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Sabah Ahmedi, Manchester's youngest Iman

1st July 2021 | By Georgina Randall

Meet one of the youngest Imams in Britain: a visit to the Darul Amaan Mosque

Sabah Ahmedi doesn’t have a white beard or wear a thobe (long robe worn by Muslim men) but follows all the disciplines of Islam, praying...

Art School Live

25th June 2021 | By George Crafer

IAMKYAMI and Alfie Sky talk to NQ ahead of Art School Live performance

Today is the first day of the Art School Live.  The free event will be live-streamed between 6 and 9 pm today and tomorrow.  The...

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20th June 2021 | By Tyrese King

Over five million people have applied for the European Settlement Scheme that closes at the end of the month

The deadline to allow European and Swiss citizens to stay in Great Britain is fast approaching, having only until the end of the month to apply for...

ASL Students

18th June 2021 | By Hannah Terry

The festival run by students is back but things are a bit different this year…

Art School Live (ASL) has returned but with a twist as the festival will be live-streamed on 25 and 26 June, hosting an array of...

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17th June 2021 | By Paolo Granelli

Students march through Oxford Road to the University of Manchester for Palestine

University, college and high school students gathered yesterday to protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestine.  Starting at 4pm on the corner of Old Birley street outside...

11th June 2021 | By Tyrese King

Lockdown eases as UNESCO City of Literature Manchester put on the first ever The Festival of Libraries

The Festival of Libraries are running events all this month supported by Arts Council England and the National Lottery Project Grants programme. The National Lottery Project Grants...

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10th June 2021 | By George Crafer

South Manchester group Football for Foodbanks is fighting food poverty with 6-a-side football fixtures

  A group called Football for Foodbanks is hosting 6-a side-football matches and supporting Manchester foodbanks.  The group, which caters to both men and women,...

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6th June 2021 | By Tyrese King

Campaigners visit local secondary school encouraging open talks about race issues

Representatives of the Kids of Colour campaign visited Cedar Mount Academy in Gorton to a hold face-to face workshops exploring idenities and challenging sterotypical and prejudice views. “Described as...

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4th June 2021 | By Georgina Randall

More than 1,000 young people queue outside Moss Side walk-in clinic for first jab but there are ‘more people than number of vaccines’

Patients over 18 at The Arch Medical Practice in Hulme were invited with their housemates to receive their first Pfizer dose. In a text sent...

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28th May 2021 | By George Crafer

Plans to develop Hough End playing fields put on hold after outcry from campaigners

Manchester City Council has announced that it will effectively pause plans to redevelop Hough End Fields into a major sporting complex. The deadline for  public consultation,...

Jhumpa Lahiri MLF

25th May 2021 | By Tyrese King

Authors Jhumpa Lahiri and Kamila Shamsie discus Lahiri’s newest novel in one of the latest event that the Manchester Literature Festival have put on for this month.

‘Whereabouts’, Jhumpa Lahiri‘s new novel is described by the Manchester Literature Festival as a “stunning new novel” about an “unnamed woman, in an unnamed Italian city” who...

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21st May 2021 | By Tyrese King

The Public Campaign for the Arts are leading the charge against proposed 50% funding cut to art-based subjects in higher education

The Public Campaign for the Arts are condemning the government’s plan to cut 50% of funding for the arts in higher education. The government plans to create a new separate category...

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19th May 2021 | By Victoria Thiele

‘I teared up, it was overwhelming’ — reopening of cinemas and theatre sparks strong feelings but the struggle is not over yet

(Film by George Crafer and Kiah Azriel-Freer)   It was a great night for Colin, the veteran Big Issue vendor. He says he once taught Andy Burnham...

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19th May 2021 | By George Crafer

How are pubs in Manchester faring since the easing of lockdown restrictions?

On Monday people in Manchester were finally allowed to sit inside a pub and enjoy a pint.  Since 12 April, pubs had only been allowed to welcome members...

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17th May 2021 | By Georgina Randall

On home turf: behind the scenes at Platt Lane of the RISE sports broadcast internship

Two journalism students from Man Met have been producing live outside broadcasts of the university’s rugby union matches as part of an award-winning new scheme. The...

Platt field palastine protest

16th May 2021 | By George Crafer

Crowds gather in Platt Fields park in solidarity with Palestine to protest against killings and evictions in West Bank

Hundreds gathered yesterday in Platt Fields park in Rusholme in solidarity with Palestinians and to commemorate the Nakba—the anniversary of the exodus of Palestinians after the...

12th May 2021 | By Vikram Jajuha

Champions! United loss hands Blues the Premier League title

Manchester City have been crowned 2020-21 Premier League champions, their third title success in the last four years – and as fate would have it,...

Placards at the #FreePalestine protest

10th May 2021 | By Paolo Granelli

Protesters gather in Piccadilly Gardens amid forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah

Crowds gathered behind the Queen Victoria monument in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens on Sunday to protest against the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh...

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8th May 2021 | By Victoria Thiele

Andy Burnham re-elected as Greater Manchester Mayor on grim election day for Labour

Andy Burnham has been re-elected as Greater Manchester Mayor with 67.3% of votes. He said in his speech after the count: “This vote sends a...

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5th May 2021 | By nq_admin

LIVE: Manchester Local Elections 2021

Election results for councillors, mayors, the Scottish parliament and Welsh Senedd are slowly coming in from across the country. Social distancing rules mean that counting isn’t...