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23rd July 2022 | By Isabella Coombes
A buzz among the city’s summer bustle: a new home for 20,000 bees has been placed on top of one of Manchester’s newest hotelsSwarms of bees took over Manchester city centre last weekend and now over 20,000 of them are to take residence on the roof of the...
17th July 2022 | By Marina Argirova
Extreme weather warning released by Met Office ahead of nationwide heatwaveThe Met Office has issued extreme weather warnings ahead of the anticipated heatwave happening early this week. It has issued a “red warning” of “extreme...
17th July 2022 | By Marina Argirova
Boy, 16, dies while swimming in Salford Quays with friendsPolice have repeated warnings about swimming in open water following the death of a teenage boy on Saturday. The 16 year old is believed to...
17th July 2022 | By Marina Argirova
Manchester gym providing free personal training sessions for people with disabilitiesA gym in Crumpsall is providing private personal training sessions for people with physical and mental disabilities free of charge. Javeno Mclean, 37, started by...
15th July 2022 | By Joseph Ward
Man from Altrincham with cancer adds to his incredible fundraising effortsA man from Altrincham who is living with incurable cancer has added the Greater Manchester ‘Football March’ to his list of impressive fundraising efforts. Tony Collier...
1st July 2022 | By nqstaff
Save Hough End campaigners in 11th hour bid to save playing fields from development
22nd June 2022 | By Liam Taylor
Community angered by proposed changes to dog walking on Hough End playing fieldsDog owners are furious about new rules which could see them banned from walking their pets on playing fields in Whalley Range. New dog control...
21st June 2022 | By Callum Scott
‘This is about more than wages’ – RMT members strike across ManchesterRail workers serving Manchester’s rail stations have been forming picket lines during the mass walkout of staff over pay dispute. Picket lines formed outside the entrances...
15th June 2022 | By Liam Taylor
Danny Boyle launches Man Met’s new School of Digital ArtsOscar-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...
14th June 2022 | By Tyrese King
Manchester’s Festival of Libraries returnsThe 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...
14th June 2022 | By Tyrese King
Salaam festival shines a spotlight on Muslim culture in ManchesterThe Salaam Festival is a Manchester-based biennial festival that explores the future of Muslim art and culture through original work. Its aim is to...
7th June 2022 | By Liam Taylor
Beyond Babel returns to Manchester for the first time since the pandemicThe Beyond Babel film festival makes its return for the first time since the pandemic. The multilingual festival shows various films from across the globe,...
3rd June 2022 | By Liam Taylor
More than 100 people attend urban driving courses in Greater ManchesterMore than 100 people attended a safe urban driving training course in order to keep pedestrians and cyclists safer within Manchester. The course is run...
26th May 2022 | By [email protected]
Manchester Writing Competition 2021 winners revealed as Peter Ramm and Leone RossPeter 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...
26th May 2022 | By Liam Taylor
POWER UP returns to the science and industry museum allowing visitors to experience the last 50 years of gamingManchester’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...
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 CompetitionWith 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...
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...
20th May 2022 | By Liam Taylor
Islington park to be restored to be included in the Greater Manchester bee network schemeMosaic 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...
11th May 2022 | By Liam Taylor
MMU students and staff taking part in the Great Manchester run being offered VIP packagesA charity is offering Man Met fundraisers free tickets for the the Great Manchester run. Anyone who signs up will raise money for We Love...
10th May 2022 | By Liam Taylor
History is made in Salford as dog leads happy couple down the aisleA miniature Schnauzer has made history in Salford aftre becoming the first dog to lead a couple down the aisle. Thanks to a change in...