MMU’s famous Hollings Faculty will cease to be used from next year

UK’s largest mobile network provider launches next generation of service

Why? bring their unique blend of hip hop and folk to one of Manchester’s more eccentric venues.

Umar Kamani owns online fashion retailer boohoo.com

University of Manchester v Manchester Metropolitan University (starts 7.30pm)

The Texan alt-rockers bring their incendiary live show to Manchester for the second time in as many years

Follow in the footsteps of ‘Get Baked’ creator Richard Myers

We put the Olympics to shame by bringing to light some truly obscure sports. This week: bog snorkelling

Twenty-five years on from his first Mancunian outing, Slash hasn’t forgotten his rock n’ roll roots

NME’s newest cover boys bring their frenetic live show to the Deaf Institute

Final year student Lucy Firth gives advice about living away from home

Fun. turn in a strong performance that’s more than the sum of its parts

Joshua Brooks 5th October 8.5/10

A look, through archive footage, at Manchester in the last century

Sport Editor Matthew Barber visits Manchester’s latest footballing attraction

The Greater Manchester Film Festival delivers a day to celebrate Manchester as the City of Cinema

GMFF founder Simon Powell presents the World Premiere of his first feature length film at the Greater Manchester Film Festival

Swedish sweetheart Patrick meets British babe Lucy.

A majestic set at the Manchester Arena showed why Radiohead remain the world’s most important rock band

Even in this first ever year of Manchester’s film festival a strong precedent has been set on the standard that the GMFF has to offer. A lucky relationship was forged when BAFTA contacted the organisers after seeing some of their activity on Twitter. They were in fact so impressed by the potential this new film […]