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Manchester Friends of the Earth are urging local council and parliamentary candidates to let voters know their views on environmental issues.

A breakdown of the figures released by Manchester City Council this week show that of the 363,005 people are eligible to vote in the local elections, 48,397 people have been registered since December 2014 with 12,014 signed up in the last month alone.

Setting off from All Saint’s Park on June 12, people will be allowed to hang out as bare as they please enjoying music, body painting and other activities before cycling through the city.

During visit to Bury yesterday, May also defended her record as Home Secretary, pointing to reductions in crime and the launch of investigations into child sexual exploitation.

The announcement joins three other ‘red line’ policies which the party says will be non-negotiable conditions in any coalition deal, just before a possible hung parliament next week.

A Manchester Ukip candidate has been branded a ‘bloody idiot’ by his own party after sharing a controversial post on Twitter.

The housing needs of the working-class community across Manchester have been ignored by Labour councillors, according to Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidates.

Former EastEnders star Martine McCutcheon was at the launch of Big Bike Revival in Platt Fields, just off one of Manchester’s main cycling corridors.

A Newton Heath man who fired a shotgun at two men who attempted to break into his house and steal his cannibis farm has today been jailed for eight and a half years.

Although the hash-tag – which has revolved around teenage girls declaring their love for Ed Miliband, the Labour leader – has attracted a vast amount of attention, there is no real evidence that it has resulted in an increase in the politician’s popularity.

The Friends of London Road Fire Station say they are thrilled at today’s announcement that Britannia Hotels are inviting developers to make them an offer on the open property market.