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17th June 2021 | By Paolo Granelli
Students march through Oxford Road to the University of Manchester for PalestineUniversity, 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 LibrariesThe 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...
10th June 2021 | By George Crafer
South Manchester group Football for Foodbanks is fighting food poverty with 6-a-side football fixturesA 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,...
6th June 2021 | By Tyrese King
Campaigners visit local secondary school encouraging open talks about race issuesRepresentatives 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...
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...
28th May 2021 | By George Crafer
Plans to develop Hough End playing fields put on hold after outcry from campaignersManchester 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,...
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...
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 educationThe 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...
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...
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...
17th May 2021 | By Georgina Randall
On home turf: behind the scenes at Platt Lane of the RISE sports broadcast internshipTwo 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...
16th May 2021 | By George Crafer
Crowds gather in Platt Fields park in solidarity with Palestine to protest against killings and evictions in West BankHundreds 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 titleManchester City have been crowned 2020-21 Premier League champions, their third title success in the last four years – and as fate would have it,...
10th May 2021 | By Paolo Granelli
Protesters gather in Piccadilly Gardens amid forced evictions in Sheikh JarrahCrowds 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...
8th May 2021 | By Victoria Thiele
Andy Burnham re-elected as Greater Manchester Mayor on grim election day for LabourAndy 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...
5th May 2021 | By nq_admin
LIVE: Manchester Local Elections 2021Election 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...
4th May 2021 | By dave porter
Take a look at The WatchPig! Online newspaper created by masters journalism students at Man MetJournalism masters students at Man Met have been busy creating an online nespaper which goes by the title of The WatchPig. The paper has 19...
30th April 2021 | By George Crafer
What are the wards to look out for in this week’s local election?The local elections are just around the corner. On 6 May a third of the city region’s councillors are facing re-election. If you live in...
22nd April 2021 | By Victoria Thiele
The ‘money grabbing’ bus lane camera that drives Mancunian motorists madManchester drivers are losing patience with a “money grabbing” bus lane camera in the popular student living area of Fallowfield. The Wilmslow Road camera earned Manchester...
22nd April 2021 | By Tyrese King
Roger Robinson and Caleb Femi both perform new commissions for the Manchester Literature FestivalAward winning writer Roger Robinson and Caleb Femi explore racism and pandemic solitude in their new poems for this year’s Manchester Literature Festival online. Both...