The Northern Quota | News Live from Manchester

Shoppers surge back to high street after stores re-open following easing of lockdown restrictions
Hundreds march through Manchester in protest over death of George Floyd in US
Ancoats residents fight plans to create huge 24-hour car park next to primary school
Takeaway beer helps Northern Quarter bars survive the lockdown
Covid-19 key workers honoured with City of Trees portrait installation in city centre

National Football Museum reopens its doors after coronavirus lockdown

Digital Pride 2020: celebrations go online after covid-19 led to cancellation of Manchester Pride

Canal Street, Manchester Gay Village empty during the coronavirus pandemic.

Small business owners prepare for extreme changes as they officially reopen

4th Jul

| By Leonie Backhaus

How beatboxing lifted one Syrian busker out of homelessness and depression

“The purpose for me is encouraging a new way of communication, transforming perspectives about the power of voice and changing the energy of the crowd.”

2nd Jul

| By Declan Kirk

Raising funds for BAME LGBTQ youth network

Raising over £6000 on their launch day, the Colours Youth Network aims to reach £50,000 to become an independently run org

Shoppers in Manchester city centre following the easing of coronvarius restrictions this week

17th Jun

| By Devon Bellamy

Shoppers surge back to high street after stores re-open following easing of lockdown restrictions

After three months of retail stores being closed due to coronavirus lockdown rules, shoppers filled Manchester city centre to buy non-essential items such clothes, shoes and books.

Vote Labour Sticker

25th Jun

| By Katy Rushton

Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked from Labour frontbench in row over anti-Semitism

A woman hands a plastic bag of jigsaws and crafts - using a litter picker - to a child stood in a doorway, wearing plastic gloves

Fallowfield library brings community closer through lockdown initiative

26th Jun |

Charlene Karen Howie, a mum and carer. Her image projected on to a Himalayan Birch near the Football Museum in Manchester.

Covid-19 key workers honoured with City of Trees portrait installation in city centre

20th Jun |

Protesters hold up signs saying "I can't breathe"

Manchester's Black Lives Matter weekend protests bring thousands into the city centre

8th Jun |

Image of Cheadle Green

The Makers Market returns to Cheadle

12th Jun |

Gay village, LGBTQ+

Is Manchester a safe place for members of the LGBTQ+ community?

8th Jun |

Dumped rubbish in Fallowfield

Student homes in Fallowfield abandoned - along with their mess

5th Jun |