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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...
23rd October 2018 | By Henry Walker
Campaigners protest at Manchester court against bypass plan through Liverpool parkA group of residents took their fight against plans to build a road through a much-loved country park to Manchester’s civil and justice centre. Rimrose Valley Friends...
22nd October 2018 | By Isaac Jordan
EDL protesters condemned for displaying white supremacist imagery during protestManchester saw a large police presence this weekend as the English Defence League (EDL) held a ‘national protest’ in Piccadilly Gardens. Police at the protest in...
22nd October 2018 | By Elizabeth Harrison
Call for fireworks ban after police come under ‘unprecedented pressure’Calls have been made to ban the use of fireworks from residents whose homes and neighbourhoods are coming under increasing attack. Ashton-under-Lyne is reported to have been turned...
17th October 2018 | By Danielle Wroe
Canada becomes second country to legalise recreational marijuana: will Britain be next?The first recreational cannabis was legally purchased on the Eastern Island of Newfoundland in Canada at midnight on Wednesday. Hundreds queued in the hope they could...
17th October 2018 | By Elizabeth Harrison
LGBT+ community reacts angrily to the transphobic posters across gay village on twitterThe LGBT+ community has turned to Twitter to express its anger at posters in the gay village targeting the transgender community. The posters, which have been...
17th October 2018 | By [email protected]
Youth Quake sends tremors across the political landscapeMore people aged 18-24 voted in 2016’s Brexit referendum and 2017’s general-election than have done in the last 25 years following an unexpected turnout by millennials. 85%...
17th October 2018 | By Sian McGuinness
Jan Oldenburg: Tributes to Night and Day Café founder and Manchester music scene legendFans of the Northern Quarter’s iconic Night and Day Café are saddened to hear that its founder Jan Oldenburg died at the age of 71 over the...
15th October 2018 | By Sophia Khan
Protest held at University of Manchester against influence of far right groupsA protest against racism and the far right held at the University of Manchester was attended by city councillors. Councillor Afzal Khan, who represents Gorton,...
12th October 2018 | By Daniel Davies
Litter and lack of street cleaners hinder Manchester’s bid to be UK’s first tidy city by 2020Councillors have agreed that the city needs to take bolder steps if it is to achieve its aim of becoming the UK’s first ‘tidy city’...
10th October 2018 | By Sarai Van-Cook
Virtual clinics: how Manchester students will benefit from new 6bn mental health centreManchester is to be the first place in the country to establish a dedicated centre using virtual clinics to support students with mental health needs....
9th October 2018 | By Mia Abeyawardene
Manchester: great nightlife, shame about the litter and crimeThe Northern Quota took to the streets to find out what Manchester residents consider to be their favourite and least favourite parts of the city....
5th October 2018 | By Sian McGuinness
Northern Quarter residents call for better protection of historical buildings in wake of collapsesResidents in the Northern Quarter have taken to Twitter to say they feel “abandoned” and “ignored” by the council as historic buildings in the area...
3rd October 2018 | By Sarai Van-Cook
‘It’s getting really dangerous out here’ – meet the people on the frontline of the homelessness crisis in ManchesterLast year, the government released figures showing that there were 4,751 rough sleepers in the UK, an increase of 15% on the year before. The...
3rd October 2018 | By [email protected]
Generation Identity’s anti-immigration message aimed at youth of EuropeThe European-wide organization known as Generation Identity is viewed as a leading beacon for the Génération Identitaire movement. Their influence has spread throughout Europe since...