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7th October 2020 | By Valentine Fourreau
‘You won’t serve us, so we won’t serve you’: the Manchester bar chain which has banned MPs because of the 10pm curfewA Manchester bar is refusing to serve MPs in response to the government’s 10pm curfew. The measure, which was criticised after its first weekend by...
7th October 2020 | By Joanna Devany
Food bank encourages creativity in crisis for vulnerable Manchester communitiesManchester Central Food Bank is ensuring that the mental health of vulnerable individuals is not forgotten during the pandemic. The charity has launched a campaign...
6th October 2020 | By Harry Hansen
Electric scooter trial scheme to begin at the University of Salford for students on campusAn electric scooter trial scheme will begin in Salford this month after being approved by the city council. The scheme – in partnership with TfGM and...
5th October 2020 | By Hayley Grice
Volunteers go on street patrol in their neighbourhood to prevent crime in FailsworthVolunteers from Failsworth are pulling together to help tackle crime in their local community. Local resident Paul Wadsworth saw that there had been a surge of...
2nd October 2020 | By Victoria Thiele
Manchester Libraries celebrate role of black scientists during Black History MonthScience fans get to experiment in the footprints of black innovators during the Black History Month organised by Manchester Libraries. Black pioneers in science, technology,...
2nd October 2020 | By Joanna Devany
Student outreach ambassadors confronted with a deserted Oxford Road at start of termOutreach workers welcoming students to Manchester have faced a freshers’ week like no other as covid-19 regulations left Oxford Road “shockingly empty”. Fears are growing for...
2nd October 2020 | By Constance Enzler
LGBTQ+ students demand more university support for online learning during covid crisisLGBTQ+ students say they are struggling with online learning and that social distancing restrictions are taking a toll on their mental health. While social distanced...
2nd October 2020 | By George Crafer
Uncertainty remains over jobs at the Lowry despite Nightingale court deal with Ministry of JusticeThe Lowry theatre’s contract with the Ministry of Justice to become a Nightingale court has been described as a “breather” rather than as a permanent solution...
1st October 2020 | By Claudia Waring
Almost 20% of England’s population will need mental health support as a result of Covid-19, charity warnsUp to 10m people including a large chunk of children and young people will need additional mental health support as a “direct consequence” of the...
29th September 2020 | By Harry Hansen
Free tablet and laptop devices being offered to Stockport residents who have no access to the internetStockport residents without access to the internet are being offered free tablet and laptop devices to help them stay connected during the Covid-19 pandemic. The...
28th September 2020 | By Matthew Kay
Poorly post war kids have their ‘health holiday’ stories told in new documentaryManchester Metropolitan University has recorded the experiences of Manchester residents who were sent to Switzerland on 'health holidays' after the Second World War
28th September 2020 | By Valentine Fourreau
The government’s new 10pm curfew could cost the Northern Quarter some of its favourite venues – and dozens of jobsThe government’s new 10pm curfew is putting dozens of jobs at risk in Manchester’s Northern Quarter as late-night venues are being disproportionately hit, say bar...
28th September 2020 | By Claudia Waring
Covid-19 forces Journeys Festival International to go online to explore the refugee experienceManchester’s Journeys Festival International has gone completely digital this year to make sure that its celebration of talented refugee artists is not scuppered by covid-19....
27th September 2020 | By Victoria Thiele
Manchester artist wants to change the world with her book of transgender portraitsA teacher turned award-winning artist has published a book of transgender portraits in the midst of an increasingly fractious debate about gender identity. You Brought...
24th September 2020 | By Constance Enzler
Extinction Rebellion brings ‘Free the Truth’ message to MediaCityUKExtinction Rebellion protestors took to MediaCityUK to denounce the BBC’s lack of serious reporting on climate change issues. The self-proclaimed “rebels” of the environmental group...
24th September 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Professor Brian Cox MBE to speak at the Manchester Green Summit on how to tackle climate change with scienceBrian Cox is to give a speech in Manchester today looking at how science can be used to combat climate change. Professor Cox, who is professor...
24th September 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Professor Brian Cox MBE to speak at the Manchester Green Summit on how science can tackle the climate crisisAndy Burnham To keep on track with the Five-Year Environmental Plan, internationally renowned physicist Professor Brian Cox is due to speak today at the GMGS....
22nd September 2020 | By Divine Vika
Cheetham Hill cultural festival’s virtual celebrationsThe annual Cheetham Hill culture festival, took a different approach this year to celebrate and keep the life of the festivities going. On Sunday things...
20th September 2020 | By Rachel Cowsill
Puffin Books and Man Met share the magic of reading in the middle of a pandemicPuffin Books has stepped in to support a children’s literary festival during the coronavirus pandemic by donating 1,000 books to the event’s ‘Big Book Giveaway of...
18th September 2020 | By Joanna Devany
Hold Still finalist captures the ‘spirit of Manchester’ during COVID-19 crisisThe owner of a Middleton takeaway is “enormously proud” to have been revealed as a finalist in the National Portrait Gallery’s Hold Still exhibition. An image...