Chester Zoo is celebrating the birth of an eastern bongo – the rarest large mammal in Africa. A spokesman for the zoo said first-time mum, Safi, gave birth to the critically-endangered eastern bongo calf on September 4...
53two has submitted plans to open a new venue in Manchester’s Watson Street. Manchester theatre 53two will be reborn in the railway arches beneath Manchester Central. Accessible theatre provider, 53two, has had i...
“The rise in knife crime should shock us all.” Debbie Makki, the mother of 17-year-old Yousef Makki, who was stabbed and killed in Gorse Bank Road in Hale Barns on March 2, will speak at a knife crime summit at Ma...
Who said dream jobs don’t exist? Cat lovers rejoice, Manchester’s moggie mansion is looking for a new assistant manager and the role sounds prrrfect. Photo: Cat cafe manchester The Northern Quarter cafe shar...
Pret Team Members will treat customers who purchase a hot drink to the new Pret’s Pecan & Caramel Cookie this week. Pret A Manger will kick off the weekend by giving customers a chance to try one of their new cookie...
Manchester students to say ‘cut it out’ to domestic abuse. Following on from a successful trial of a similar scheme in Rochdale, from October 14 students at Manchester College’s Harpurhey Campus will become...
Has Boaty McBoatface taught us nothing!? Manchester City Council bravely took to twitter this afternoon to ask users to help name its new gritters. And they did not disappoint. The council said: “Manchester has 8...
Work on a new scheme to ‘radically improve’ two major city centre junctions for all road users is due to start next week. A spokesman for Manchester City Council said the Princess Road / Medlock Street round...
A new project being run by Manchester archivists will save more than 5,000 vulnerable sound recordings over the next five years, by digitising them for future generations. Interviews with a sword-swallower, a suffragett...
It’s a whole new level of dinner party debauchery Ahead of the start of Wintermarchen and the return of their infamous Seven Days of Showtime, Albert’s Schloss will be introducing a new level of dinner party debau...