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17th September 2020 | By nq_admin
National Football Museum reopens its doors after coronavirus lockdownThe National Football Museum has reopened its doors to the public after being closed for four months during the coronavirus lockdown. “It feels fantastic to finally...
14th July 2020 | By Tyrese King
Student Union at Man Met vows to change after admitting ‘failing’ black studentsThe Student Union at Man Met says it has let down black students by ‘failing’ to provide BAME students with a voice on campus. Prompted...
10th July 2020 | By Fionntan Evans
Digital Pride 2020: celebrations go online after covid-19 led to cancellation of Manchester Pride2020 marks 50 years since the first ever Gay Pride march in New York. As well as 51 years since the Stonewall riots, which created a catalyst...
3rd July 2020 | By Kelsey Butler
Small business owners prepare for extreme changes as they officially reopenMore businesses in England reopen their doors to the public after three months in lockdown. But government guidelines mean big changes to the way they operate. Cathy Colhoun,...
2nd July 2020 | By [email protected]
Raising funds for BAME LGBTQ youth networkRaising over £6000 on their launch day, the Colours Youth Network aims to reach £50,000 to become an independently run organisation, dedicated to empowering the UK’s...
29th June 2020 | By Pruthvi Khilosia
Man Met journalism students invited to London to meet Bend It Like Beckham film directorTwo Manchester Metropolitan University journalism students have created a short documentary featuring British film icon Gurinder Chadha, best known for her inspirational works Bend It...
27th June 2020 | By Sarai Van-Cook
Levenshulme cyclists take to street to protest against council’s refusal to install pop-up cycling lanesA human chain of cyclists formed in Levenshulme to criticise Manchester City Council’s “disappointing” response to a bid for government funding for pop-up cycle lanes across...
26th June 2020 | By [email protected]
Fallowfield library brings community closer through lockdown initiativeLibrary volunteers have been working hard to deliver emergency food parcels, toys and crafts to homes across Fallowfield as part of a collaborative lockdown initiative...
20th June 2020 | By Isaac Piper
Covid-19 key workers honoured with City of Trees portrait installation in city centreThirty-three key workers from across Greater Manchester have been honoured after their portraits were projected onto trees in Manchester city centre. It was part of a...
17th June 2020 | By Devon Bellamy
Shoppers surge back to high street after stores re-open following easing of lockdown restrictionsAfter three months of retail stores being closed due to coronavirus lockdown rules, shoppers filled Manchester city centre to buy non-essential items such clothes, shoes...
8th June 2020 | By [email protected]
Manchester’s Black Lives Matter weekend protests bring thousands into the city centreImage by Isaac Piper Image by Isaac Piper Image by Isaac Piper Since the days of Jim Crow, black communities worldwide have pleaded...
5th June 2020 | By Chloe Speakman
Student homes in Fallowfield abandoned – along with their messCharities are currently not running a collection service for unwanted items, and many household many waste tips are still closed. With the closure of these services,...
5th June 2020 | By Ellie Swindale
Where do you turn to for help with your mental health during the pandemic?As the need for mental health services continues to rise during lockdown, digital access has become essential for those with mental illness. Manchester College has...
4th June 2020 | By Louis Foss-Clark
Mad Dogs Street Project – a helping hand for Manchester’s homelessThe Mad Dogs Street Project has been working for six years to feed, clothe, and signpost as many rough sleepers as they can in the city....
3rd June 2020 | By Thomas Parkinson
Levenshulme volunteers pull out all stops to make sure vulnerable and elderly get groceries and essential meals during lockdownA group of Levenshulme residents are rallying round to help the most vulnerable people in their community during lockdown. Levenshulme Inspire is currently running a...
2nd June 2020 | By Thomas Parkinson
Levenshulme photographer’s portraits of family life under lockdownCiara Leeming, a photographer and journalist local to Levenshulme, has been getting creative during lockdown, documenting the lives of people in the community in her...
2nd June 2020 | By Naomi Patra
What’s it like being a student doctor in the middle of a global pandemic?NQ interviewed a student doctor on what it is like studying and working during a pandemic. Italia Leech, 19, from Oldham is currently a first-year...
1st June 2020 | By Sadie Lightfoot
How long will bars and clubs in the city centre be closed for and how they will they survive the lockdown financially?Social distancing is now a part of everyday life for the foreseeable future. In March, Boris Johnson ordered a nationwide shutdown of all pubs, clubs,...
1st June 2020 | By Jessica Barnes
Ancoats residents fight plans to create huge 24-hour car park next to primary schoolResidents of Ancoats have escalated their campaign against plans to turn the empty land behind a local primary school into a 24-hour car park. The...
1st June 2020 | By Shiala Mahmood
Hundreds march through Manchester in protest over death of George Floyd in USGeorge Floyd demo BLM from Northern Quota on Vimeo. Hundreds of people gathered in St Peter’s Square in Manchester to march in solidarity with US...