Factory arts centre over budget again, taking total spend over £200m

Manchester's new arts centre is looking to sell its naming rights to cover the ever-increasing costs of the project which has seen its budget almost double. Factory International is already in talks with 'a number of leading brands' about selling the naming rights for the £210m facility which is due to open next year.

Shocking video footage has captured screams as lit fireworks were launched towards a tram in Manchester city centre on Sunday (October 16). Footage taken from Exchange Square, outside the Arndale, show the fireworks going off, shooting along the ground and even beneath a tram.

Police have issued an urgent appeal to find a missing teenage girl who was last seen on Friday evening (October 14). Destiny Garvie-Roberts, 15, is originally from Winsford but is known to have links to Greater Manchester.

A Ford Focus driver returned to the car park after shopping to find his car had been stolen.

There has been a rumour in Manchester this week. Initially, few dared to believe it.

A pub in Manchester has been labelled a "cost of living crisis hero" after it dropped its prices to £2 a pint - in a throwback to the 90s.

The centre of Manchester is a bustling place, with trams, cyclists, cars and pedestrians all vying for space as they look to get from A to B.

When you are ill or injured the last thing you want to do is sit around in A&E waiting to be seen.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Three days in the office bookended by two at home. It's a pattern of working that, post-covid, has become de facto for many. In fact it's now so common it's even got its own acronym, but it's too crude to print in a family newspaper like the M.E.N.

In the 1970s and 80s, Manchester city centre had an underground shopping centre with almost everything shoppers could ever want and need.

The victim at the centre of a murder investigation in Rochdale has been named by friends as Liam Richardson.

Hundreds of people gathered in Manchester city centre this afternoon to protest against soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis as part of a day of national action for an anti-poverty campaign.

"I think it's a pivotal and amazing time for Manchester to have a moment to look at what is great about it, and to have an opportunity for the people of the world to understand what's great about this city." The words of renowned composer Michael 'Mikey J' Asante MBE, whose work Free Your Mind , an immersive performance based on The Matrix, will officially open Manchester's new £186m Factory International arts centre next June.

The new £240million Factory International arts centre will open to the public in June 2023 - and highlights of the opening programme will include a huge arts event based on The Matrix films directed by Oscar-winning Danny Boyle. The vast new building will create a "landmark cultural space" for the city at the edge of the Old Granada Studios.

A sign that urges people not to give money to 'beggars' over fears they will spend it on drugs is going to be removed by the council. The plaque, which is the second spotted in Manchester city centre since June, comes with a metal box with a small gap in it for money to be slotted inside.

The imam of an Islamic centre says his mosque was targeted because of links to the Iranian government - which he denies.

A campaign to encourage organisations to do more to combat the cost of living crisis will be hosting another rally in Manchester city centre this weekend as part of a national day of action - with a former Coronation Street actor stepping up to speak at the event.

Pokemania is set to take over The Trafford Centre with the launch of a new event.

Passengers are facing disruption on the Metrolink this morning after a tram appeared to break down in the city centre. Engineers have been called out to resolve an issue on the tramline near Piccadilly Gardens today (September 26).

A dad has been hounded by debt collectors after Salford City Council mistakenly sent him two fines for the same driving misdemeanour.