Piccadilly Pulse: Are Palestine supporters right to protest outside Jewish-owned shops in Manchester?
Controversy surrounding the pro-Palestine protests has led to a number of public statements from senior officials in Manchester
Manchester opens its arms to Scotland: Let’s Stay Together say stars and council – urging ‘no’ vote on independence
Television historian Dan Snow is calling on Mancunians to sign an open letter to Scotland voters as part of the ‘Let’s Stay Together’ campaign.
Show your support for Night and Day: Northern Quarter venue appeals for fans’ help as council reviews licence
The world famous music venue, entertained music lovers for more than twenty years, has been embroiled in an on-going spat with a number of nearby residents regarding alleged noise pollution
‘We are not anti-Semitic’: Free Palestine demonstrators brand Sir Richard Leese’s Nazi comment ‘irresponsible’
Demonstrators have described Sir Richard Leese as ‘irresponsible’ after he compared their Gaza protests on the streets of Manchester to Nazi Germany.
Dig the City: Manchester’s urban gardening festival hopes youths will blossom into budding green-fingers
A joint venture from The National Trust and Manchester City Council, the nine-day-long event will feature no less than 18 garden shows across St. Anne’s Square, King Street, New Cathedral Street and Victoria Street
Manchester streets or ‘Nazi Germany’? Gaza protests rife with anti-Semitism, claims Sir Richard Leese
The leader of Manchester City Council’s statement came at the opening of a meeting at Manchester Town Hall this morning, in response to a pro-Palestine protest outside Karem Cosmetics
Solidarity: Sir Richard Leese backs North West MEP’s bid to end hostilities as Gaza conflict intensifies
Manchester City Council Leader Sir Richard Leese has backed North West MEP Afzal Khan’s calls for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.
Green light for Manchester’s second female statue as councillor pledges to raise funds by cycling length of UK
Plans to install a statue of an iconic female figure in Manchester city centre have been passed as a Didsbury councillor pledged to get on his bike to raise £50,000 to build it.
Manchester’s ‘avoidable death’ shame will only get worse if Barton energy plant goes ahead, warns eco group
The Breathe Clean Air Group contacted the council after MM revealed that, in 2012, male avoidable deaths in Manchester were at almost double the national average – 42% higher than the rest of the UK
Battle song: Gig to fund rescue of London Road Fire Station from wrack and ruin
The Friends of London Road Fire Station have announced their latest concert to fund the fight to return the Grade II listed building to Mancunians after it was left to rot by current owners.
Teepees on the banks of the River Irwell? Play explores life of Native Americans who called Salford home
A play written by ex-Corrie actor Chris Hoyle will reveal what happened as we are taken back to the nineteenth-century Wild West – in the North West