This book illustrates locomotive-hauled trains and diesel multiple units that were to be seen in north-west England between ...

Continuing our series on the pioneering Manchester Corinthians women’s team, today Gary James talks about the Corinthians during the 1970s and 1980s. The 1970s saw women’s football in Manchester grow ...

From the early 1970s until 1993, chlordecone, an "extremely toxic and persistent" pesticide, was used in banana plantations ...

Last year when Fred Locks was approached by veteran session guitarist Earl “Chinna” Smith to cover Jacob Miller’s Suzy Wong, ...

Manchester has not always been as glamorous as this mural in the restaurant of the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel implies. Nor has its city centre been as replete with restaurants, wine bars, pubs and cafés ...

Having struggled to live up to expectations at Man Utd, Antony joined Real Betis on loan and is now one of the most in-form forwards in La Liga ...

Lesley’s ongoing involvement with football demonstrates that the Corinthians’ influence continues almost eighty years after the club was established. Like so many Mancunian women, her contribution to ...

It is a testament to United’s enduring appeal that just about every home Premier League game is a sell-out, hence the club’s ...

Continuing our series on the pioneering Manchester Corinthians women’s team, today Gary James talks about the Corinthians during the 1970s and 1980s. The 1970s saw women’s football in Manchester grow ...

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles, the final interviewer of John Lennon, has died aged 76, his family have confirmed. He ...