Blood sweat and tears built the Manchester Ship Canal - 135 years later those whose toiled to dig the big ditch will be honoured

Sony’s Bullet Train was the global and international box office leader for the studios during its sophomore frame with an added $17M from 61 overseas markets for an offshore cume of $60M and global riding the rails past $100M for $114.5M through Sunday.

The smell of jerk chicken filled the air in a sun baked Moss Side today as the second and final day of the long-awaited return of the Manchester Caribbean Carnival took to Alexandra Park. The carnival had returned this weekend after a two year Covid enforced hiatus, and there couldn't have been a better weekend weather wise to have returned.

For years the Energyworks team, based on an industrial estate on Rochdale, have been doing their best to help people in Greater Manchester be "warmer, healthier and better off in their homes".

Stuttgart striker Sasa Kalajdzic has admitted that he is keen to secure some clarity on his future amid links connecting him with a move to Manchester United.

a book and his case inspired the 1989 drama film “True Believer.” But his life — what happened before and after he became famous for his imprisonment — was far from a Hollywood fairy tale.In the documentary “Free Chol Soo Lee,” first-time doc directors Julie Ha and Eugene Yi use archival materials in an attempt to present their tragic hero in all three dimensions. Despite their efforts, Soo Lee feels just out of reach, but the story of his life remains as important as it is horrifying.The film opens by explaining the crime and how Soo Lee became a prime suspect. Journalistic giant K.W.

A Lebanon man who was "intercepted" in the English Channel last June was found dead in Manchester Ship Canal just over a year later.

Lewis Hamilton has finally admitted fault in his actions toward his young nephew — five years later!

Leaders in Greater Manchester have joined the Mayor of London in condemning Avanti West Coast to cut the number of services to and from the capital. City-region mayor, Andy Burnham, leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig, and London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have penned a letter to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, asking for an urgent meeting to restore the full timetable.

‘Not enough vaccines, test results delayed for days, and people cancelling Pride plans’ - monkeypox fears are building as the number of cases in Greater Manchester are on the rise.

Refresh for latest…: Coming in just slightly ahead of pre-weekend projections, Sony’s Bullet Train pulled into 57 overseas markets for a $32.4M international box office launch. When including the domestic start, the global debut is $62.5M.

When the Lionesses began their delayed Euro 2021 campaign this summer, they set out with two goals in mind - to lift the trophy and to make more people fall in love with women's football.

Manchester could be ‘the best place to live in the country’ once HS2 has been completed — so long as it’s done in the right way, the Mayor has said.

A sharp fall in the number of anti-Semitic incidents so far this year across Greater Manchester was reported today by a charity.

A pedestrian was taken to hospital after being hit by a bus on a busy road in south Manchester on Tuesday evening (August 2). The incident sparked a huge emergency services response on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme.

Hundreds of new homes are to be built on the site of a burnt down mill despite fears over congestion, flooding and loss of green space. Proposals for a 311-home estate, at the former Rex Mill site, in Middleton, were passed by a majority vote at the latest meeting of Rochdale council’s planning committee.

Dramatic photos show a bullet-riddled car after a 16-year-old girl was blasted in a drive-by shotgun attack in south Manchester. Police are hunting the gunman who opened fire at a crowd at a party outside a house in Moss Side on Friday.

A 16-year-old girl was shot after a gunman opened fire at a crowd in a drive-by attack in Manchester's Moss Side. By sheer luck the victim's injuries are not serious.