The Alton Towers rule that means you can go again for free if it rains

When she looks back on her time as a vice-principal at a secondary school in north Manchester, there's one memory that sticks in Patsy Hodson's mind.

As we near the end of the school holidays, most families have no doubt enjoyed a few days out over the long break.

'We are safe and secure.'

Here are the top Manchester City headlines for the evening of Tuesday, August 29, 2023.

Manchester United pulled back a two-goal deficit to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 at Old Trafford and in doing so, answered a major concern of Erik ten Hag's.

We're only a few days from the start of Manchester Pride - one of the country’s biggest celebrations of the LGBTQ+ community. The annual Pride will take place over the August bank holiday weekend (August 25-28) and will feature plenty of fun, music, and events to keep you busy.

Gabrielle will lead the line-up for this year’s Battersea Park In Concert series.The singer will close the three day event which kicks off this Saturday (August 26) and wraps up on Monday (August 26) at the London park.Also on the bill that day are MOBO award winning saxophonist Yolanda Brown and The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars.

Thousands of women could be saved from the country's biggest killer for women in their 30s - thanks to the legacy of Sarah Harding.

Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Friday, August 18.

Hughie Higginson was first diagnosed with leukaemia in 2020 and was too poorly to leave hospital for weeks. After around a month and a half on the ward, he was finally able to go up to the roof of the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and breathe fresh air for the first time in more than a month.

Manchester City have been here before. A talented youngster and a crossroad.

The Cult’s Billy Duffy has joined Johnny Marr on stage to play tracks by The Smiths and Depeche Mode. Check out footage of the moment below.The gig took place at the Cheese and Grain venue in Frome last night (August 16) as part of Johnny Marr’s latest run of solo gigs, and featured a number of tracks from across his discography, including solo tracks and classics by The Smiths.Fans at last night’s show, however, were left surprised after the singer-songwriter and guitarist brought out The Cult’s Billy Duffy as a surprise guest for the evening.The on-stage appearance is the latest of the multiple times the two musicians have joined forces, as they both have a long history of playing music together – stemming back to their adolescent years.Meeting in Manchester during their childhood, Duffy was in an early incarnation of The Smiths with Morrissey and had also played guitar with Marr when the latter was just 12 years old.

While we’ve been enduring pretty lousy weather in the UK this summer, the rich and famous have been soaking up the sun at lavish resorts across the Mediterranean. One favourite haunt with the well-heeled is the beautiful Costa Smeralda in northern Sardinia.

A vacant office block in Stockport that was set on fire, vandalised and occupied by drug dealers could be transformed into a high dependency nursing home.

There's nothing parents like more than a kids eat free deal, especially over the summer holidays.

Described as "paradise" by one former resident, four high-rise tower-blocks that overlooked great swathes of south Manchester for nearly 50-years were brought crashing down.

A picture perfect cafe where everything is pink is attracting crowds to the strangest of settings.

Three Italian brothers are making a bold impression in Greater Manchester with a new Italian breakfast and brunch restaurant that they say is unlike anywhere else in the city-region right now.

A deal brokered more than a decade ago to stop asylum seekers being housed in north Manchester could be lifted - but no one wants to talk about it. The ban on new asylum seeker accommodation is still in place in some parts of the city.

Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer, according to Cancer Research UK.