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30th November 2018 | By Harry Stafford
Legendary Manchester Record Shop Vinyl Exchange celebrates 30th birthdayVinyl Exchange record shop on Oldham Street opened for trade in 1988 and soon became the place to go for record collectors and music specialists alike...
27th November 2018 | By Elizabeth Harrison
More young people need better financial education according to study from credit checking siteThe credit checking site ClearScore has been calling for better financial education for young people before they live away during university. After analysing data from 1,002...
26th November 2018 | By Harry Stafford
Is the guitar going out of fashion? And what does it mean for the guitar shops of Manchester?Manchester has always championed guitar music in all its forms, from pop to punk, baggy rave to dance to Brit pop and beyond. In the...
25th November 2018 | By Megan Luke
Irish women around the world are protesting after comments made by barrister in rape trialWomen from Ireland have began protesting with the hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent after a barrister in a recent rape trail claimed the victim was asking for sex...
21st November 2018 | By Dom Poli
The new gadget that is trying ‘wheelie hard’ to improve cyclists safetyAlthough Manchester may not share too many similarities with the Dutch capital of Amsterdam, one resemblance to be drawn is the ever-growing presence of cycles...
15th November 2018 | By nq_admin
Endometriosis sufferer crosses Manchester half marathon finish line in honour of UK charity27-year-old Lauren Agnew crossed the finish line of her fifth half marathon in 2 hours 4 minutes for endometriosis UK. The Manchester half marathon which...
13th November 2018 | By Dom Poli
Netflix and chill? Young people are more likely to head off on a ramble, survey findsMore than half of young adults are pulling out their wooly socks, lacing up their boots and adventuring into the great outdoors, a recent study...
9th November 2018 | By [email protected]
Legacy of wounded war heroes stand outside Piccadilly StationThe statue depicting seven blind soldiers from the Great War was unveiled outside of Manchester Piccadilly station in support of Blind Veteran’s UK charity. The...
6th November 2018 | By Katherine Relton-Grice
Bee-member them: commemorative exhibition at Manchester Cathedral marks centenary of First World WarManchester Cathedral is commemorating the centenary of World War One with one of the city’s famous bee art installations. The Little Bee named Bee-member: Lest We Forget...
29th October 2018 | By [email protected]
Prominent professor Jordan Peterson visits Manchester to teach his ’12 rules for life’Canadian academic Jordan Peterson brought some of the lessons from his ’12 rules for life’ to thousands of Mancunians during a sell-out show at the O2. Professor...
24th October 2018 | By [email protected]
Rusholme’s curry mile and its colourful characters brought to life in series of sketchesAn award-wining photographer has turned his talents to sketching to document Rusholme’s vibrant community. Len Grant has spent the last year sat on a sketching stool...
24th October 2018 | By [email protected]
Manchester Army reservists commemorate Victoria Cross holderOn 9 April 1918 Private Richard George Masters made repeated journeys under heavy fire across no man’s land to save the lives of 200 men. Masters...
10th October 2018 | By Danielle Wroe
Why online dating may not be the answer to loneliness for millennialsA recent study by the Office for National Statistics found that young people aged 16-24 feel lonely more often than any other age group. Smoking...
10th October 2018 | By Isaac Jordan
World Homeless Day photographs depict plight of rough sleepers in ManchesterToday is World Homeless Day, which came about in 2010 with the global aim of drawing attention to the needs of homeless people and provide the...
25th June 2018 | By Sanaa Reddy
Manchester’s Muslim community opens Ramadhan fast by donating food to the homelessEvery year in Ramadhan for the past 10 years the Muslim community in Manchester has come together to open their fast with the homeless. During...
27th April 2018 | By Sanaa Reddy
Man Met students encourage sustainable living with Pop SwapMany people turned up at MMU today to bring in all sorts of items for the termly pop-swap, encouraging people to bring in unwanted clothing and books so as...
9th April 2018 | By Sanaa Reddy
Manchester allotment project helps refugees integrate into the communityAn allotment in Levenshulme is bringing together refugees who have come to the UK in search of a better life. The project was founded eight years ago...
14th March 2018 | By Georgia Landi
iPads and autism: how apps are enabling children around the countryIt’s easy to look back on our childhoods and remember playing with Barbie’s, toy trains and board games, letting our imaginations run wild with adventures...
9th March 2018 | By nq_admin
Is the closure of Antwerp Mansion proof that Manchester is selling its soul?‘Take me out tonight / Where there’s music and there’s people / And they’re young and alive’, Morrissey famously sang. From the Northern Soul era...
9th March 2018 | By nq_admin
Art: our everyday therapyWhat is the correct way in which to express your emotions? The answer depends on who you’re asking. Whether by cooking a delicious meal, running...