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11th November 2020 | By Kiah-Azriel Freer
Contact Hostel passes 50 year mark of helping vulnerable young women in ManchesterContact Hostel has been providing homeless young women with safe accommodation since the 1970s and this year celebrates its 50th anniversary. It offers people practical...
10th November 2020 | By Bailey Taylor
Revolutionary proposal set to transform travel for Salford residentsSalford City Council has revealed plans for improvements to walking and cycling routes in collaboration with Transport for Greater Manchester, The scheme plans to introduce a...
10th November 2020 | By nq_admin
Manchester lecturer takes part in research on the impact of COVID-19 on UK theatre freelancersWhen the country went into lockdown in March, theatres and venues across the globe closed their doors, unsure of when they would re-open to the...
9th November 2020 | By Ellie McDermott
Tameside residents commemorate a very different remembrance Sunday under second lockdownTameside communities paid their respects in honouring the fallen soldiers very differently on Remembrance Sunday this year. Under normal circumstances, residents of Tameside would gather...
6th November 2020 | By Kiah-Azriel Freer
Proposed road blocks in Levenshulme causing divide and confusion among residentsA Levenshulme neighbourhood project has met with backlash from residents who feel they have been left out of important decisions about roadblocks. The current proposal...
6th November 2020 | By Lucas Crossley
Riz Ahmed to live stream performance of The Long Goodbye for Manchester International FestivalAn actor and musician is bringing a one-off live stream performance of his recent album to the city as part of the Manchester International Festival Riz Ahmed,...
5th November 2020 | By George Crafer
Enraged University of Manchester students tear down fencing in Fallowfield protestStudents living in the Fallowfield halls of residence have torn down fencing put up by the University of Manchester. The fencing appeared yesterday morning without any prior warning and was set...
5th November 2020 | By Lewis Oxley
Manchester art gallery to host art therapy sessions for new mums in lockdownManchester Art Gallery is to host art therapy sessions for women who became new mums during lockdown and are suffering the mental health effects of...
5th November 2020 | By nq_admin
Manchester independent bookstores join online bookshop during covid-19 crisisIndependent bookshops will be able to trade during lockdown due to a new website initiative called Bookshop. Set up by writer Andy Hunter, Bookshop offers local bookstores...
4th November 2020 | By Paolo Granelli
Stockport greens plant seeds of universal basic income as solution to woes of pandemicStockport Green Party is backing calls for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) to be brought in by the government as part of the response to covid-19. ...
4th November 2020 | By Divine Vika
High hopes and a nervous wait: young voters in key states tell us about their fears for the futureThe US election is on a knife edge with the result coming down to a few key states – Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan. Abigail...
4th November 2020 | By Jack Dulhanty
West Texas reflects the dizzying polarisation seen across the USLubbock skyline. By user:Redraiderengineer – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, “I got involved in politics and campaigns two years ago when Beto O’Rourke ran,” said Gracie...
4th November 2020 | By Niall Hay
Texas: A View From Both Camps in LubbockJason Corley (pictured, below), the Republican County Commissioner in Lubbock, denounced the media’s optimism of Biden’s potential, stating: “The media are not there to inform...
4th November 2020 | By Jack Dulhanty
TTU students lament US polarisation ahead of Texas ballot count“I saw something on Twitter that said: ‘If you vote for Trump, you’re a racist and if you vote for Biden, you’re a paedophile’” Such...
4th November 2020 | By Rory Gannon
American politics driving young people from U.S.Young Americans have said that the political and social climate in the United States is driving them away from the country. Many young people from across the...
4th November 2020 | By Victoria Thiele
“I have gotten yelled at” – Challenges US journalists face reporting on the electionWhile results of the election slowly drip in, journalists covering the election night are facing different challenges. Joe Higgins, former editor of the Athens Messenger,...
4th November 2020 | By Joanna Devany
Pennsylvania students fear unrest on election dayStudents at Temple University in Philadelphia fear further unrest in the battleground state of Pennsylvania as polls close on election day. Abi Vangraafieland, a sociology...
3rd November 2020 | By Matthew Grayless
Barrow AFC looking to chase their first league win after COVID-19 causes controversial promotionThis is something of a historic season for Barrow AFC as it marks their first return to the Football League in 48 years, after being...
3rd November 2020 | By Matthew Grayless
Solidarity: when footballers take the knee they are prepared to take the flakTaking a knee is so much more than a simple human gesture, it is an icon of protest, the face of a social movement and a cultural revolution. The gesture first originated in 2016, when American...
3rd November 2020 | By Matthew Grayless
Mata nets his 50th club goal as United dispatch soggy Seagulls on their way to Carabao Cup quarter-finalThere wasn’t much in the way of chances for Graham Potter’s weakened Brighton side to begin with, only a snapshot taken by Alireza Jahanbakhsh just on the...