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16th January 2024 | By Thomas Why

Plans unveiled to build Manchester’s tallest ever Skyscraper

Plans have been revealed to build a new 76 storey skyscraper featuring 780 apartments next to the Deansgate Square apartment buildings. 

16th January 2024 | By Oyindamola Daramola

Campaign to reduce ‘One Punch’ GMP and VRU support

A national campaign has been launched to educate and empower men to ‘walk away’ from escalating situations which could lead to violence or death in...

15th January 2024 | By Oyindamola Daramola

Pharmacies are leading the way in putting support in cost of living in Manchester

Pharmacy network are going to start attaching details of the city’s free cost of living advice line to each prescription for patients before they leave...

15th January 2024 | By Amber Brooks

New strategy put in place after youth homelessness rises 57% in the last five years

Help is being offered to young people in need of accommodation in new strategy

15th January 2024 | By Matthew Barber

Concerns over palliative care funding in Greater Manchester town

A Greater Manchester hospice needs to raise £12,000 a day in donations to continue providing palliative care.

15th January 2024 | By Martha Norris

Manchester’s newest way to fight loneliness  

The successful Timeleft app is coming to Manchester to help with the growing problem of loneliness and is their way of changing this growing trend....

11th January 2024 | By Thomas Why

Historic Hulme pub to be brought back to ‘original grandeur’

The historic pub and music venue, previously known as the Junction Hotel on Rolls Crescent is set for a regeneration scheme for the first time following its closure in 2016.

10th January 2024 | By Thomas Why

HIV drug PrEP’s accessibility questioned as new study proves its effectiveness

The government are being urged to make PrEP more accessible nationwide as the largest ever real-world study has proven PrEP’s effectiveness as a preventative treatment. 

9th January 2024 | By Martha Norris

Manchester’s first LGBTQ+ housing development for the older community

Great Places is set to plan the UK’s first housing association purposely built for the older LGBTQ+ community in Manchester’s leafy Whalley Range.   The...

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8th January 2024 | By Anna Klekot

Latest plans for Manchester’s new arena spark backlash from councillors

Councillors concerned over late opening times of new music venue in Ancoats

8th January 2024 | By Anna Klekot

Redevelopment of Fallowfield campus deferred due to residents objection

A united decision defers the demolition of a popular student campus in South Manchester. Long-term residents and student are objecting the redevelopment of the campus...

8th January 2024 | By Anna Klekot

“Stevenson Square shambles”: new anti-terrorist blocks branded an eye-sore

Stevenson Square's new addition of bollards and concrete blocks for protection.

8th January 2024 | By Matthew Barber

Rocketing rents approved in Wigan in attempt by council to balance books

The housing advisory panel at Wigan council reluctantly backed a 7.7% rent increase starting April 2024. The increase will help maintain the condition of council homes adding to last years increase of 7%.

8th January 2024 | By Matthew Barber

Football fans devastated following club ticket decision

Fans of Wigan Athletic football club are up in arms following the clubs decision to house Manchester United fans in the east stand.

8th January 2024 | By Osaro Ojo

Manchester city welcomes 2024 new year with a spectacular firework amidst heavy downpour

Manchester City Council declares a New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Castlefield Bowl on Liverpool Road for 2024. Councillor Pat Karney, the Christmas and New...

8th January 2024 | By Osaro Ojo

GMP tackle Christmas robberies, arrest 27 in Operation Calibre

GMP intensified their actions to tackle Christmas robberies after arresting 27 people during the National week of Operation Calibre in Greater Manchester GMP increased patrols...

8th January 2024 | By Makenna Ali

NHS needs international medical graduates as they demand better wages and conditions

Junior doctors are demanding higher wages as they take to the streets for the longest industrial action in NHS history and among the junior doctors...

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19th December 2023 | By Martha Norris

Christmas conscious as shopping needs to be made sustainable with the climate crisis. 

With Christmas right around the corner, the cost-of-living crisis hitting everyone’s purses this is how charity shops become the heroes of a sustainable and low-cost Christmas....

18th December 2023 | By Meg Jones

Manchester Protesters Take to the Streets: A Call for Change

Following the decision during the ‘Make Amazon Pay’ summit to strike globally on Black Friday, Manchester held their strike along with handmade signs and flyers....

18th December 2023 | By Makenna Ali

Chronic loneliness spikes over Christmas in Manchester’s Queer community.

The Proud Trust is hosting support groups in Manchester over the holidays to combat loneliness in the Queer community. Loneliness is a major issue in...