Manchester HIV charity’s ‘positive radio’ racks up 2.5k listening hours
Manchester HIV charity George House Trust is celebrating the success of a groundbreaking positive-thinking radio station.
From Syria to Afghanistan: The aid workers who brave world’s darkest regions
Medair work in Syria, Haita and Afghanistan but visited Manchester this week. Mancunian Matters provide an inside view of the workings of the Christian values charity based out of Switzerland
Fan power: How FC United of Manchester could have collapsed without supporters
In a few short weeks FCUM, who have soared up the ranks of English football to the seventh tier, will celebrate their greatest achievement yet when they open their new £6million Broadhurst Park stadium in Moston.
Greater Manchester clubs queuing up for Northwest Football Awards honours
Premier League champions Manchester City’s six nominations is the most of any club, with Manuel Pellegrini and Yaya Toure contending for the manager and Premier League player awards respectively.
Legal Eagle: If police scrap cautions, is it goodbye to slaps on the wrist?
The government is planning to scrap the use of police cautions where those who commit minor offences are given a formal warning across England and Wales. The new scheme will replace the use of simple cautions and will be tougher than the current system, giving victims more say.
On the trot: Bolton hero Tony Kelly walks to raise money for charities including Hillsborough families
The club’s Community Ambassador will walk 50 miles from his Merseyside hometown of Huyton to the ground via Anfield, Goodison Park and the Trotters’ former home Burnden Park
Hunt for ‘scumbag’ Middleton vandals who damaged 150 vehicles in tyre-slashing spree
Police are continuing their hunt for car vandals who slashed the tyres of more than 150 cars in Middleton on Monday morning.
Manchester’s homeless create Matchbox City art project to challenge perception of life on streets
Community artists reach out to Manchester’s homeless with Matchbox City art project to explore notions of home and place within a city and raise awareness
Emergency Ancoats meeting: Crisis assembly after gang rampage leaves residents ‘feeling safer’
An emergency public meeting called in response to the gang rampage that rocked the Ancoats area has left residents ‘feeling safer’, claims a councillor.
Barking up the right tree: Manchester eco group’s bid to make most of home-grown biofuel from Mother Nature
TreeStation provides woodfuel to Greater Manchester homes and businesses.
Manchester PCSO ‘spat on’ and attacked while giving injured partner first aid – man charged with assault
A man has been charged with assault after a Police Community Support Officer was spat on while giving first aid to their partner last Tuesday.