Shourjo starts your day with news headlines, business, sport and music.
Alison and Phil find out about the Manchester park which residents want to reclaim from criminals and our reporter goes urban foraging in Salford.
Mike speaks to John Henshaw about Saddleworth's first literary festival.
Becky chats to Vicky Binns who is starring in To Kill A Mockingbird at the Bolton Octagon about her role as Maudie Atkinson.
Andy finds out about why a pub in Bolton wants its ghost back after it was stolen plus the latest from the Paralympics in Rio.
Jack Dearden and Trevor Hunt are joined by Neil Jukes and Paul Anderson from Leigh Centurions.
Nathan Middleton is joined by former England and Sale Sharks winger, Mark Cueto.
Mark Forrest
A record breaking bearded woman, Britain's best pub and saving our poo
3 hours on BBC Radio Manchester
We meet the model who's the youngest woman with a full beard, we're off Britain's best pub and we boldly go to celebrate Star Trek's 50th birthday.
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