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26th June 2020 | By [email protected]
Fallowfield library brings community closer through lockdown initiativeLibrary volunteers have been working hard to deliver emergency food parcels, toys and crafts to homes across Fallowfield as part of a collaborative lockdown initiative...
25th June 2020 | By Katy Rushton
Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked from Labour frontbench in row over anti-SemitismOfficial portrait of Rebecca Long Bailey by Chris McAndrew is licensed under CC BY 3.0 Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, has sacked Salford & Eccles MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey, from...
20th June 2020 | By Isaac Piper
Covid-19 key workers honoured with City of Trees portrait installation in city centreThirty-three key workers from across Greater Manchester have been honoured after their portraits were projected onto trees in Manchester city centre. It was part of a...
18th June 2020 | By Vince Hunt
Sterling ends year-long goal drought at fan-free EtihadIt didn’t feel like football to start with. Instead of names, the shirts bore the message Black Lives Matter. The players took a knee –...
17th June 2020 | By Devon Bellamy
Shoppers surge back to high street after stores re-open following easing of lockdown restrictionsAfter three months of retail stores being closed due to coronavirus lockdown rules, shoppers filled Manchester city centre to buy non-essential items such clothes, shoes...
12th June 2020 | By Katy Rushton
The Makers Market returns to CheadleThe Makers Market staged its comeback to Cheadle Village last weekend (6 June), after beng forced to postpone upcoming events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite poor...
8th June 2020 | By [email protected]
Manchester’s Black Lives Matter weekend protests bring thousands into the city centreImage by Isaac Piper Image by Isaac Piper Image by Isaac Piper Since the days of Jim Crow, black communities worldwide have pleaded...
8th June 2020 | By Fionntan Evans
Is Manchester a safe place for members of the LGBTQ+ community?Gender non-conformance is a huge topic in British media today. With heated gender debates on Good Morning Britain and a lack of understanding with gender...
5th June 2020 | By Chloe Speakman
Student homes in Fallowfield abandoned – along with their messCharities are currently not running a collection service for unwanted items, and many household many waste tips are still closed. With the closure of these services,...
5th June 2020 | By Ellie Swindale
Where do you turn to for help with your mental health during the pandemic?As the need for mental health services continues to rise during lockdown, digital access has become essential for those with mental illness. Manchester College has...
4th June 2020 | By Louis Foss-Clark
Mad Dogs Street Project – a helping hand for Manchester’s homelessThe Mad Dogs Street Project has been working for six years to feed, clothe, and signpost as many rough sleepers as they can in the city....
4th June 2020 | By Katy Rushton
Five best places to explore in CheadleFor months we were told not to drive to beauty spots but to exercise in our own local areas. So some of our NQ reporters got to spend more time exploring the often underused green spaces available on their doorstep. Katy Rushton shares her favourite spots for socially distanced exercise in Cheadle.
3rd June 2020 | By Thomas Parkinson
Levenshulme volunteers pull out all stops to make sure vulnerable and elderly get groceries and essential meals during lockdownA group of Levenshulme residents are rallying round to help the most vulnerable people in their community during lockdown. Levenshulme Inspire is currently running a...
2nd June 2020 | By Thomas Parkinson
Levenshulme photographer’s portraits of family life under lockdownCiara Leeming, a photographer and journalist local to Levenshulme, has been getting creative during lockdown, documenting the lives of people in the community in her...
2nd June 2020 | By Naomi Patra
What’s it like being a student doctor in the middle of a global pandemic?NQ interviewed a student doctor on what it is like studying and working during a pandemic. Italia Leech, 19, from Oldham is currently a first-year...
1st June 2020 | By Sadie Lightfoot
How long will bars and clubs in the city centre be closed for and how they will they survive the lockdown financially?Social distancing is now a part of everyday life for the foreseeable future. In March, Boris Johnson ordered a nationwide shutdown of all pubs, clubs,...
1st June 2020 | By Jessica Barnes
Ancoats residents fight plans to create huge 24-hour car park next to primary schoolResidents of Ancoats have escalated their campaign against plans to turn the empty land behind a local primary school into a 24-hour car park. The...
1st June 2020 | By Shiala Mahmood
Hundreds march through Manchester in protest over death of George Floyd in USGeorge Floyd demo BLM from Northern Quota on Vimeo. Hundreds of people gathered in St Peter’s Square in Manchester to march in solidarity with US...
31st May 2020 | By Isaac Piper
Takeaway beer helps Northern Quarter bars survive the lockdownCutting Room Square in Ancoats The sun blazed down over the Northern Quarter this weekend, a weather occurrence most of us are unaccustomed to. Usually...
27th May 2020 | By Zara Gallimore
Will local pubs survive the pandemic?As bar and cafe life begin to slowly return in other parts of the world, the restrictions here in the UK are going to last well...