coronavirus
14th April 2021 | By Hannah Terry
Seven ways you can support the Big Issue North at home during the lockdownThe lockdown restrictions in England have caused many difficulties for small, local businesses and companies across the country With no financial help from the government,...
19th March 2021 | By [email protected]
‘Prescribed’ poetry panaceas helping to combat lockdown lonelinessAs National Social Prescribing day was celebrated virtually for the first time due to lockdown restrictions, a Manchester-based wellbeing service is continuing to ‘prescribe’ poetry...
31st January 2021 | By Ruby Fandino
Mental health workers at high risk receive Covid-19 vaccineGreater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) has launched a vaccination programme for staff fighting to keep patients and themselves safe from the virus. More than 2,000 staff have received...
26th January 2021 | By nq_admin
‘There’s a long way to go but it feels like we’re on the right path’: cricket club in Manchester turned into first pharmacy-led vaccination centreCovid-19 vaccine jabs being administered at Whalley Range Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club
12th November 2020 | By Bailey Taylor
Christmas trees in November? Why residents are putting their trimmings up even earlier this yearResidents across Greater Manchester have taken it upon themselves to deck the halls early this year in an attempt to fight off coronavirus blues as...
29th October 2020 | By Matthew Kay
Drugs will not be tolerated in pandemic Manchester, say police after four men arrested in Strangeways areaFour men were arrested and a large amount of cannabis was seized in the Strangeways area of Manchester as police attempt to tackle drug abuse during...
29th October 2020 | By Lucas Crossley
‘We are holding Boris Johnson accountable’: anti-mask protesters challenge government over coronavirus ‘cure’An anti-mask protest took place in Piccadilly Gardens in response to the government’s continued enforcement of coronavirus restrictions. The protest, organised by Save Our Rights...
29th October 2020 | By Megan Wilkinson
Salford residents prepare for virtual Remembrance Sunday due to covid-19 restrictionsSalford residents are being asked to commemorate Remembrance Sunday at home this year due to covid-19 restrictions. Mayor of Salford, Councillor Charlie McIntyre, says this...
23rd October 2020 | By Ruby Fandino
Warning over mental health crisis as Manchester enters tier 3 lockdownConcerns are growing over people’s worsening mental health as tighter lockdown restrictions and a tight £22m financial support package are predicted to affect the most...
22nd October 2020 | By Matthew Kay
Sending in the troops: Manchester noodle bar delivers a WW2 tank full of food to self-isolating studentsIsolating students were shocked and delighted as whole tank filled with noodles rolled up to their halls of residence on Monday Morning. Chopstix Noodle Bar...
22nd October 2020 | By George Crafer
A hygiene bank is the first of its kind in Manchester – and it’s run out of a spare roomA ‘hygiene bank’ run out of a spare room has been set up in Manchester for people who cannot afford essential washing and sanitary products. The Hygiene...
13th October 2020 | By A.White
Coronavirus: will it be the end to the grassroot venues and the bands we see today?Allen William White · Coronavirus: Will it be the end to the enterainment idustry for venues and Bands? It’s a common occurrence right now...
12th October 2020 | By Claudia Waring
Petition by Manchester family for better adult social care reaches 1,500 signaturesCovid-19 has created an ‘onslaught’ of enquiries from families needing social care for relatives living with dementia, says a Manchester charity. Alzheimer’s Society, the UK’s...
8th October 2020 | By Katy Rushton
Rise in COVID-19 cases could lead to temporary pub closures in the north of EnglandReports from Downing Street have indicated that Prime Minister Boris Johnson could be set to impose tighter restrictions across multiple areas in the North of...
2nd October 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Student teachers due to start placements in Manchester secondary schools ‘scared about infecting pupils’With the global death rate from Covid-19 now reaching more than one million, trainee student teachers are expressing anxiety about going into schools on placement. They worry...
1st October 2020 | By Claudia Waring
Almost 20% of England’s population will need mental health support as a result of Covid-19, charity warnsUp to 10m people including a large chunk of children and young people will need additional mental health support as a “direct consequence” of the...
26th September 2020 | By Kelsey Butler
Government U turn for EFL trial devastates fans hoping to get back onto the terracesWith the Covid R-rate declining in the past months it was time to slowly introduce routine into people’s lives. One of these was a trial...
22nd July 2020 | By Katy Rushton
Cheadle MP votes against motion to provide weekly testing for NHS staffMore than 300 Conservative MPs voted against a motion which would have meant weekly testing for NHS and care staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. The motion...
2nd July 2020 | By [email protected]
Children’s author offers advice to primary school leavers amid covid-19 crisisManchester-based Cara Bradley is a celebrated travel writer and children’s author, having first drafted her book, The Ultimate Year Six Guide to Leaving Primary School...
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...