MM’s top five… Tory Party Conference Fringe events
MM looks at the best fringe events taking place this year’s conference, to give activists a peak beyond the security fence and help delegates to decide where to go.
We can end extreme poverty by 2030 if politicians held to account, says charity ahead of Tory Party Conference
Charity campaigners invited Mancunians to score goals against extreme poverty and preventable diseases, ahead of the Conservative Party Conference coming to Manchester tomorrow.
‘Very beneficial’: UK charity praise Manchester Airport campaign to prevent FGM
Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA) have praised the Manchester Airport campaigns to raise awareness of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
‘Top by January!’: Optimistic Oldham boss Dunn targets upset at in-form Gillingham
David Dunn is eyeing a first away victory of the season at Gillingham on Saturday, despite the Gills chasing promotion, and boasting a 100% home record so far.
‘Catastrophic’: Sunday league footballer jailed for breaking Manchester opponent’s leg
A Sunday League footballer has been jailed for one year after intentionally breaking an opponents leg before verbally abusing him as he was ‘lying in agony on the pitch’.
‘Exodus’: Manchester doctor’s concerns for ‘beginning of end’ of NHS over contracts
There will be an ‘exodus of doctors’ from the NHS, if proposed changes to doctors contracts go ahead, a junior doctor in Manchester has said.
‘Cowards’: Hunt slammed by Manchester protestors over doctors’ contract reform
NHS Employers cancelled all scheduled meetings, at which junior doctors were hoping to voice their concerns about new contracts, one day before the Manchester meeting was due to take place at the Midland Hotel.
‘Hardcore porn warping kids’ views’: Sexual offences in secondary schools up 54% across Greater Manchester
The number of reported sexual offences in schools in Greater Manchester has risen by 54%, according to an FOI released by the GMP.
In fear for their lives: Axe wielding home invaders leave family in ‘shock’ and ‘distress’
Four men who broke into a home and threatened a family with axes, leaving them in ‘shock’ and ‘distress’ are being hunted by police.
Manchester workers told to saddle up as number of cycle spots at stations double
Six new cycle hubs have been opened at Greater Manchester railway stations, doubling the number of bike parking spaces in the region, as councilors push for Manchester to become a ‘flagship Cycling City’.
Manchester drug deaths soar by 46% as North West named worst region for EIGHTH year
The number of deaths in Manchester related to drugs poisoning has soared by 46% while the North West has risen by 28%, making our region the worst in England for an eighth successive year.