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17th December 2019 | By [email protected]
Carol service at Manchester cathedral raises money for new LGBT centreA carol service was held by a charity to raise money for a new LGBT centre aiming to promote acceptance and inclusion. The Proud Trust...
17th December 2019 | By Zainab Tariq
Manchester becomes UK’s first city to use recycled Christmas lightsManchester is helping to save the environment by using bio-degradable and recycled lights this year to light up the city for Christmas. The LED lights...
17th December 2019 | By Leonie Backhaus
Huge popularity for Manchester’s first sustainable Christmas MarketMore than 2,000 people signed up for the first sustainable Christmas Market in the north that was held at Hatch with workshops selling out weeks...
16th December 2019 | By Liz Hannaford
General Election 2019: Greater Manchester in chartsThe Conservative party won its biggest majority in the UK parliament since 1987 in last week’s general election. Here in Greater Manchester, the Tories gained 4...
16th December 2019 | By Liz Hannaford
General Election 2019: NQ reporters across Greater Manchester
16th December 2019 | By Hannah Barry
Shelter’s SleepWalk sees 650 people take to the streets of ManchesterMore than 650 people braved the drizzly Manchester weather to raise money for charity Shelter’s Christmas Appeal on Wednesday night. Prompted by the success of...
13th December 2019 | By Daniel Mardle
Charity ‘sleep walk’ across Manchester by UK’s leading homelessness charity brings huge turnoutFollowing the success of a charity walk in London earlier this month which raised £500,000, the homelessness charity Shelter hoped to repeat its success in...
13th December 2019 | By [email protected]
City council threatens to ban student drummer busker from city centre over noise levelsA busking drummer known as ‘Manchester drummer’ to his fans has been told by the council to either stop drumming in the city centre, or face...
13th December 2019 | By [email protected]
Manchester restaurant to offer free buffet for the homeless this ChristmasA restaurant in Manchester is offering homeless people in the city a free Christmas buffet. Jasmine Grill, located on Richmond street in Manchester’s gay village,...
13th December 2019 | By Chloe Illingworth
Man Met Mother Tongue, Other Tongue wins Queens Award for poetry projectManchester Metropolitan University has been awarded a Queens Award for its Mother Tongue, Other Tongue poetry project. The project, which encourages children to write and remember...
13th December 2019 | By Pete Murray
Behind the broken ‘Red Wall’ – the election aftermathThere was more weariness than celebration in the Manchester Conference Centre as the votes were tallied. Conservative candidates and activists saw historic triumphs in nearby seats...
13th December 2019 | By Sophie Cook
Angry allotment holders challenge council’s plans to allow building on green landAllotment owners are challenging Disley Parish Council after they gave approval for houses to be built on land used by allotment holders. Greystones allotment in Newtown,...
13th December 2019 | By Anish Vij
Candidates react to exit pollsNorthern Quota Journalist, Isaac Jordan, has been speaking to political candidates and getting their immediate reaction to the latest exit poll figures. Matt Mickler, Brexit...
12th December 2019 | By Anish Vij
2019 Exit Polls ReleasedThe closest election in recent history is finally underway and the long wait for the count has begun. The exit poll stations across the country...
12th December 2019 | By Chloe Illingworth
Hospital meals charity wins Pride of Manchester award for work with children and parentsEmmie’s Kitchen, an organisation that strives to help parents caring for their children in hospital, has won the Pride of Manchester award at the 2019...
12th December 2019 | By Sophie Cook
Five-year-old girl wins trophy for helping her canine friends to stay hydrated on their walksA five-year-old girl has been helping dogs and their owners in Romiley by leaving them goodies on the canal for the past years. For her efforts, Megan was ...
12th December 2019 | By Chloe Illingworth
Manchester’s night walk raises thousands for the homelessA 10k walk round Manchester helped raise thousands of pounds for homeless people this Christmas. The night walk started and ended on Windmill Street and raised...
12th December 2019 | By Maddie Zygmunt
Denton man uses his martial arts training to fend off mugger in Stockport car parkA marital arts enthusiast used his self-defence skills to fend off an attacker during an attempted mugging. Philip Craven, 35, practices the gracie jiu-jitsu technique and had...
12th December 2019 | By Maddie Zygmunt
Tameside’s first distillery opened for business by self-employed Denton manBrewer Lee Chisnall has made a charity branded Willow Wood Hospice gin in Tameside’s first distillery. The Denton man worked in IT for 26 years...
12th December 2019 | By karthiknair
Thieves steal 70 Christmas trees and specialist equipment from shop in SaleMore than 70 Christmas trees were stolen from a shop in Sale in the run-up to Christmas. The thieves struck at 10.30pm and made three...