Figures have revealed that following the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Manchester benefited from the sharpest increase in sports participation of any major city, with participation rising by 4%.
Artists Dan Dubowitz and Alan Ward have created a new book, Citizen Manchester, plus an exhibition of 40 large-scale interventions at Central Library and Manchester Art Gallery.
An international cycle tour will set off from Manchester Town Hall on Saturday 15 March in a bid to raise awareness of the need to create a nuclear free world.
Manchester’s refurbished Central Library will host a year-long programme of cultural events, with the help of a £100,000 boost from Arts Council England.
Manchester joined local authorities, community groups and charities across the British Isles to mark Commonwealth Day (10 March) by raising the Commonwealth flag.
Manchester’s award winning Christmas Market has been named the best in Europe following a poll on a popular festive travel website – Christmas Markets.com
Manchester City Council welcomes plans to clean up former landfill sites which have lain derelict for decades and transform them into usable land that will benefit residents.
A new £3,000 incentive is being offered to employers who take on a Manchester apprentice.
The magnificent Emmeline Pankhurst artwork, which currently is on show in the Rates Hall in Manchester Town Hall, will be given a permanent home in the newly refurbished Central Library.
Heaton Park is to benefit from major improvements under projects funded by a £14.5m airport windfall.
It’s time to dig out the running kit as Sport Relief returns to Manchester. On Sunday 23 March the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile will be setting off from outside Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, with hundreds of local residents showing their support for Sport Relief 2014 by choosing to run either one, three or six miles.
Residents who want to help keep Manchester litter-free are being offered grants to run regular clean-up events funded by an airport windfall.
Local people looking to get their hands on a new job are invited to a free major public recruitment event at the Etihad Stadium.
A huge pile of rubbish collected from Manchester city centre’s streets over a single week will be put on display to launch a huge campaign to crack down on the problem.
Football legend Phil Neville has kicked off the first of two playgrounds set to turn Manchester city centre into an even friendlier destination for families.
To mark Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* (LGBT) History Month which takes place throughout February Manchester City Council, in partnership with organisations across the city, will host the second annual LGBT Question Time at the town hall on Sunday 23 February, 12-2pm.
Professor Sir Andre Geim FRS and Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov FRS were awarded the Honorary Freedom of the City of Manchester on 17 February 2014 for their work on the material graphene.
Around 60,000 households are set to save money on their fuel bills as a campaign to make the region’s homes more energy efficient gets underway.
Residents are invited to the launch of the new Barlow Moor Community Library on Saturday 15 February.
This Valentine’s Day Manchester will rightly takes its place alongside Paris, Rome and Venice as a must visit location for any romantic.
A man who was caught illegally selling items on the street has been ordered to pay more than a grand.
Manchester City Council has set out ambitious plans to reduce its carbon emissions over the next three years.
Manchester City FC are the latest high-profile organisation to become official partners for the Go ON Manchester campaign, with 100 of the Blues’ employees signing up as digital champions.
A man who saved money through an energy switching scheme is urging other Greater Manchester residents to get involved.
Manchester City Council is asking for residents’ views on its draft budget for 2014-15, including a proposed Council Tax freeze.
Three Manchester schools have been congratulated by Schools Minister David Laws, for being in the top 100 schools nationally for sustained improvement in their exam results over the last three years.
Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives have released a short video which celebrates the magic of public libraries and the imaginative power of reading.
A 91 year old who was at the opening of Manchester's Central Reference Library in 1934 - and then went on to work there - is leading a call for people to share their memories of the historic event.
A brand new library opened its doors in the Abraham Moss Centre, Crumpsall, today, Monday 3 February.
Streets across the city will be cleared of disused items which look scruffy and make areas feel unsafe under a project funded by a £14.5m airport windfall.