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26th April 2018 | By nq_admin
Manchester beats London for the title of number one bike crime hotspotLast year, the number of bikes stolen in Manchester reached almost 3,400, beating parts of London for the first time. Shocking crime statistics revealed that...
26th April 2018 | By nq_admin
‘Dutch-style’ cycle way planned between Chorlton and ManchesterA ‘Dutch-style’ cycleway is being planned to connect Chorlton to Manchester city centre. Inspired by the established cycling culture from The Netherlands, the planned 5km route...
26th April 2018 | By nq_admin
Die-hard fans camp out overnight to see One Direction’s Niall Horan in ManchesterFans from all over the world camped out overnight as One Direction’s Niall Horan plays two intimate dates in Manchester. Fans came from as far...
24th April 2018 | By Kieran Hepworth
All Manchester council seats up for grabs on Thursday following boundary changesThe local elections for Manchester City Council will take place on Thursday 3rd May with all 96 seats in 32 wards being fought following boundary...
24th April 2018 | By nq_admin
Charities step in to provide girls from low income families with sanitary productsGirls from low income families in the north of England are forced to miss school once-a-month because they can’t afford sanitary protection, charities are warning. Charities...
23rd April 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally
Final year Man Met student standing for election as Labour councillor in StalybridgeStalybridge North Labour candidate Sam Gosling Just three years ago Man Met student Sam Gosling would not leave the house because of panic attacks and anxiety. Next...
19th April 2018 | By dave porter
A Clockwork Orange brought to stage with original music from Anthony BurgessFilmed by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 and subsequently withdrawn from cinemas by the director himself following a national furore over copycat violence, A Clockwork Orange...
16th April 2018 | By [email protected]
Pebble Art taking over Trafford in memory of victims of Manchester Arena attackDecorated pebbles are being hidden around Trafford as part of a new concept called pebble art. The idea is for people to find a decorated pebble,...
12th April 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally
Coffee cup recycling myth busted as UK’s greenest university MMU tackles the issueManchester Met, the UK’s greenest university, has pledged to cut the use of single-use paper coffee cups which contaminate recycling bins. Coffee cups are fourth on...
9th April 2018 | By Sanaa Reddy
Manchester allotment project helps refugees integrate into the communityAn allotment in Levenshulme is bringing together refugees who have come to the UK in search of a better life. The project was founded eight years ago...
4th April 2018 | By dave porter
Hope MiIl Theatre production boldly reimagines German classic of lost youth as musicalWe already have a musical based on the one of the founding fathers of America, so it is no great leap of the imagination to...
1st April 2018 | By Kieran Hepworth
Manchester City Council plans to transform city’s Northern Quarter into Northern ThirdManchester’s Northern Quarter is set to undergo a revolutionary rebrand as the city’s trendiest neighbourhood becomes the Northern Third. Leaked documents from Manchester City Council...
28th March 2018 | By nq_admin
Former Man Met student caught up in Manchester Arena attack talks about the media’s response to the incidentAlicia Hattersley, a former MMU journalism student who was at the Ariana Grande concert, found herself bombarded with ‘insensitive’ messages from the media after a Northern Quota...
28th March 2018 | By dave porter
Manchester Evening News praised by Kerslake Review for its coverage in aftermath of Arena terror attackThe Manchester Evening News has been singled out for praise for its media coverage in the aftermath of the Arena bomb attack. The Kerslake Review,...
27th March 2018 | By dave porter
Man Met poets Helen Mort and Carol Ann Duffy listed among ‘must read’ women writers in the worldTwo poets from Manchester Metropolitan University have been named in the world’s top 10 ‘women poets to read’. The Poetry Book Society’s (PBS) rankings place...
27th March 2018 | By nq_admin
Northern Quota co-editor shortlisted for national Student Publication Association awardNorthern Quota co-editor and reporter Tom Green has had an article shortlisted for a nationally recognised award courtesy of the Student Publication Association. The article, which documents the...
26th March 2018 | By nq_admin
Comedy is the remedy for nerves for British triple jump championA 19-year-old University of Manchester student is using comedy improv as a way of coping with the stresses of competitive sport. On top of her gold for triple jump at...
15th March 2018 | By nq_admin
17-year-old wins four gold medals at World Transplant Winter Games after overcoming leukaemiaA 17-year-old from the North West has won four gold medals at the World Transplant Winter Games after having overcome leukaemia following a successful bone...
14th March 2018 | By Georgia Landi
iPads and autism: how apps are enabling children around the countryIt’s easy to look back on our childhoods and remember playing with Barbie’s, toy trains and board games, letting our imaginations run wild with adventures...
9th March 2018 | By nq_admin
Is the closure of Antwerp Mansion proof that Manchester is selling its soul?‘Take me out tonight / Where there’s music and there’s people / And they’re young and alive’, Morrissey famously sang. From the Northern Soul era...