South Manchester had the best hip-hop scene in the UK. So why did it never take off?
A Guy Called Gerald, The Ruthless Rap Assassins, and MC Tunes weigh in on the rise and fall of the North Hulme Sound
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A midsummer’s nightmare: What really caused the Royal Exchange’s cancelled show?
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We sampled them all so you… well, you probably should too
In Wigan, ‘sad looking fields’ become a beautiful wooded glade
Plus, why did Sacha Lord lie on the BBC’s flagship political TV programme?
Inside GMP’s race to find the Salford torso killer
No identifiable victim, no witnesses, and 19 individual crime scenes
You struggle with your mental health and a nearby cafe offers a lifeline — then it suddenly closes
Manchester’s NHS is trying to get out of the red, but at what cost?
Questions over Sacha Lord’s place in new exhibition celebrating Manchester ‘changemakers’
Plus, controversial housing loan fund to be extended and a vending machine for ducks
No restaurant for the wicked: how viral chef Sam Buckley put ethics at the centre of eating out
‘I wish I didn’t take it so seriously’
Could this be the future of housing in Manchester?
Forget damp, forget sky-high energy bills. Let’s retrofit
Cities across the UK are embracing skateboarding. Is Manchester next?
‘If I need to be a robot, I’m a better robot when I can skate on my lunch break’
They say Bolton Council is out to make them homeless — but is it a case of crossed wires gone horribly wrong?
David Yates' family have farmed on the land for over 300 years. All this is set to change
Will austerity ever end?
We ask a local Labour councillor to explain why — despite a new Labour government — councils are still making big cuts
Why is United Utilities not releasing essential data on sewage dumping?
The water company has a monopoly on the North West and the worst performance on sewage spills in the country. An expert says we still may not know the true extent of the environmental damage it's inflicting.
Trafford Park is a limbo of warehouses, sheds and roundabouts. What could it be instead?
It was the world's first industrial estate - now it feels like an afterthought