Every day, Manchester has 16 non-stop flights from New York alone; and according to Tech Nation, between 2020 and 2021 the city saw a 63 percent increase in tech investment.

We lived in the Ordsall area of Salford, near Manchester, about 10 minutes walk from the docks. When Josie and me were young we had no electricity in the house. We had gas lighting downstairs, but ...

From docker to DJ, BBC Radio Manchester presenter Mike Sweeney first started working on the docks in Salford in his early 20s. Fifty-five years later, he still has the same commute. "I was 22 when ...