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7th Jul

The woman tackling Hulme’s poverty crisis: ‘I give out food packages after being failed by local authorities'

35-year-old Ameera Ramzan runs Heaven’s Angels, the Hulme-based outreach programme providing around 200 bags of food a week to local people in...

20th Jun

| By Tyrese King

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Over five million people have applied for the European Settlement Scheme that closes at the end of the month

The deadline to allow European and Swiss citizens to stay in Great Britain is fast approaching, having only until the end of the month to...

Helena Walker MMU sports medicine student

8th Jun

| By George Crafer

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Parents, students and fans gather for an afternoon at the lockdown rugby league

Saturday was the last day of the lockdown rugby league. Manchester Metropolitan played Manchester Rugby Club in the final game of the season....

26th Apr

| By Anish Vij

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'Setting up my own business helped get me out of a cycle of victimhood'

Deciding to leave her day job and set up her own business was a therapeutic move for 46-year-old Janine Mitchell in more ways than one...

A white bluetooth keyboard on a white desk

27th Mar

| By Kit Bell

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Online learning tips and tricks for students: what have we learnt one year on from the start of the pandemic?

Online learning is no longer new to us – the majority of students were forced online by the sudden closure of schools and universities in the first...

23rd Mar

| By Ruby Lopez

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Wake up and smell the roses: how the pandemic is emphasising the importance of nature

Grateful for its calming green and melodic chirping, credit is owed to our old friends flora and fauna for carrying us through...

19th Mar

| By Alice Stevens

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'Prescribed' poetry panaceas helping to combat lockdown loneliness

As National Social Prescribing day was celebrated virtually for the first time due to lockdown restrictions, a Manchester-based wellbeing service is...

Members of public sat on a bench in city centre.

10th Mar

| By Fi Hammond

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Snapshot of a city: Manchester's city centre is beginning to return to some version of normal

Despite being in a national lockdown, the sights from Manchester City Centre would beg to differ. After spending a short while on a Thursday...

10th Feb

| By Joseph Hair

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Photographer's images of the city and nature aim to capture 'space beyond the city'

When I meet Simon Buckley I’m sat in my living room. In fact I have a sneaking suspicion he is sat in his too, although it is hard to tell from the...