Funded By a Spice Girl: Is The Money Just ‘Too Much’ in Motorsport
With the Formula One season under way for 2026, British Touring champion Paul O’Neill explores how his popstar sister helped him break into the sport dogged by accusations of elitism. “Was I stealing a drive from someone who deserved it more? Maybe. Did I care? Not really. You can’t sit around feeling sorry for people.” […]
Manchester City women’s financial figures reveal rise in broadcasting coverage
Interest and coverage of the women’s game has soared over the last century. While men’s football is notorious for wealth and millions spent on transfers and wages each season, the same figures are not seen at the highest level for the women’s equivalent. The top Women’s Super League teams have begun to reveal their financial […]
King’s Award for Bolton Muslim youth sport group
A Muslim women’s youth club has been given the King’s Award for its community work in sports. KRIMMZ, based in Bolton, is a club breaking down barriers to Muslim women’s participation in sports. These barriers often include equipment costs, transport, cultural expectations, modesty norms and a lack of female only spaces. Khadija Patel, founder of […]
Women at work: Artist Charlotte Hodes brings everyday female labour into focus at Gallery Oldham
International Women’s Day may be over, but the conversation about women’s work is far from finished. At Gallery Oldham, artist Charlotte Hodes is turning that spotlight into portraiture, capturing women in the act of working, creating, and shaping their own stories. A leading figure in contemporary art, Hodes brings her foundational experience as a painter […]
Artisan market promotes a diverse shopping experience
Urmston’s first Artisan market of 2026 opened in February at Golden Hill Park. Urmston is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, with a population of 41,731. It has medieval origins, a railway heritage, and a district hospital that inaugurated the NHS in 1948. The Urmston Artisan Market, run by The Market Co. Launched in 2016 and […]
Leeds tyre thieves jailed after dangerous HGV motorway chase
Two men from Leeds have been jailed after stealing £40,000 worth of tyres in Warrington and engaging in an HGV pursuit with police on the motorway. The pair were eventually stopped near Bradford when the driver lost control of the HGV, which had been stung earlier on. Appearing at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday 6 […]
Plans revealed for regeneration of ‘disconnected’ corner of the city centre
New plans have been released for the regeneration of the Water Street area, with Manchester City Council to discuss them this week. The proposals include building more affordable housing, retail spaces and a new city centre park. The development hopes to prioritise active travel methods like walking and cycling, whilst still utilising the public transport […]
Adlington farmer condemns new town plan as ‘total desecration’
An Adlington-based farmer says the construction of 20,000 new homes would be ‘a total desecration’. Alex Kelsall, 31, farms nearly 150 acres which would be decimated by Adlington New Town. “This is just a total desecration of productive farmland on the edge of the Peak District,” Mr Kelsall said. “We’re out on the edge of […]
Controversial Peel Green active travel scheme rejected by council
After residents voiced ‘significant criticism’ of a scheme that would create cycle lanes on Liverpool Road, the council have not approved plans to continue with the development. This scheme would have allocated one lane of traffic to a shared footpath and cycle lane, in order to incentivise less of a reliance on cars. Most residents […]
Stockport man jailed after rape and sexual assault of vulnerable teenage girl
A 44-year-old man has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years after being found guilty of the rape of a vulnerable teenage girl in Stockport. Appearing before Manchester Crown Court on Thursday 5 March 2026, Mohsen Farjam was charged with five offences- two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault, and one of sexual assault by […]