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25th November 2020 | By nq_admin
Manchester International Festival launches training academy for unemployed young peopleIn 2018 the Manchester International Festival (MIF) launched the Factory Academy for unemployed adults aged 19-24 to train to work in the creative industry. Jocelyne Underwood, Factory...
20th November 2020 | By Emily Mcintyre
Manchester poetry library aims to be focal point for lovers of verse throughout the region’We’re open to everyone, and that’s the really important thing I want to get across.’’ That’s the message from Becky Swain, director of the new...
13th November 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Tension mounts between UoM student protestors and police as tuition fee demo is cancelled following threats of arrestsA demonstration at Owen’s Park by University of Manchester students over the refund of tuition fees was abandoned after police threatened to arrest protestors. Student...
11th November 2020 | By Kiah-Azriel Freer
Contact Hostel passes 50 year mark of helping vulnerable young women in ManchesterContact Hostel has been providing homeless young women with safe accommodation since the 1970s and this year celebrates its 50th anniversary. It offers people practical...
10th November 2020 | By nq_admin
Manchester lecturer takes part in research on the impact of COVID-19 on UK theatre freelancersWhen the country went into lockdown in March, theatres and venues across the globe closed their doors, unsure of when they would re-open to the...
6th November 2020 | By Lucas Crossley
Riz Ahmed to live stream performance of The Long Goodbye for Manchester International FestivalAn actor and musician is bringing a one-off live stream performance of his recent album to the city as part of the Manchester International Festival Riz Ahmed,...
30th October 2020 | By Matthew Kay
4,000 new jobs for Manchester residents as Harry Styles invests in new music venueMore than 4,000 new jobs for Manchester residents will be created as Harry Styles invests in the new Co-op Live arena. Harry Styles announced that...
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 Victoria Thiele
‘Enough is enough’: more than 150 women protest against anti-abortion laws outside Polish embassy in ManchesterWomen protested with banners, chants, and marches against a new Polish anti-abortion law in front of the Polish embassy in Manchester last night. With the...
28th October 2020 | By Lewis Oxley
Manchester Greenpeace stage ‘rebrand’ protest outside Tesco in Whalley Range and Market Street over link to deforestationGreenpeace activists have rebranded windows outside branches of Tesco in Whalley Range and Market Street because of the retailer’s links with JBS, a meat production...
28th October 2020 | By Harry Wragg
Greater Manchester businesses offer to support low income families with free school mealsThe hospitality sector across Greater Manchester has offered up its support to Marcus Rashford’s free school meals campaign at a time where their own industry...
28th October 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Lockdown on the streets of Manchester: how the homeless are risking their health for safetySat with a coffee and some hand-rolled cigarettes, David Chapman spoke candidly to the Northern Quota about the trials of enduring a pandemic with no...
27th October 2020 | By Niamh O'Connell
Chorlton homeless charity changes direction after lockdown causes shop to closeA homeless charity in Chorlton has changed direction after covid caused its shop to close during lockdown. Reach out to the community is a Manchester-based...
27th October 2020 | By Valentine Fourreau
Manchester ethnomusicology student launches first-ever study bringing together music and migrationAn ethnomusicologist from the University of Manchester has launched a study in an attempt to challenge the idea of ‘world music’. Masters student Marion...
26th October 2020 | By Claudia Waring
‘We won’t let this beat us’: Manchester’s new city-wide art trail can continue despite Tier 3 restrictionsA new city-wide art trail called 50 Windows of Creativity has been unveiled to inspire people during the dark days of the latest lockdown. It features mosaics, installations,...
25th October 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Socialist Alternative at the People’s Assembly protest against ‘deliberate harm to workers in north’Political activists from the Socialist Alternative turned out to the People’s Assembly protest at weekend to add their voice to demands for an increase in the government budget for Manchester...
25th October 2020 | By Rory Gannon
NHS staff demonstrate in Manchester: ‘we will be overwhelmed again’NHS workers from across the Greater Manchester region have criticised the government’s lack of support for the North West. Protesters gathered in Picadilly Gardens on...
25th October 2020 | By Harry Wragg
Greater Manchester councils take action to feed the city’s most vulnerable children over half-termGreater Manchester councils have pledged to support their most vulnerable children through this week’s half-term holiday to ensure no child goes hungry. Many councils...
24th October 2020 | By Joanna Devany
Campaigners fight to save Chorlton secret wildlife haven under threat from developersChorlton’s ‘secret garden’ is under threat from developers who plan to replace the wildlife haven with a car park. The garden, which is tucked away...