It was at the birth of Cottonopolis. One of a cluster of mills it played a part in making Manchester the driver of the Industrial Revolution with a reputation for smoke-laden skies, and back ...

British Steel has announced plans to close its two blast furnaces and steelmaking operations in Scunthorpe, marking the end ...

For Luke Charters, the ambition to grow Leeds into the country's biggest financial centre outside of London isn’t just ...

A NEW book delves into the thousand-year history of fish in the River Mersey. Titled "The History of Fish and Fisheries of the River Mersey," the book was commissioned by the Mersey Rivers Trust to ...

during the Industrial Revolution, Trafford Park was the nation’s industrial heartland; now, the very infrastructure that made that possible will pave the way for the Manchester of the future. Anna ...

In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Richard Lace at OBI Property, part of the project team for Rylands Manchester, discusses what ...

Ayan’s journey is nothing short of inspiring. At 17, she moved from Nairobi, Kenya, to the UK to pursue higher education at ...

A BOROUGH once at the heart of the Industrial Revolution has now been branded ... Residents of Tameside - an area to the east of Manchester stretching to the Peak District - say parks are filled ...

There’s potential to travel on the canals — which helped power the industrial revolution, when Manchester was the world’s first industrial city. Manchester needs new affordable homes ...

"But it's also important for the southern side of Manchester, you know, to regenerate. It's the sort of second capital of the country where the Industrial Revolution began. "But if you have a ...