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Longford Park Centenary

You might reasonably expect to take it easy on reaching your 100th birthday, but not so Longford Park, which is marking its centenary this month...

Have you noticed the new trees appearing all over our streets?

Runners finish the Greater Manchester Marathon

The ultimate running challenge - 26 mile 385 yard course started and finished in Longford Park, and took in some key landmarks Old Trafford...

A few weeks ago, OTN uncovered the fact that one of Britain's most famous historical families, the Pankhusts, lived in Old Trafford at the time of...

Saheli Bollywood Night

Saheli, the Manchester-based Asian women's charity is hosting a fundraising women-only Bollywood Night at Nawab Restaurant, Levenshulme on March...

Tamworth Tower block montage Old Trafford

Tamworth Towers are undergoing a major project, the Old Trafford Masterplan, where four of the seven high rise blocks are to be demolished to make...

Community campaigners against proposals to replace paid staff with volunteers at Old Trafford library have published a detailed submission to...

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We Are Old Trafford - a film by Kerry Voellner with music by Sonic Boom Six

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On this very day, 5 May 1882, Sylvia Pankhurst, the daughter of Dr. Richard and Emmeline Pankhurst, was born at 1 Drayton Terrace, Old Trafford,...

In the most competitive newspaper market in the world the search for a good story has led journalists to do appalling things, as the Leveson...

Emmeline, Sylvia and Christabel Pankhurst

On International Women’s Day, it’s a pleasure to pay tribute to the mothers, daughters and sisters of Old Trafford.

Our Cash Our Call

Well, it has been a long time coming.

Scarcely a week goes by without learning that it’s International Day of the Something.