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No Return to Austerity! People of Manchester take to the streets to campaign against the new cuts to benefits
News

No Return to Austerity! People of Manchester take to the streets to campaign against the new cuts to benefits

The protest followed the publication of a green paper by the UK government detailing cuts to disability benefits that will affect 3.1 million households by 2030. The changes are expected to take effect from November 2026.
ByByEmma White
From Mariupol to Manchester: How arts and culture are helping Ukrainians to heal
Culture

From Mariupol to Manchester: How arts and culture are helping Ukrainians to heal

The war in Ukraine has destroyed cultural venues, but artists are using their talents to keep Ukraine’s stories alive and assist the war effort.
ByByZoe Hodges
Salford based sport league offers an inclusive space for trans and non-binary people
News

Salford based sport league offers an inclusive space for trans and non-binary people

Rainy City Roller Derby (RCRD) is offering an inclusive sporting space for trans and non-binary people across the North West.
ByByAnja Jungmayr
Deliveroo Drivers: Mobile workers with a Mobile Union
Features

Deliveroo Drivers: Mobile workers with a Mobile Union

ByEmma Roy-Williams
Manchester Five – is justice in a wig and gown or in orange paint?
Opinion

Manchester Five – is justice in a wig and gown or in orange paint?

ByEzra Storme Ravenwood
Greater Manchester’s collective history: Rose, Support and Action for Women’s Network
Features

Greater Manchester’s collective history: Rose, Support and Action for Women’s Network

ByAlice Toomer-McAlpine

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Features

Labour’s Plan for Change: what does it mean?
Analysis

Labour’s Plan for Change: what does it mean?

In the run-up to the 2024 election, Labour kept their offering a closely-guarded secret, with the public and commentators unsure of what Starmer’s policies or principles were. With the election result predicted correctly for many months due to the Conservatives’…

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Deliveroo Drivers: Mobile workers with a Mobile Union

Deliveroo Drivers: Mobile workers with a Mobile Union

Covid 19: face masks, boredom, Deliveroo and Zoom were some of the key features of that mundane, samey yet scary period. The use of face masks may have waned, but the popularity of food delivery services such as Deliveroo and Just Eat hasn’t. Food delivery riders are now a more common sight than postal workers; both professions carry a heavy load and involve long, hard hours but the main difference between them is that one workforce is supported by a large, established, wealthy union, the CWU. The other isn’t.
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Greater Manchester’s collective history: Rose, Support and Action for Women’s Network

Greater Manchester’s collective history: Rose, Support and Action for Women’s Network

Rose is the founder of a charity called Support and Action for Women’s Network (SAWN), based in Oldham. She is also the co-founder of Mama Health and Poverty Partnership. We met Rose at Rochdale’s 7th Annual Black History Month Celebration event, and had a conversation as part of our our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage.
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Greater Manchester’s collective history: British Muslim Heritage Centre

Greater Manchester’s collective history: British Muslim Heritage Centre

This conversation in our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage was held with Halima and Robina of the British Muslim Heritage Centre.
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Opinion

Manchester Five – is justice in a wig and gown or in orange paint?

ByByEzra Storme Ravenwood
On Friday 21 February 2025, Just Stop Oil protestors Daniel Knorr, Margaret Reid, Indigo Rumbelow and Ella Ward all were found guilty of the crime of ‘conspiracy to commit a public nuisance’. Noah Crane, just 19 years old, held in prison since August 2024 on this charge, was acquitted since there was no evidence specifically tying him to the crime on the day of the planned action.
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Westminster has failed Britain on Palestine. What can we do next?

ByByJames Taylor
The role of global protest since the beginning of Israel’s most recent attack on Gaza cannot be underestimated. Co-ordinated, international shows of solidarity have kept the issue relevant and on the front pages. Without feet on the ground in cities across the world there would likely not have been an ICJ hearing or investigation into the ongoing Israeli genocide. Subsequently, Westminster has found itself reluctantly debating a subject it ordinarily avoids.
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“Let’s change the world together!”

ByByAnnette Wright
The Meteor spoke with ward councillor for Hulme, Annette Wright, about declaring a climate emergency in 2019, and the council processes that were needed to make it happen.
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Culture

From Mariupol to Manchester: How arts and culture are helping Ukrainians to heal

From Mariupol to Manchester: How arts and culture are helping Ukrainians to heal

“When there is an air raid alarm, we stop performing and go to the shelters with the audience, then once it is over we pick up where we left off.”…

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Rochdale’s Breaking Barriers production company is raising the bar with new project ‘Elevation’

Rochdale’s Breaking Barriers production company is raising the bar with new project ‘Elevation’

On a very rainy Wednesday, off the back of an exceptionally sunny weekend, I made the trip to Blackstone Edge – a reservoir perched high above Rochdale on the border…

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Friends of The Meteor

The Friends of The Meteor category contains articles that have been published elsewhere and  selected by The Meteor team as worthy of sharing to our audience. They will generally have a Manchester or Greater Manchester focus and are from publications we trust and respect.

Child given detention for getting less than 90% on a test – psychology shows there are far better ways to motivate students
Friends of The Meteor

Child given detention for getting less than 90% on a test – psychology shows there are far better ways to motivate students

This week’s FOTM is republished from The Conversation. It addresses the recent reports that a child at Stewards Academy in Harlow, Essex, was punished for a grade below 90% on their maths homework.
ByByFriend of the Meteor
Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women
Friends of The Meteor

Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women

This week’s Friends Of The Meteor article is republished from The Conversation. It tackles the UK media narrative and the ideology pushed by those seeking to exploit the abuse of children for political ends.
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All Feedback is Good
Friends of The Meteor

All Feedback is Good

All feedback is good. Really, it is! But it’s what you do with it that counts. The defences we put up can hold us back, especially when they prevent us absorbing that feedback properly.
ByByAyisatu Emore