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12th May 2017 | By nq_admin
Have you registered to vote in the General Election?When? With less than 4 weeks until the snap-General Election, Mancunians are being reminded to register to vote. The deadline to register to vote in...
12th May 2017 | By nq_admin
Manchester candidates for General Election announcedAll the candidates for Manchester constituencies in the General Election have been confirmed by the City Council. Labour currently hold 4 out of the 5...
5th May 2017 | By Thomas Walton
NQ Reporter Tom Walton tweets from the Greater Manchester Mayoral Election CountWho will be the first over the line in the Stockport count? #GMElects pic.twitter.com/DZFnFwx9kX — Tom Walton (@TomWalton91) May 5, 2017 The Oldham count is...
5th May 2017 | By R.Shand
What to look out for in the Greater Manchester Mayoral electionsAt a time when some members of the public have had enough of elections, the Mayoral election in Manchester offers greater opportunities to examine themes...
5th May 2017 | By nq_admin
Andy Burnham becomes Greater Manchester’s first mayorAndy Burnham has become the first ever directly elected mayor of Greater Manchester. Winning with 63% of the vote (359,392 votes), Burnham has claimed victory in...
5th May 2017 | By nq_admin
LIVE: Greater Manchester’s Mayoral election resultsThe votes are in and are being counted. All that is left to do is wait for the announcement of Greater Manchester's first ever Mayor. Voter...
4th May 2017 | By Liz Hannaford
Manchester Mayoral Election LIVELive Blog Manchester Mayoral Election 2017
4th May 2017 | By Thomas Walton
The Green Party: what we have to offer ManchesterNQ reporter Tom Walton spoke with Green Party Greater Manchester Mayoral Candidate Will Paterson during the count. Will Paterson was chosen as a candidate for...
3rd May 2017 | By nq_admin
7 Funniest Mayoral GaffesThe lighter side Politicians are prone to gaffs, just ask Ed Milliband’s bacon butty, but what comical capers have England’s mayors got themselves into? ...
28th April 2017 | By Thomas Walton
Girls involved with gangs helped in new MMU projectA £300,000 project has been launched to steer young girls away from getting involved in street gangs. The aim is to offer them alternative activities such...
27th April 2017 | By nq_admin
VIDEO: Manchester students begin hunger strike in protest against treatment of Palestinian prisonersProtestors have begun a hunger strike to “raise awareness of ‘unjust’ treatment of Palestinian political prisoners” by the Israel Government. The students from University of...
26th April 2017 | By nq_admin
VIDEO: Sean Anstee Mayoral interviewIn the second Mayoral interview of the week, we catch up with the Conservative nominee for the Greater Manchester Mayoral elections. The Conservative leader of...
25th April 2017 | By dave porter
Loose Space squatters resist eviction of former Cornerhouse building with rooftop protestPolice closed off Oxford Road for more than an hour today after an attempt to evict squatters from the former Cornerhouse building. Hundreds of people...
25th April 2017 | By nq_admin
VIDEO: Andy Burnham Mayoral interviewAndy Burnham has taken an unusual approach to building his election manifesto. The Labour Party candidate for the Greater Manchester Mayoral elections has been asking...
25th April 2017 | By nq_admin
VIDEO: Squatters at the Cornerhouse Cinema are cleaning up before eviction todayLoose Space is finally being evicted from the old Cornerhouse Cinema. Earlier this month, the NQ reported that squatters had taken over the old abandoned cinema...
24th April 2017 | By nq_admin
Organisers of 420 cannabis event in Platt Fields press case for medicinal use of cannabisMore than 1,000 people attended Manchester's 420 celebration in Platt Fields Park on Sunday. The event was in part to promote what many users claim are the...
21st April 2017 | By nq_admin
Killer of Chrissy Neary jailed for life todayChristine Neary's husband and killer was sentenced at Manchester's Crown Court today. James Neary, known as Jimmy, 46, of Moston pleaded guilty today, Friday 21 April, to the...
18th April 2017 | By nq_admin
Police searching for men armed with Samurai swords after they went on crime spree in SalfordThe GMP are appealing for information after three men wearing balaclavas robbed several pubs in Salford with weapons, including a Samurai sword. Late on Sunday 9...
14th April 2017 | By nq_admin
Man who sexually abused young boy after grooming on Facebook is jailedA man who lured a 12-year-old boy to his house to play games after talking online, before sexually abusing him, was sentenced to 13 years in...
12th April 2017 | By nq_admin
Boundary changes to election wards welcomed by Manchester City CouncilThe number of Councillors sitting on Manchester City Council will remain the same after the independent Local Government Boundary Commission published its final recommendations on new...