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Tell the Truth: XR Placard

Extinction Rebellion protestors block of Deansgate road to highlight climate emergency

30th Aug |

Internet network

Matt's top 5 internet distractions - Matt signs off from NQ

29th Aug |

Book

Matt's top 5 inspirational books - Matt signs off from NQ

28th Aug |

Floppy Disk

Matt's top 10 video games of his childhood

28th Aug |

Film

Matt's top 10 obscure films - Matt signs off from NQ

27th Aug |

Record

Matt's top 10 most influential albums - Matt signs off from NQ

27th Aug |

Manchester Stations Ticket

Commuters left angry after another hike in rail prices is announced

14th Aug |

Central Retail Park Manchester

Trees not cars - Campaign group try to petition city council to turn old retail park into green space rather than new parking lot

5th Aug |

A NASA picture of a solar flare

Wasted clothing, overpopulation and sustainable farming - why is Earth Overshoot Day today?

29th Jul |

Not A Cult Festival 2019

Music festivals save 37m litres of water meaning people live more sustainably claims study

25th Jul |

Manchester from Kersal Moor in 1857, by William Wylde

Record breaking weather: Could today be Manchester's hottest ever?

25th Jul |

Bolshi at the Eagle Inn

Greater Manchester to protect and develop its music scene - but will it be enough?

22nd Jul |

Taxi protest

Tax to lower dangerous emissions - How will Manchester play fair on clean air?

17th Jul |

Cricket World Cup

England win Cricket World Cup for the first time after match widely described as the sport's best ever game

15th Jul |

Qantas flight

Missed flights, food poisoning and bad weather: Things to try and avoid on holiday

11th Jul |

USA Score against France (C) Getty Images

Live updates: Women's World Cup semi final - England v USA

2nd Jul |

England score against Cameroon (C) Getty Images

Live updates: Women's World Cup quarter final - England v Norway

27th Jun |

Graphic novels conference poster

International graphic novels conference returns to MMU for the third time for its 20th anniversary

27th Jun |

Burglary graphic

Police are searching for abseiling thieves after £40k worth of jewellery stolen

26th Jun |

England celebrate scoring against Japan (C) Getty Images

Live updates: Women's World Cup - England v Cameroon

23rd Jun |

Manchester Day Poster

Manchester Day Parade - Live Updates

23rd Jun |

England v Argentina (c) Getty Images

Live updates: Women's World Cup - England v Japan

19th Jun |

Common cold virus

Make sure you stand six feet away - some interesting facts about the common cold

19th Jun |

Cricket World Cup sign

The Cricket World Cup comes to Manchester - England play Afghanistan at Old Trafford

18th Jun |

Rain stock photo

Why people listen to it to relax, where is it seen most often and what is its smell called - everything you need to know about rain!

17th Jun |

England celebrate scoring against Scotland. (C) Getty Images

Live updates: Women's World Cup - England v Argentina

14th Jun |

Science children

University of Manchester inspire nearly 60,000 children to get involved with science

14th Jun |

England lifting the SheBelieves Cup

Live updates: Women's World Cup - England v Scotland

9th Jun |

START builder's lunches pizza

Mental Health charity in Salford are handing out free pizza to get construction workers talking about mental health

7th Jun |

MMU Art School Degree Show

School of Art degree show opens 12 day run at MMU

7th Jun |

Parklife Festival. Photo courtesy of Parklife Festival

Parklife expected to attract 80,000 revellers to Heaton Park this weekend

6th Jun |

Private housing in Moss Side. Photo courtesy of Alex Pepperhill on Flickr

New tenancy protection laws came in on June 1st but will they make a meaningful difference to tenants?

5th Jun |

Eid illustration

What's happening in the city as Manchester celebrates Eid this week?

4th Jun |

EU protest March - photo courtesy of ilovetheeu on Wikimedia Commons

Live updates from anti-Trump protest in Manchester

3rd Jun |

Gina Dowding Green MEP

"We'll go into it as if we're there for the five years" - Newly elected Green MEP Gina Dowding talks environmentalism, the EU Parliament and Brexit

31st May |

Cricket Match

2019 Cricket World Cup: Everything you need to know

30th May |

Northern Rail train at Alderley Edge

Northern Rail could lose their contract after Manchester Mayor calls for service to be terminated

30th May |

Dr Ben Bowman

'I think it's likely we'll still be in Europe for some time yet'

24th May |

Last year's Envirolution festival. Photo courtesy of Envirolution

Envirolution: Manchester's first official plastic-free festival and entry is free as well!

23rd May |

Candles in Manchester Cathedral

Two years on: Manchester remembers the victims of the Arena Attack

22nd May |

Tully Kearney conference

First festival of sports journalism held at MMU

22nd May |

Man City, Premier League, FA Cup, the treble, football

MMU Festival of Sports Journalism to be held in Geoffrey Manton tomorrow morning

21st May |

EU parliament composition. Photo courtesy of Glentamara on Wikimedia Commons

Everything you need to know about the 2019 European elections

21st May |

Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones. Photo courtesy of HBO

A spoiler-filled review for the Game of Thrones series finale

21st May |

Jon and Varys in Game of Thrones

A spoiler-filled review of Game of Thrones season 8 episode 5

14th May |

Aguero equalises for City

Man City retain Premier League title after 4-1 victory at Brighton

13th May |

Jackie Kay

Connecting Lagos and the Scottish Highlands with Manchester in the middle: Jackie Kay's Red Dust Road comes to HOME this September

9th May |

Gigg Lane, Bury

End of the Football League season: How have the Manchester teams done?

7th May |

Targaryen fleet in Game of Thrones

A spoiler-filled review for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 4

7th May |

Polling station

Local elections live!

3rd May |

Brienne of Tarth

A spoiler-filled review for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 3

30th Apr |

Polling station

Local elections 2019: everything you need to know

29th Apr |

Manchester Day Parade

10 out of 10 is announced as the theme for this year's Manchester Day

29th Apr |

St George Cross

A dragonslayer who never visited England: Why do we celebrate St George's Day?

23rd Apr |

Painted Easter eggs

Chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and on a different date each year: Where does Easter come from?

21st Apr |

The cross is a symbol of Christianity

The start of Easter, a bank holiday and an important day in the Christian faith: What is Good Friday?

19th Apr |

Knife and chopping board

Deputy Mayor says funding to prevent knife crime is 'barely a sticking plaster'

18th Apr |

Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen

A spoiler-filled review for Game of Thrones - Season 8 Episode 1

16th Apr |

Generic office workplace

University of Manchester report finds the majority of ethnic minority workers have experienced racism in the workplace

15th Apr |

A form of shrimp

Origins of Europe's climate discovered by UoM scientist in shrimp shells

12th Apr |

Armed police officer in Manchester

Why you will see more armed police at summer events in the city this year

11th Apr |

UK and EU Flags

Deals, backstops and flexstentions: What on earth is happening with Brexit?

10th Apr |

Fletcher Moss Park

Greater Manchester Walking Festival returns for its fifth year this May

9th Apr |

Banner for the 96

Hillsborough disaster: Greater Manchester Mayor speaks of 'frustration' after jury fails to reach verdict on manslaughter charge

4th Apr |

Tobacco and cigarettes

Oldham man sentenced after nearly £3,000 worth of counterfeit tobacco found at his business

3rd Apr |

Professor Brian Cox

Fallowfield Open Observatory and Laboratory to be opened by Professor Brian Cox this morning

1st Apr |

Land's End, Cornwall

15 places abroad easier to get to from Manchester to have a weekend break than Cornwall

29th Mar |

Ole Gunnar Solskjær

United hire Solskjær as permanent manager following impressive results in start to the job

28th Mar |

Empty Supermarket shelves

Manchester loan company reprimanded for 'scaremongering' ad talking up Brexit food shortage fears

27th Mar |

Scene from Us

Review: Jordan Peele's Us is an unsettling and crazy psychological horror

25th Mar |

Gamers Unite Poster

Ubisoft to make appearance as Manchester's leading gaming event prepares for its 2019 launch party

21st Mar |

Kingdom at HOME

¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American festival launches at HOME

21st Mar |

Spring flowers in snow

Today is the first day of spring 2019: but just what is the vernal equinox?

20th Mar |

Paul Johnson leaving hospital

Man who fled hospital with drip still attached is jailed for drug offences

19th Mar |

Student Climate Protest 2019

Students block city centre trams to protest climate change in second school strike in a month

15th Mar |

Manchester Irish Festival

Wearing green and lazy stereotyping: Everything you need to know about St Patrick's Day

14th Mar |

Smoking a cigarette

Fire and Rescue Service call on public to help cut down on smoking related fires

13th Mar |

UK and EU Flags

Brexit Vote Again: Live updates!

12th Mar |

The offending police car

Police car given parking ticket while officers were making an arrest

8th Mar |

Knife and chopping board

Greater Manchester Police to use stop and search to combat knife crime

6th Mar |

Chuka Umunna speaks in parliament

Labour Party defectors: who are the gang of seven?

19th Feb |

Our Future Our Choice battle bus

Campaigners for a second Brexit referendum take battle bus around universities to win support of young people

12th Feb |

Trafford fire from above

Residents evacuated after large blaze at commercial premises in Old Trafford

8th Feb |

Scene from Glass

Review: Glass was very nearly a great film, but in the third act the illusion shatters

5th Feb |

Sir Graham Brady

EU withdrawal amendments: How did your MP vote?

30th Jan |

Corbyn v May

Brexit votes: Live updates

29th Jan |

MDMA in powder form

Dangerous pills are in circulation in Greater Manchester being sold as MDMA

22nd Jan |

Trevi fountain

What has been happening this week apart from Brexit?

18th Jan |

Afzal Khan

Theresa May's Brexit deal: Which way did your MP vote?

15th Jan |

British and EU Flags

Brexit meaningful vote live updates

15th Jan |

HS2 route into Piccadilly

12 Days of Manchester: 12 is the length in kilometres of the proposed HS2 tunnel

5th Jan |

New Order performed at last year's MIF

12 Days of Manchester: 11 is a good number of rooms for an art exhibition

4th Jan |

Constantine court, which has now been demolished

12 Days of Manchester: 10 is the first address I had in Manchester

3rd Jan |

Tram at Deansgate

12 Days of Manchester: Nine is the number of Metrolink stops in the City Zone

2nd Jan |

New year's day fireworks 2019

Happy New Year! What NQ is looking forward to in 2019

1st Jan |

Manchester Arena

12 Days of Manchester: Eight was the age of the youngest victim of the Arena attack

1st Jan |

NYE fireworks. Credit: Jason M.C., Han

Northern Quota's quiz of 2018: How well can you remember the past year?

31st Dec |

Casey Birks and Matt Hartless of the Maverick 7

12 Days of Manchester: Seven is the number of mavericks required to form a band

31st Dec |

Football in 1996

12 days of Manchester: Six is the number of towns that have a football league team

30th Dec |

Paul Smith of Maximo Park

12 Days of Manchester: Five is the number of 1,000+ capacity concert venues in the city centre

29th Dec |

Bars on Barlow Moor Road

12 Days of Manchester: Four is the average cost in pounds of a pint in Manchester city centre

28th Dec |

12 Days of Manchester: Three is the number of different types of events at PUSH festival

27th Dec |

The offending road in Manchester

12 Days of Manchester: Two is the number of houses with the address 443 Manchester Road

26th Dec |

Merry Christmas from the Northern Quota - a guide to the festive period

25th Dec |

One Day Like This

12 Days of Manchester: One is the number of days like this a year that will see Elbow right

25th Dec |

Clint Eastwood in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Film Advent Calendar: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly started life as an anti-western but is now considered one of the greatest

24th Dec |

Joan Plowright and Bernard Hill in Drowning by Numbers

Film Advent Calendar: Abstract surrealism deliberately deconstructs the story in Drowning By Numbers

23rd Dec |

Guy Pearce in Memento

Film Advent Calendar: Memento is a psychological thriller that finds the perfect way to tell its story

22nd Dec |

2001: A Space Odyssey

Film Advent Calendar: 2001 a Space Odyssey is an adventure that invites the audience to answer its questions

21st Dec |

A Clockwork Orange

Film Advent Calendar: A Clockwork Orange's paranoid social commentary had the opposite effect to what was desired

20th Dec |

Harrison Ford in Blade Runner

Film Advent Calendar: The intricate sci-fi unverse of Blade Runner

19th Dec |

Jonathan Pryce in Brazil

Film Advent Calendar: The hilarious dystopian satire of Brazil

18th Dec |

Balrog and Gandalf

Film Advent Calendar: How Lord of the Rings paved the way for sagas

17th Dec |

The cast of Only Lovers Left Alive

Film Advent Calendar: Incredible music and acting chemistry makes Only Lovers Left Alive the perfect romantic drama

16th Dec |

Nicole Kidman in the Others

Film Advent Calendar: Less is more when achieving scares in the Others

15th Dec |

Scene from Cloud Atlas

Film Advent Calendar: The story told through different timelines and intertwining philosophies in Cloud Atlas

14th Dec |

Battersea power station in Children of Men

Film Advent Calendar: Focusing the camera on the background highlights the paranoia in Children of Men

13th Dec |

Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt in Se7en

Film Advent Calendar: Se7en wraps a mystery up so people can barely comprehend

12th Dec |

Houses of parliament

Today there will be a vote on the motion of no confidence, so who will be our Prime Minister?

12th Dec |

Brendan Gleeson in the Guard

Film Advent Calendar: The Guard heightens the crime genre by setting it in apathetic rural Ireland

11th Dec |

Scene from Stalker

Film Advent Calendar: Stalker ponders the mundanity of our existence despite the magic in its world

10th Dec |

John Hurt in Alien

Film Advent Calendar: Alien is the perfect example of how to create suspense in horror

9th Dec |

Bar scene in Inglourious Basterds

Film Advent Calendar: Inglourious Basterds takes history and puts it through a blender to create its own universe

8th Dec |

Liam Neeson in Schindler's List

Film Advent Calendar: Schindler's List takes an unapologetically bleak look at the history of the Holocaust

7th Dec |

Doug Jones in Pan's Labyrinth: Credit: Telecinco

Film Advent Calendar: The disobedient fantasy world of Pan's Labyrinth is exquisitely described through its imagery

6th Dec |

Scene from Waltz With Bashir

Film Advent Calendar: Waltz With Bashir uses amnesia to drive its plot in a dramatisation of PTSD

5th Dec |

Scene from In Bruges

Film Advent Calendar: In Bruges blends humanity and dark comedy seamlessly

4th Dec |

A Town Called Panic. Credit: Hammer & Tongs

Film Advent Calendar: A Town Called Panic is the ideal compromise between family film and madcap adventure

3rd Dec |

Ziyi and Yun-Fat in Crouching Tiger. Credit: Sony Pictures

Film Advent Calendar: Fast paced action develops character in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2nd Dec |

Revolori and Ronan in Grand Budapest Hotel. Credit: 20th Century Fox

Film Advent Calendar: The absurdist whimsy of the Grand Budapest Hotel

1st Dec |

Buster Scruggs, Credit: Annapurna Pictures

Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a fantastic reinvention of the Western genre

27th Nov |

Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody

Review: Is this the real life? Queen biopic plays fast and loose with the facts

15th Nov |

Muse press pic

Review: Eighth Muse studio album Simulation Theory is a record of two halves

13th Nov |

Simone Bitmate and Rachel Finnegan in Peterloo

Review: Mike Leigh Peterloo film marking 200th anniversary of massacre lacks direction

4th Nov |

Shoebox distribution in Romania, courtesy of Samaritan's Purse

Operation Christmas Child calling for donations to help make Christmas a special time for children

1st Nov |

Still from Videoman

Review: Videoman - Out of time with not much to define it

30th Oct |

Protestors in London

Mancunians join 700k protestors in London on march for second EU referendum

22nd Oct |

Amsterdam canal by night

Picturesque canals, expensive beer: A short guide to Amsterdam

18th Oct |

Is Manchester Airport haunted?

Prepare to take fright: Is Manchester Airport haunted?

10th Oct |

Belarus v San Marino in the UEFA Nations League

Your guide to this weekend's UEFA Nations League fixtures

9th Oct |

Adam Driver and John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman

Review: BlacKkKlansman is a film that everyone needs to see

5th Oct |

Dr James Niven

James Niven: the doctor who saved Manchester from worst effects of Spanish flu pandemic

4th Oct |

Old Trafford Stadium

United's worst start to a season for nearly 30 years

1st Oct |

Students urged to get involved with Foundations Festival 2018

1st Oct |

Loneliness Art Sculpture

Young people are the loneliest age group, new study finds

1st Oct |

Old Trafford Stadium

League Cup third round: A long-suffering Derby fan talks about his team's prospects against the Red Devils

25th Sep |

Dirty Ice Cream Freezers

Takeaway closed after infestation of rats and mice found in Oldham's Dessert Bar

24th Sep |

Tree of Hope

Trees of Hope - remembering the Manchester Arena Attack a year on

22nd May |

'Dear Boss' letter

Manchester researcher proves Jack the Ripper letters were written by the same person

6th Feb |

Dr Beate Peter

The psychology of raving - why trance is making a comeback

6th Feb |