There has been an arresting development at the Greater Manchester Police Museum in Manchester city centre. Katie Henderson has copped the top job and joined the GMP Museum to lead it as the new curator. The museum is currently one of the top rated attractions in Manchester on TripAdvisor and... 

Greater Manchester’s first ever night-time economy adviser, Sacha Lord, has unveiled a panel of leading figures from across the city-region to support his work in improving Greater Manchester’s nightlife and night-time economy. The night-time economy is deemed to run from 6pm and 6am. Around... 

MMU and GMP have teamed up to bring a state-of-the-art, fully equipped forensic laboratory to a city centre police station in the country’s first initiative of it’s kind. Using the new equipment from Manchester Metropolitan University, police will be able to quickly tell what is in... 

At around 9pm on 16th August, the 95-year-old woman was in the living room of her home on Homewood Road when five males climbed in through a small open window. Once inside they ransacked the house, seemingly searching for items of value to steal. The woman came out of her living room after... 

Review by Ian Robert Hills. The stars were out in force but not just in the skies over Manchester but at a special opening performance of Fame the Musical’s 30th Anniversary UK Tour at the Palace Theatre. Theatregoers had the opportunity to see the stars from the entertainment world being... 

Representatives of the local and national cultural sector are being brought together to form the Greater Manchester Culture Steering Group. The steering group, formed by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, chaired by Culture Portfolio leads Linda Thomas, Leader of Bolton Council and Donna... 

Greater Manchester Police has launched a fraud prevention campaign following a spike in incidents involving phone fraudsters trying to trick people out of their money by claiming to be police officers. GMP is giving advice so people can spot potential scams and stop themselves falling victim. The... 

The Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester says it is “unacceptable” that local communities are bearing the brunt of the Government’s failure to fund policing fairly and properly. Beverley Hughes, Deputy Mayor for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire, was reacting to Home Office statistics... 

Everyone is invited to join the fun as Wythenshawe hosts its annual festival of sport, the Wythenshawe Games this week. Wythenshawe Park again plays host to this event first launched in 2012 as a celebration of community sport inspired by London’s Olympic Games. The packed programme, which... 

Warehouse Project and Parklife founder, Sacha Lord, has been appointed Greater Manchester’s first-ever night-time economy adviser. Appointed by Mayor Andy Burnham, Sacha Lord will champion Greater Manchester’s nightlife and help deliver the region’s ambitions to make Greater Manchester... 

Greater Manchester Police’s Special Constabulary and Volunteer Police Cadets have been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – equivalent to an MBE –... 

The delights of some of Didsbury’s most beautiful private gardens will be on show as part of this Didsbury Open Gardens scheme on Sunday, 17 June. Some of South Manchester’s greenest fingers have been hard at work with more than 20 gardens – traditional and modern, large and small... 

Review by Ian Hills, Monday 11th June The Palace Theatre rocked – Elvis was in the house! Internationally-renowned, award-winning, Steve Michaels, starred as Elvis Presley, alongside the Jordanaires and the Sweet Inspirations. It’s 1968 and we open to the studios of NBC for the live... 

GMP Assistant Chief Constable, Russ Jackson, has issued the following statement and update on the police investigation to mark the anniversary of the terror attack on Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017. ‘The events of 22nd May will forever be etched into the history of Manchester,’ he said. ‘The...