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15th June 2022 | By Liam Taylor

Danny Boyle launches Man Met’s new School of Digital Arts

Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle officially launched Man met’s news school of digital arts this week. SODA is a part of a “£35 million investment...

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14th June 2022 | By Tyrese King

Manchester’s Festival of Libraries returns

The Festival of Libraries returns to Greater Manchester to celebrate all 133 of the public libraries in the region. Since the pandemic the importance of libraries and literature in general have...

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14th June 2022 | By Tyrese King

Salaam festival shines a spotlight on Muslim culture in Manchester

  The Salaam Festival is a Manchester-based biennial festival that explores the future of Muslim art and culture through original work. Its aim is to...

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7th June 2022 | By Liam Taylor

Beyond Babel returns to Manchester for the first time since the pandemic

The Beyond Babel film festival makes its return for the first time since the pandemic. The multilingual festival shows various films from across the globe,...

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3rd June 2022 | By Liam Taylor

More than 100 people attend urban driving courses in Greater Manchester

More than 100 people attended a safe urban driving training course in order to keep pedestrians and cyclists safer within Manchester. The course is run...

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26th May 2022 | By [email protected]

Manchester Writing Competition 2021 winners revealed as Peter Ramm and Leone Ross

Peter Ramm and Leone Ross have won the Manchester Writing Competition 2021, the UK’s biggest awards for unpublished writing. Poet Ramm took home the Manchester Poetry...

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26th May 2022 | By Liam Taylor

POWER UP returns to the science and industry museum allowing visitors to experience the last 50 years of gaming

Manchester’s science and industry museum welcomes an interactive gaming experience that displays iconic video games released over the last five decades. POWER UP returns to...

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25th May 2022 | By [email protected]

“Writing is a lonely life, and meeting kindred spirits is balm to the soul”: Meet the finalists of the 2021 Manchester Writing Competition

With less than a week before the winner of the Manchester Writing Competition 2022 is announced, there’s no denying what this prestigious award could mean...

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25th May 2022 | By [email protected]

Meet the judges of the 2021 Manchester Writing Competition – what makes a 10k prize winning entry?

As the Manchester Writing Competition gala event lies just around the corner, its established panel of judges are revelling in the untenable expertise of this...

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20th May 2022 | By Liam Taylor

Islington park to be restored to be included in the Greater Manchester bee network scheme

Mosaic in Salford’s Islington Park to be preserved after Greater Manchester chose the site to be improved. In line with the mayor’s cycling and walking...

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11th May 2022 | By Liam Taylor

MMU students and staff taking part in the Great Manchester run being offered VIP packages

A charity is offering Man Met fundraisers free tickets for the the Great Manchester run. Anyone who signs up will raise money for We Love...

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10th May 2022 | By Liam Taylor

History is made in Salford as dog leads happy couple down the aisle

A miniature Schnauzer has made history in Salford aftre becoming the first dog to lead a couple down the aisle. Thanks to a change in...

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6th May 2022 | By Rosa Bown

Greens celebrate historic win after taking seat from Labour in Woodhouse Park

As usual, Manchester is a sea of mostly red when it comes to elections. There were 32 seats up for grabs, with Labour retaining 30...

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6th May 2022 | By Rebecca Redican

Labour retains control of Salford council but concedes three seats to the Tories

Labour retained control of Salford Council but lost three seats to the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats gained two seats and one seat was taken by an...

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4th May 2022 | By Louis Smith-Howes

All parties look to make gains in Bury council election as greater Manchester goes to the polls

Earlier this year, Christian Wakeford, the newly-elected then Tory MP for Bury South, defected to the Labour party amid the Partygate scandal, causing a large state...

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26th April 2022 | By Rebecca Redican

Local elections in Greater Manchester could see biggest shake up in years

Local elections could see big changes across Manchester. See our interactive map to see who is in your area

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6th April 2022 | By Hannah Terry

#StudentsSupportUkraine: Manchester Met students launch new campaign to support people affected by the war in Ukraine

Manchester Metropolitan University’s multimedia news website The Northern Quota (NQ) is launching a new campaign in partnership with aAh! magazine to support people impacted by the war...

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30th March 2022 | By Rebecca Redican

Four-year-old Ukrainian boy and mother refused UK entry to join family in Manchester

Mother and son have fled their home in Ukraine to join family in the UK

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20th March 2022 | By Ebrima Njie-Kalokoh

Rise in cost of living is at highest in 30 years leaving poor and vulnerable households to suffer

#Eatandheatcheap is a new campaign aiming to provide a cheaper alternative energy system and food cost to the four million households struggling between a choice...

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17th March 2022 | By Jim Podmore

Plans submitted for ambitious Red Bank infrastructure regeneration project

Plans have been submitted for an ambitious infrastructure regeneration project linking Collyhurst with the city centre. The Red Bank improvements are the first steps of...