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Tributes pour in for Oldham's funniest son, Eric Sykes
The comic writer and actor who made a huge contribution to the laughter of the nation has died aged 89"An untidy, uncoordinated, lugubrious man with a mildly irritated air and a reedy, doleful voice,...
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Yorkshire company's apprentices are web pioneers
If you thought apprenticeships were all about bricks and mortar meet Lewis, Jamie and Matty, building Hull's online marketing sectorInternet marketing company Neogain is the only company in Yorkshire...
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Investigation: What the food inspectors found in your local take-away
The 'scores on the doors' scheme for food hygiene is a familiar sight across our towns and cities but what does it mean when a premises scores zero? Sarah Hartley has started to map what exactly the...
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Celebrations for digital success at Big Chip 2012
The north's digital industries put on their glad rags and celebrated another successful year at the biggest awards ceremony outside LondonFor 14 years now the web developers, designers, marketeers and...
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Do you have an image that captures the essence of The North?
We're launching a hunt for a photograph that encapsulates what is great about our region - whether it's the rolling Dales, the wild Moors or the distinctive vibrant towns and cities, we want to see...
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Scores of images submitted to Northern Landscapes photo challenge
The hunt for a photograph that encapsulates what is great about The North has already had more than 60 entries, we pick out a few hereWell what can we say! In just a few days we've been treated to...
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What the food inspectors found part two: Middlesbrough and Manchester
In the second part of our investigation to map the food hygiene reports across the north, Sarah Hartley opens the files for zero rated premises in Manchester and MiddlesbroughMouse infestations and...
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Northern Landscapes photography challenge drawing to a close
With getting on for 200 images submitted, the task of finding that one photograph which encapsulates what is great about The North is going to be a tricky oneWe think The Northerner readers must have...
View ArticleVote to decide the Northern Landscapes winner
Here's the seven photographs which made the shortlist of our photography challenge. Which one gets your vote?Sarah Hartley
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View the finalists of the Northern Landscapes photography challenge
Well you set our judges a tough task. Having to choose between about 200 stunning images entered into our hunt to find an image which just shouts The North. Here's their picks and your invitation to...
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The Northern Landscapes challenge has a winner
The public vote has concluded with this stunning photograph of Great Gable being selected as the overall winner. More about the image as well as all of the entries mapped hereTaking a massive 72% of...
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Blog North Awards: Reasons to be cheerful
The launch of Blog North marks a coming of age for the region's bloggers. Sarah Hartley gives a personal view of an activity close to her heartAfter seven successful years, the Manchester Blog Awards...
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City urged to ditch the car and talk transport
How long could you cope without your car? A day? A week? A lifetime? How should a city be built for the transport of the future? Those debates and more will be getting underway in Leeds at the end of...
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The search for the perfect cuppa
When Simon Duffin first began repaying his partner's patience in accompanying him around the country to watch his beloved Hull City with trips to tearooms, little did he know where it would lead. Sarah...
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Hackers set to work on Manchester's council services
In what's believed to be the first event of its type, Manchester hosted an event for web developers which saw them set about data sets held by some of the city's main institutions to work up new ways...
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What we really eat and drink in the north revealed
Half as many Indian, Chinese and Thai meals consumed in the north east than London but the highest spending on alcohol – a snapshot of the country's diet and spending reveals big regional differences...
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New look MEN website launches
The new and much-anticipated Manchester Evening News website has finally been unveiled. Sarah Hartley takes a look at the new offering and back at how the site has evolved since 2000After the...
View ArticleGallery: How the MEN website has evolved since 2000
From its early days as Manchester Online run by the Guardian Media Group's regional division to the mature Manchester Evening News website now operated by Trinity MirrorSarah Hartley
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Major speakers announced for Thinking Digital 2013
Google's geospatial technologist Ed Parsons, teenage scientist Jack Andraka and the woman who brought technology alive to an a generation of early evening television viewers Maggie Philbin are just...
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Easter events in the north
Children breaking up for the holidays, church services, eggs and all that - what's happening over Easter near you?There's plenty on across the north of England over the Easter break whether it's...
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