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12th November 2018 | By Isaac Jordan
Manchester students express concern over anti-LGBT comments of Polish presidentPolish and LGBT students in Manchester Universities expressed their concern and anger as President Andrzej Duda of Poland expressed his support for the introduction of laws banning what...
11th November 2018 | By Andrew Wong
Fallowfield students wake up to find front doors daubed with phallic vandalismResidents in a student street woke up to find every house on their road daubed with a penis graffiti on their front door. Students...
10th November 2018 | By Michael Daniels
Metrolink gives thanks to the armed forces on Armistice DayMetrolink is joining the nation by stopping services from at before 11am for 2 minutes durng today’s Armistice Day commemorations. Service will then resume as normal...
9th November 2018 | By Mia Abeyawardene
Seven-year-old Isla saves life of 11-month-old baby after sleep apnea episodeA seven-year-old girl is being hailed a little hero after saving the life of an 11-month-old baby. Baby Reuben Skeech suffers from sleep apnea and stops...
8th November 2018 | By Isaac Jordan
Warning issued for care provider in Greater ManchesterThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued stark warnings over the financial viability of Allied Healthcare, a private company that provides care at home services...
6th November 2018 | By Joseph Chorlton
Iconic Ruby Lounge in Northern Quarter set to close down to make way for new developmentIconic Manchester venue The Ruby Lounge is closing down to make way for a new development of shops and cafes, it has been announced. The...
3rd November 2018 | By Daniel Davies
More than 500 people set to take part in biggest Manchester Sleepout yetBooth Centre’s annual Manchester Sleepout will take place this coming Friday (9 November) and promises to be the biggest sleepout to date with more than 500 people sleeping rough...
31st October 2018 | By Lewis Finney
Firefighter hero honoured for life-saving actions on his way home from shiftAn off-duty firefighter has been given a special commendation after he saved a man’s life. Watch manager Karl Grindrod had finished a night shift at Withington fire...
31st October 2018 | By Elizabeth Harrison
Don’t be spooked – ghost tourism talk to shine light on Victorian obsession with the macabre‘GHOST tourism’ may sound like a grisly subject but it’s perfect for Halloween. Our fascination with ghosts and spectres dates back to the Victorian era when society...
30th October 2018 | By Danielle Wroe
Boohoo! Fashion brand under spotlight for contributing to ‘throwaway’ clothes cultureManchester-based fashion brand Boohoo has been slammed in Parliament for selling £5 garments which even charity shops will not accept. A total of 400,000 tons of...
30th October 2018 | By Sarai Van-Cook
Seven Thousand Feet: artist socks it to diabetes in new exhibitionAn exhibition containing 7,000 thousand socks is on display at Manchester Central Library to raise awareness about diabetes-related limb amputation. Every year, more than 7,000...
29th October 2018 | By Sophia Khan
Asylum seekers moved from Manchester as far as Liverpool and Wigan into ‘unsuitable accommodation’Female asylum seekers with children and long-term illnesses are being relocated with short notice as far away as Liverpool and placed in ‘unliveable’ conditions, it is claimed....
29th October 2018 | By [email protected]
Demonstration calls on government to ‘stop selling arms’ to IsraelPro-Palestine campaigners stage a protest in Piccadilly Gardens against the deaths of Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces. Members from Fight Racism Fight Imperialism collaborated with...
29th October 2018 | By [email protected]
Protestors march in city centre after four homeless people die in two weeksActivists marched through Manchester city centre calling on the council to do more to combat the crisis of homelessness. The 50-strong march was made up of...
26th October 2018 | By Sarai Van-Cook
The Big Draw: Longsight school children share their hopes, dreams and fears in new exhibitionThe Big Draw is the world’s largest drawing festival and this year is inspired by the theme ‘Play.’ The exhibition currently on display in the Whitworth...
26th October 2018 | By Sam Peckett
Oxford Road pollution ‘cuts six months off a person’s life’, report claimsManchester is undergoing a ‘pollution crisis’ with illegal nitrogen dioxide levels causing up to 1,781 premature deaths per year, figures reveal. A report carried out by the...
24th October 2018 | By Sophia Khan
Parents say lack of police speed cameras on Withington Road near school is putting children’s lives at riskSpeeding motorists and a lack of police speed cameras near a school in south Manchester are putting children’s lives at risk, it is claimed. Parents are concerned...
24th October 2018 | By Daniel Davies
EXCLUSIVE: Disturbing pictures of dead swans floating among debris in Salford QuaysShocking pictures have emerged of dead swans floating among piles of rubbish in the water at Salford Quays. The disturbing images clearly show swans surrounded by debris...
24th October 2018 | By Sian McGuinness
Businesses and residents evacuated after unexploded tank cartridge found in SpinningfieldsA number of streets in Spinningfields were temporarily closed off and businesses and residents were evacuated this morning after reports of an unexploded tank cartridge being...
24th October 2018 | By Isaac Jordan
No-deal Brexit could have ‘severe’ impact on recruitment of NHS staff to Manchester hospitalsFears have been expressed about the effect a hard Brexit will have on the recruitment of doctors and nurses to Manchester’s health service. Senior figures...