

Latouche pulled out a knife and repeatedly stabbed his friend 11 times, with the woman begging him to stop. The victim fell from the car and Latouche drove away, leaving him bleeding in the road. aboutmanchester.co.uk/high-on-nitrou…

The Civil action claiming Gerry Adams behind three IRA bombings in England including the bombing in Manchester in 1996 has been withdrawn by the claimants aboutmanchester.co.uk/claimants-with…

Noughts & Crosses has been seen by over 79,000 people on tour with 55 % of the audience being aged under 20. It went on to win Pilot Theatre the award for excellence in Touring at the 2019 UK Theatre Awards. aboutmanchester.co.uk/award-winning-…

Parts of Moss Side and Whalley Range will become the fifth Manchester neighbourhood to benefit from Pride in Place Funding. aboutmanchester.co.uk/20m-funding-bo…

The Government has announced that it will be taking action to clear 18,000 tonnes of illegal waste to be cleared from Bolton House Road, Wigan aboutmanchester.co.uk/government-to-…

Cornwall Insight have forecast that the energy price cap will rise from £1,641 between April and June to £1,973 from July aboutmanchester.co.uk/energy-prices-…

Manchester’s digital sector will come together this April for Manchester Tech Week aboutmanchester.co.uk/manchester-tec…

Mersey Square, Stockport 1920. Top left is the old fire station (demolished in 60s) Top right, the Mersey Tavern today The Chestergate. The Mersey was covered in the 1930s first as a road and then the Merseyway. Left of the river is Lancashire, right, Cheshire #HistoryMatters

The Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said she would be prepared to confront a shoplifter if they were “not too big”, and urged people not just to “look away” when crimes are committed aboutmanchester.co.uk/would-you-conf…

Workers at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester city centre have taken to the streets to demonstrate over working conditions and lack of union rights aboutmanchester.co.uk/workers-protes…

“For as long as I can remember I’ve had a phobia of bees and wasps,” aboutmanchester.co.uk/how-nhs-bee-ke…

Manchester Village Pride CIC has announced the theme for the return of the iconic Pride parade: ‘No Place Like Home’. aboutmanchester.co.uk/no-place-like-…

FRIDAY ⛅ Pleasant in any sunshine and feeling warm with mostly light winds. However, there will be a lot of high-cloud floating around, so the sun will be hazy at times. Cold overnight. Max 16°C Min 5°C

A critically endangered monkey has given birth just months after pioneering surgery saved her from undergoing an amputation. aboutmanchester.co.uk/new-arrival-fo…

A train platform isn’t usually where you expect to stumble across theatre performances. But that’s exactly what will be happening for a week at Eccles Train Station aboutmanchester.co.uk/train-dreaming…

A massive 300-metre-long piece of artwork is being unveiled at Mayfield Park as part of a new project to support local creatives. aboutmanchester.co.uk/manchesters-ma…