Computer says no: Manchester councillor blames ‘carbon literacy’ training failure on password problems
The training was taken on as an environmental strategy by the council following a recommendation from the Economic Scrutiny Committee in May 2013
Spliff busters: Cannabis farm tip-offs up 20% since GMP ‘Scratch and Sniff’ crackdown
Hundreds of scratch and sniff cards were delivered to drug hot-spots with the intention of familiarizing the public with the potent odour so they would be able to detect nearby cannabis farms
Not so NEET: Government are out of touch with unemployed youth of today, says Manchester jobseeker
John Longworth, Director General at(BCC), has announced the UK’s unemployment rate will drop from over 6.4% in the second quarter of 2014 to 5.5% in the second quarter of 2015
Back where we belong: Brooklands MU forward Aidan Khares says team unfazed by top flight return
The 22-year-old, who lives in Manchester and works as a hockey specialist coach at Manchester Grammar School, insists Brooklands have learnt from their 2013 relegation and are now more streetwise and better equipped to compete with England’s best club sides.
Battered Walkden pensioner condemns ‘big egos in flash cars’ after driver he told to slow down breaks his jaw
A retired Walkden teacher who was battered senseless for daring to tell a young Mercedes driver to slow down condemned the culture of ‘big egos driving flash cars’ as he relived his ordeal today.
Bolton man who walked down M61 motorway at night dies after being hit by THREE cars
The pedestrian, said to be in his 40s, was his hit at around 11pm last night on the northbound carriageway, just before junction 6 near Horwich
Tune in to Town Hall: First livestream of Manchester City Council meeting proves better than Jeremy Kyle
Sir Richard Leese’s promise that the first-ever livestream of a Manchester City Council meeting would be better than daytime television proved too – but not quite in the way he planned.
Piccadilly Pulse: HALF of Mancunians have indecent images on their computers they fear could be hacked
A user on internet bulletin site 4chan began posting the images last Sunday, August 31, including nude photographs of Hunger Games actress Jennifer Lawrence and Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton.
Ancoats hour of terror: Boy, 16, charged after gang crime spree leaves man robbed at gunpoint
A 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a string of crimes that rocked Ancoats in an hour of terror, including the smashing of car windows and robbing a man at gunpoint.
GIVEAWAY: Clubber’s dream freebie… two tickets to EVERY Sankeys event
Iconic superclub Sankeys have teamed up with MM to offer every clubber’s dream prize… two free season passes to the Manchester venue.
Jail for Manchester online DVD trader dubbed ‘Woolf of e-Wall Street’ after hiding £1.4m profits from taxman
A Manchester online trader nicknamed the ‘Woolf of e-Wall Street’ after he made £1.4million selling CDs and DVDs on eBay has been jailed for two years for refusing to pay tax on his global internet empire.