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31st January 2018 | By [email protected]
Gymnast scholar wins place at Commonwealth GamesA Gymnast scholar is the second at MMU to qualify for this year’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, but it’s not England he’s representing. Joe Fox,...
30th January 2018 | By Kieran Hepworth
‘The seeds of Brexit were sown in Westminster’: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham speaks to MMU journalism studentsThe Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, joined Manchester Metropolitan University journalism students to discuss the Kerslake Review, media and politics. Burnham, whose first job...
30th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Elderly Somali refugee fears worst after Sasca charity funding is cutThere are more people who have been displaced today than after World War II. In reports released by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) there is one...
30th January 2018 | By nq_admin
A conversation with Andy Burnham at Manchester Metropolitan UniversityLive Blog In conversation with Andy Burnham at Manchester Metropolitan University
26th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriAt first glance, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) has all the ingredients to be a great film. Award-winning director? Check. Strong, talented cast? Check. Powerful...
26th January 2018 | By [email protected]
MMU fashion art students feature in i-D magazine as part of focus on young talent in the northThe work of fashion art students at MMU are being featured in renowned fashion magazine i-D magazine. The magazine set a live brief to create...
26th January 2018 | By nq_admin
New sports hall at MMU’s Platt Lane centre to be unveiled as part of community eventPlatt Lane’s new sport hall will be opened up to the local community at an official ceremony on Wednesday. There will be numerous events taking place on...
23rd January 2018 | By nq_admin
Manchester City Council cuts funds to Somali charity and puts vital community work in perilRefugees from North Africa and Syria could find themselves without help or guidance after the council cut funds to a Somali citizen’s advice bureau. Somali...
23rd January 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally
Eat your words: series of literature talks by Manchester Writing SchoolA new series of talks at MMU may well have you eating your words. A Body of Words – staged by the Manchester Writing School...
22nd January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: SpaceTime Helix @ The LowryWho would have thought that a piece of string, a light, and a controller could be some mesmerising? Well, that’s SpaceTime Helix in a nutshell. The...
21st January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Cabaret: A Show About The End of Love @ PUSH Festival, HOMEThere is nothing better than a jazz singer singing about the woes of love and a string quartet accompanying her, playing the emotional and portraying the different...
21st January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: True Stories @ PUSH Festival, HOMEA mixture of spoken word, music, dancing, singing, storytelling and cooking a full-three course meal on stage, True Stories journeys through four talented artists’ stories of...
19th January 2018 | By Nadia Turki
Salford care home delivers ‘inadequate’ care for residents, inspectors findA Salford care home has been placed in special meaures after inspectors found a catalogue of issues. Care Quality Commission inspectors found that bosses at Kenyon Lodge...
19th January 2018 | By Tom Brady
120-mile Northern Forest project will involve planting of 50m trees over 25 yearsMore than 50 million tress will be planted from Liverpool to Hull as the Woodland Trust look to create a gigantic new Northern Forest. Environment...
19th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Shrek the Musical at Manchester Palace TheatreThink fairytale characters. Think classic romance storyline. Think big musical numbers. Mash them up and you have Shrek the musical. Based on the Dreamworks animated film,...
16th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Queer Contact Festival brings brand new musical theatre piece to The Palace TheatreContact and Jamie Fletcher & Company are excited to present the Manchester premiere of the brand new musical Dancing Bear at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, on Wednesday...
16th January 2018 | By Nadia Turki
Police reveal shocking footage of lorry driver watching video while driving on M60Shocking footage of a lorry driver using his mobile phone while on the motorway has been released by police. The footage shows the man...
16th January 2018 | By [email protected]
Burnage man jailed for five years for attempted robbery of two Didsbury barsA 30-year-old man from Burnage has been jailed five years for attempted robbery of two Didsbury bars. Taurean Edwards burst into The Botanist bar on...
16th January 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally
Man assaulted by a gang of six men in the Northern Quarter jailed for a total of 18 yearsSix men have been jailed for a total 18 years after violently assaulting a man in the Northern Quarter in February last year. Manchester Crown...
16th January 2018 | By Sanaa Reddy
Man jailed for six years after sexually assaulting woman in her 90sA 24-year-old man who sexually assaulted a woman in her 90s has been jailed for six years. The elderley woman, who suffers from dementia, was left with...