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29th January 2021 | By Matthew Kay
Red tape and higher prices: the effect of Brexit on Manchester beer importsA Manchester-based beer wholesaler has told the Northern Quota that Brexit has pushed up beer prices and increased his working hours significantly. Sandbar German Beers...
26th January 2021 | By Ellie McDermott
GP practice manager speaks of ‘positive’ steps as docs begin to roll out Covid-19 vaccination to patients across ManchesterStaff at a Manchester GP’s surgery which is rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine have spoken about the ‘postive’ effects mass vaccination brings. West End Medical...
21st January 2021 | By Freddie Bruhin-Price
A short history of the blues which won’t make you feel blueWe are surrounded by blue. Blue is the colour of our seas and skies. When we fly in planes, when we go swimming in the...
19th January 2021 | By Emily Mcintyre
Manchester students call for action over increase of sexual assaults and harassment in Fallowfield“I often hold my keys like a knife in my hands and put my phone in my bra,” says 20-year-old psychology student Efa Ashman. Efa is...
7th January 2021 | By Freddie Bruhin-Price
Ancient Egyptians associated it with the sun and Klimt gave it a Kiss: a short history of goldGold is as alluring today as it was thousands of years ago. Nothing shines quite like it. But how has its role and appeal changed...
20th November 2020 | By Emily Mcintyre
Manchester poetry library aims to be focal point for lovers of verse throughout the region’We’re open to everyone, and that’s the really important thing I want to get across.’’ That’s the message from Becky Swain, director of the new...
13th November 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Tension mounts between UoM student protestors and police as tuition fee demo is cancelled following threats of arrestsA demonstration at Owen’s Park by University of Manchester students over the refund of tuition fees was abandoned after police threatened to arrest protestors. Student...
12th November 2020 | By Ellie McDermott
Aspiring young entrepreneur creates ‘pick ‘n’ mix’ business ideal for Christmas giftsA 19-year-old part-time waitress put on furlough from her waitressing job has started up her own business venture. Shannon Dean has started her own buisness from home while under the...
12th November 2020 | By Ellie McDermott
Young fundraiser and mum raise more than £1k for Tameside hospital’s neonatal unitA seven-year-old boy and his mum raised more than £1,000 for their local hospital by taking part in a sponsored walk during lockdown. Mason Hussain and...
9th November 2020 | By Ellie McDermott
Tameside residents commemorate a very different remembrance Sunday under second lockdownTameside communities paid their respects in honouring the fallen soldiers very differently on Remembrance Sunday this year. Under normal circumstances, residents of Tameside would gather...
3rd November 2020 | By Matthew Grayless
Solidarity: when footballers take the knee they are prepared to take the flakTaking a knee is so much more than a simple human gesture, it is an icon of protest, the face of a social movement and a cultural revolution. The gesture first originated in 2016, when American...
1st November 2020 | By Ellie McDermott
Ashton-under-Lyne sees new 1960s drama series for BBC One being filmed in the townA new BBC One series written by award-winning writer Sarah Solemani is being filmed in Ashton-under-Lyne. Ridley Road is on the novel by Jo Bloom nasd has...
30th October 2020 | By Victoria Thiele
BBC news coverage targeted in ‘media war’ between Armenia and AzerbaijanArmenian and Azerbaijani expats in Manchester are fighting a ‘media war’ over the recent violent clashes between their home countries. Local members of the Armenian...
28th October 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Lockdown on the streets of Manchester: how the homeless are risking their health for safetySat with a coffee and some hand-rolled cigarettes, David Chapman spoke candidly to the Northern Quota about the trials of enduring a pandemic with no...
27th October 2020 | By Ellie McDermott
Tameside author sets out to publish children’s novel promoting mental health awarenessA book highlighting the mental health of young people has been written by a mum who wants to reach out to other sufferers. Special educational...
23rd October 2020 | By [email protected]
Cosmo editor Claire Hodgson: ‘My dream job was in the media industry but I told myself it was impossible’Cosmopolitan Magazine boasts the title of biggest young women’s media brand in the world. From putting plus size supermodel, Tess Holliday and non-binary activist, Jonathan...
22nd October 2020 | By Lewis Mottram
Cost of watching football: how it’s driving fans to potential harmWith the news that football fans will not be allowed back into the grounds, the only means of watching the sport will be at home....
13th October 2020 | By A.White
Coronavirus: will it be the end to the grassroot venues and the bands we see today?Allen William White · Coronavirus: Will it be the end to the enterainment idustry for venues and Bands? It’s a common occurrence right now...
8th October 2020 | By Tyrese King
‘Poetry is the official language for children and we just stole it’Manchester Children’s Book Festival and Poetry Library hosted prize-winning poet and illustrator, Mandy Coe, for launch of her latest book the to mark national poetry...
2nd October 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Student teachers due to start placements in Manchester secondary schools ‘scared about infecting pupils’With the global death rate from Covid-19 now reaching more than one million, trainee student teachers are expressing anxiety about going into schools on placement. They worry...