Burmese refugee speaks from painful experience of Myanmar military persecution
Now living in Salford she fears the current military coup and crackdown will see many more refugees suffering like her family did.
Greater Manchester, with over £1bn in stock, has largest pension fund fossil fuel investment in UK
Manchester council lose judicial review over Central Retail Park planning decision
The council says it will appeal the decision, as Trees Not Cars campaigners call for Sir Richard Leese to ‘retire’.
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Inside a Manchester Covid-19 vaccination centre – volunteers needed!
When the first Covid vaccine was approved, I was hoping for a quicker end to what has already been an incredibly long Covid-19 crisis. But the revelation of new Covid strains, with increased transmission rates, and concern about the government’s…
Burmese refugee speaks from painful experience of Myanmar military persecution
Now living in Salford she fears the current military coup and crackdown will see many more refugees suffering like her family did.
How a Manchester schoolgirl became a world leading ocean scientist
It was here that Jyotika developed her passion for science which inspired her to become an eminent oceanologist.
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Greater Manchester must leave green belt post-Covid and build on brownfield instead
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Black Lives Matter: Greater Manchester is not innocent
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If the radical political reformer and American revolutionary Tom Paine were alive today he would probably be one of the biggest critics of the current state of US democracy. A…
‘John Cooper Clarke meets Scroobius Pip’ – BODIES release Endless Summer EP
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Journalists’ union puts pressure on Rishi Sunak to use his budget to support UK journalism
Moss Side 1981 – riot or uprising?
Prior to John’s keynote speech at an online antiracism rally on Monday 1 March, Ameen Hadi reflects on the reasons this conflict erupted in 1981 and how it can inform the ongoing struggle against racism.