Thousands of people walk past his bronze statue in Hindley Street every day, yet few would know the real story of the great Roy Rene, comedian, vaudevillian and star of film, theatre and radio. It all ...

IT’S one the city’s most recognisable icons. But the Hindley St statue of comedian Roy ‘Mo’ Rene has disappeared — to clean up its act. The statue of legendary stage and radio star Roy ‘Mo’ Rene was ...