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Work starts to create a new heart for Gorton town centre

  • Monday 18 November 2024
A digger poised to start work at Gorton town centre with Market in the background

Gorton district centre will welcome a new public town square, creating a new heart for the local community and a space for people to gather and spend time, while enhancing the existing Gorton Market.

Dash for your Vaxx!

  • Thursday 14 November 2024
Picture of a sausage dog with its ear raised. Text reads "walk ins, not walkies"

Manchester’s canine companions leading the way to walk-in clinics across the city

Manchester's iconic Christmas 2024 mug designs revealed!

  • Friday 25 October 2024
A row of six brightly decorated mugs placed in a snowy scene with snow falling all around them and snowy cottages in the background.  The mugs have festive Christmas character designs on them with a Nordic theme

With just two weeks to go until the opening of Manchester's legendary Christmas Markets on Friday 8 November, the design of the city's iconic and always much-anticipated Christmas mugs for 2024 can now be revealed.

Countdown to opening sees Manchester Christmas Markets mapped!

  • Tuesday 22 October 2024
Man and woman walking away from camera towards the bright festive lights of market stalls ahead of them

With less than three weeks to go now until Manchester's legendary Christmas Markets open, we've got the markets mapped for visitors and festive shoppers with a special Christmas Markets map to help everyone find their way round and point them in the right direction for food and drink, live entertainment, and those all-important toilet stops.

Manchester to be guest city at iconic Barcelona festival next year

  • Friday 18 October 2024
Blurred image of crowds of happy people dressed in red, holding a young person smiling on their shoulders as they move

Manchester is to team up with Barcelona next September at the Catalan city's iconic La Mercè festival - which each year attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors into the city for a 4-day cultural festival that sets the very highest of bars for festivals everywhere, showcasing the very best of traditional Catalan culture, outdoor arts and music.

Our Town Hall: Portraits of a Workforce exhibition

  • Friday 18 October 2024
Image of Leah Finch, a Construction Manager for Lendlease stood in protective gear.

A new exhibition at Manchester Central Library is set to focus on some of the skilled craftspeople, artisan trades and construction team behind the current transformation of Manchester's Town Hall.

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