Manchester, United Kingdom Travel News Archives

NEVER go out shopping when JLS are in town. The pop quartet sparked mayhem when they turned up at the Trafford Centre in Manchester to switch on the mall's Christmas lights.

There's a chance to take a walk with two giants of Manchester science this weekend.

SOME of Manchester's most distinctive 'hard-to-love' buildings are being given a lift - thanks to postcards that have been handed out on the street.

It seems a mix of Robert Frost and J.R.R. Tolkien, this southwest corner of the Green Mountain State with its unofficial designation as "The Shires of Vermont.'' As it turns out, there is more than literary background to the moniker.

Price includes return flights from Manchester, Gatwick or Birmingham and seven nights all-inclusive. 2. Make the most of the Algarve with an amazing offer from just 320 a week staying at a Quintassential self-catering cottage with large heated pool, hot tub and children's play area.

ODDa SIMAGES:a SPetea TMs painting of Morrissey, Ian Brown, Noel Gallagher and Guy Garvey is part of the exhibition at the Oddest bar View gallery It's cartoon pop Susannah Wright October 22, 2009 THEY are the legends of Manchester music a ' but not as you have ever seen them before.

" The great comedians who showed early movie audiences how to laugh are returning to the big screen this weekend during Mirthquake, a four-day festival devoted to celebrating vintage film comedy in local theaters in Manchester, Keene, Wilton and Concord.

A SECOND rail link between Liverpool and Manchester should be updated so it can be used by electric trains, according to an influential industrial body.

Brian Eno's Music for Airports was produced as a reaction against the stress of waiting around at passenger terminals.

Top up the tan with a week's B&B at the three-star Balkaya Hotel in Fethiye. s172pp includes flights from Manchester on October 30.

PARISH councillors in Alderley Edge have blasted organisers of a traffic survey run last week as part of planning for the South East Manchester Relief Road.

A man accused of driving drunk and recklessly, breaking his driver's side mirror against the hand of a police officer who was trying to flag him down and then leading the officer in a pursuit for several blocks, was arraigned yesterday in Manchester District Court.

A GIANT a oeBlackburn Eyea will be the dramatic centrepiece of the towna s Christmas decorations, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal.

AN Urmston hunk is celebrating after being chosen from hundreds of hopefuls to appear on a Manchester cat walk next week.

STUDENT Hannah Woodcock could have a difficult decision to make when she finishes her studies a ' whether she takes up a career in front of the camera or behind.

BRITAIN'S opposition Conservatives held their first ever gay party conference event in Manchester as, edging closer to power, they seek to cast aside their right-wing image and embrace diversity.

Vernon Road [map] 770-732-5871 http://www.gastateparks.org/info/sweetwater The most beautiful - and predictably, the most tourist-heavy - of the local parks, SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK is still best experienced by leaving aside the official trails and activities.