On this day 1971, boxer Muhammad Ali visited Tesco at Stretford’s Arndale shopping precinct to promote Ovaltine.

One stands and we all stand One falls and we all fall We are Manchester City And we stand tall To celebrate Black History Month, we commissioned a poem by Lemn Sissay OBE to reflect on the club’s journey from Maine Road to today, celebrating the influential black figures who

And it is no longer even serving as City Hall. What a catastrophically failed building.

Manchester United be warned. Your architect has previous.

Optimistic October - Day 15: Thank yourself for achieving the things you often take for granted actionforhappiness.org/optimistic-oct… #OptimisticOctober

Manchester from Salford Quays 📸 | Richard Storey Photography

Create courteous shopfronts!

Suicide. I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis. You take a rope. You put it up in a garage or a

So it's 'disgraced Andrew Battenberg' from now on?

Odd how almost nobody in Labour world and Westminster wants to push on this. You can’t unleash densification without ending this wealth-eroding tenancy scam preying on people’s dreams of homeownership. By making flats toxic, you also stoke demand for houses and push up prices.

I have just read a library book. Just about the wrongest book ever written. It's amazing how short a time it had before party-gate blew every prediction of a Tory stranglehold beginning 2019 out of the water. Yet, somehow now seems exactly the right time to read it.

Big news!! But a very familiar feeling 💙 We're becoming the George Carnall Community Hub. You might spot a mix of old and new branding on social media, in emails and around the centre. That’s completely normal and it’s all part of the transition. Thank you for being here.

The BBC Panorama "Race to build 1.5m homes" was extremely disappointing. It taught us nothing we didn't already know. I watched it, holding my breath for something meaningful at the end, but no. The earth-shattering conclusion was: "So what's clear is, it will take years to

There are loads of equitable ways the Govt can phase out domestic burning and protect people from air pollution: actionforcleanair.org.uk/evidence-resou…

The one thing worse than the current state of plat is putting the police under control by politicians.

The Andrew's Previews take on the Caerphilly Senedd by-election, and tomorrow's seven local by-elections, is available now for paying subscribers. Those on the free plan will have to wait until tomorrow.

That perfect moment when you play music and you realise the difference in your reset hearing aids "Are you with me now?" Cate le Bon 🎵

Rory Stewart is a national treasure.

In Trafford, we are up against a group of households who want to derail a scheme providing safer streets for children because they are adamant that the council should provide free parking for their 6 car households. You couldn't make it up

There is a moment at this time of year when the word ‘apricity’ really comes into view. For those who don’t know it, it was recorded only once, in 1623, before slipping out of view. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.