Art & Culture | 22/08/26

The best things to do in Greater Manchester this week | 24 – 30 August 2026

The new BBQ restaurant beneath a Manchester railway arch where meat is cooked very, VERY slowly
Eats | 21/08/26

The new BBQ restaurant beneath a Manchester railway arch where meat is cooked very, VERY slowly

Audio | 21/08/26

Manchester band Westside Cowboy release ‘thrilling’ debut album that critics are calling one of the year’s best

Live music venue
Art & Culture | 21/08/26

BBC Introducing LIVE is back with events across the North for grassroots music artists

Man walking in rain
News | 21/08/26

UK set to be battered by storms as ‘unprecedented’ El Niño arrives this autumn

Live from Wythenshawe Park – lineup, travel, tickets, times, and everything you need to know
Audio | 20/08/26

Live from Wythenshawe Park – lineup, travel, tickets, times, and everything you need to know

Feature

The inflatable floating obstacle course you can splash around on near Manchester

Wild Shore Delamere
Business

Wetherspoons introduces new phone rule at all UK pubs after customers are ‘driven nuts’

GMP police car
Crime

Tameside police appeal for witnesses after two men were stabbed and doused in chilli oil

Tribute paid to man 'loved by so many' stabbed to death in Levenshulme
News

Tribute paid to man ‘loved by so many’ stabbed to death in Levenshulme

Christmas

Government launches £442m drive to get rough sleepers off streets before Christmas

Eats

‘A very special day’ – Northern Quarter institution The Trof added to Michelin Guide

The Trof owners Jamie Pickles and Matt Nellany
Proloco opens in Manchester next week

Eats

A fancy new pizzeria has opened in Manchester serving posh pizzas and seasonal sharing plates

Team behind award-winning cocktail bar Stray to open second Manchester bar

Eats

Team behind award-winning cocktail bar Stray to open second Manchester bar

A spritz and a pizza sandwich

Eats

Family behind Salvi’s launch new concept, weeks after iconic restaurant closure

The new, expanded La Chouquette

Eats

Award-winning Didsbury bakery La Chouquette reveals incredible new site – and the queues have returned

Eats

We go meatballs deep with Mira's traditional Neapolitan sandwiches

Audio

Manchester band Westside Cowboy release ‘thrilling’ debut album that critics are calling one of the year’s best

Oasis release trailer for Don't Look Back In Anger documentary - watch it here

Audio

Oasis release trailer for Don’t Look Back In Anger documentary – watch it here

Elbow and celebs backing

Audio

Elbow get behind campaign to save Jodrell Bank from closure

Manichester festival 2 in 2027

Audio

Manichester organisers confirm tribute festival will return in 2027

Oasis returning to Knebworth license

Audio

Oasis promoters drop biggest Knebworth hint yet after securing license around key date

Audio

Clint Boon takes us around Manchester's iconic Deaf Institute