http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-30265-manchester/topic-rss.do Manchester RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23773462-armand-traore-hopes-to-turn-around-title-blues.do Defender Armand Traore has admitted that Arsenal need to make a statement about their title intentions against Chelsea 2009-11-23T08:59:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23772540-its-silver-for-brits-as-gold-star-misses-oz.do The absence of Olympic gold medallist Geraint Thomas meant Great Britain had to settle for silver in the team pursuit at cycling's World Cup in Melbourne 2009-11-20T13:57:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/restaurants/review-23771700-sicily-mi-amore-at-mennula.do Mennula (apparently the word for almond in Sicilian dialect) is a great addition to the restaurants of Charlotte Street. 2009-11-19T10:43:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23771089-britains-got-art-talent-at-school-of-saatchi.do The BBC's new reality show, The School of Saatchi, will do for aspiring artists what the X Factor does for budding pop stars. 2009-11-18T11:00:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23771048-high-hopes-for-michael-mcintyre-and-alan-carr-at-comedy-awards.do Family comedy Outnumbered is leading the way at this year's British Comedy Awards, bagging five nominations. 2009-11-18T09:30:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23771079-family-tv-show-is-nominated-in-five-categories-at-comedy-awards.do Family comedy Outnumbered is leading the way at this year’s British Comedy Awards, bagging five nominations 2009-11-18T10:42:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23771002-tory-big-bang-plan-to-shake-up-media-is-good-sense.do 2009-11-18T08:06:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23770081-four-men-arrested-in-police-terror-raids.do 2009-11-16T10:21:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23753511-now-its-david-camerons-turn-to-rally-the-troops.do Oh blimey, it's blood sweat and tears week. Frankly, the Tory party looks a bit disconcerted. It came to Manchester expecting the Nuremberg rally and ended up at an accountant's convention, being told how little money there is to go round and how horrible it's all going to be 2009-10-07T08:13:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23753637-conservative-party-conference-diary.do 2009-10-07T12:06:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23752906-conservative-conference.do 2009-10-06T08:32:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23751624-weve-read-the-history-books-learned-the-lessons-and-drawn-up-the-plan-this-really-is-it.do On the eve of the Tory Conference, Matthew D’Ancona reveals the Shadow Cabinet battle plan and the secret fears of what might still go wrong 2009-10-02T09:03:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23745576-oasis-nominated-for-two-q-awards.do Oasis have been nominated for two Q Awards after a turbulent year which saw Noel Gallagher quit and their stadium gigs slammed 2009-09-17T14:15:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23730875-carlos-tevez-stopped-by-police-for-driving-licence-check.do Premier League footballer Carlos Tevez has been stopped again by police in a driving licence check just six months after his £140,000 Bentley was impounded 2009-08-11T12:50:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23723081-11billion-rail-electrification-means-years-of-hold-ups.do Commuters face years of delays on one of Britain’s busiest rail lines as it is electrified, after Gordon Brown gave the go ahead to the £1.1 billion project 2009-07-23T06:57:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23717273-scientists-hope-drug-may-help-us-live-longer.do Scientists have announced a major breakthrough in creating a pill to make us live longer 2009-07-08T15:21:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23709828-sorry-manchester-britney-spears-just-has-to-shop-in-london.do Britney Spears - who insulted Manchester by shouting to her audience: "What's up, London?! - has heaped further insults on the city. 2009-06-19T11:56:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23686311-cost-of-id-cards-hits-53-billion.do The cost of the Government’s identity card scheme has risen to more than £5.3 billion, an official report revealed today as ministers rebuffed new calls for them to be scrapped 2009-05-06T13:43:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23674394-pakistanis-and-afghans-arrested.do Police smashed an alleged al Qaeda bomb plot as they arrested 12 men in raids across the north- west of England 2009-04-09T13:22:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23662518-virgin-train-passenger-revenues-hit-the-buffers.do Virgin Trains users have voted with their feet as the main inter-city service from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow became the first rail company to admit to falling passenger revenues 2009-03-16T09:13:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23608720-20bn-moves-to-launch-bullet-trains.do Ministers are planning Japanese-style 200mph bullet trains that could take passengers from London to Manchester in 80 minutes 2008-12-29T09:07:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23606519-what-we-need-is-a-c-charge-holiday.do Manchester's overwhelming rejection this month of a congestion charge hammers home what we already knew: by making road pricing its main transport policy, the Government has wasted five years up a blind alley 2008-12-22T10:48:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23578856-take-that-plan-biggest-tour-yet.do Take That have confirmed they are to hit the road again for a huge British stadium tour next summer including two nights at Wembley Stadium. 2008-10-28T10:49:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23552773-pound100k-a-week-man-united-striker-dimitar-berbatov-tells-big-issue-vendor-hes-skint.do The 27-year-old, who has just signed for Man Utd, declined to buy a copy of the Big Issue last night after enjoying a plush dinner at Manchester's San Carlo restaurant. 2008-09-09T09:50:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23550964-the-moment-that-football-learned-money-is-global.do Over the past few years, British business has become used to seeing some of its best-known names fall into foreign hands 2008-09-04T08:39:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23546582-she-may-be-dressed-as-an-angel-but-victoria-beckham-forgets-to-clean-her-ears.do Victoria Beckham did her best to look heavenly as she arrived at Manchester's Harvey Nichols in Manchester today to launch her new perfume. But the angelic-looking star is not always so squeaky clean. 2008-08-29T01:29:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23524910-business-as-usual-for-cover-girl-coleen-mcloughlin-after-wayne-rooney-police-quiz.do Her husband may be facing a possible assault charge, but if Coleen McLoughlin was concerned she certainly didn't let it show today. 2008-08-01T15:53:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23516036-thats-a-loud-dress-nicola-girls-aloud-star-hits-the-town-in-a-rather-garish-number.do Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud launched herself into Manchester’s nightlife on Saturday night sporting an outrageous combination of bright red hair and a bright pink dress. 2008-07-14T13:38:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23484903-russians-in-new-plea-to-english-fans.do Senior Russian officials urge Chelsea and Manchester United fans to "behave respectfully to one another" when in Moscow 2008-05-15T15:00:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23451526-wag-in-waiting-emmerdale-star-roxanne-pallet-caught-in-clinch-with-manchester-uniteds-danny-simpson.do Emmerdale star Roxanne Pallet looks set to become the latest WAG about town. The soap star was spotted in a passionate embrace with up and coming football star Danny Simpson during a night out in Manchester over the weekend. The actress, 25, was seen kissing the 21-year-old Manchester United player after they'd spent the night party-hopping around town, visiting Relish Bar and Panacea and before finally stopping for very late dinner at Kwok Man Chinese restaurant 2008-03-10T16:29:59Z