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This is Greater Manchester: Trafford
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This is Greater Manchester: Trafford

Photographer Gary Roberts was back on the road again last month, gathering images of life in Trafford as part of our whistle-stop tour around Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs.
ByByGary Roberts
Manchester City Council 2023 local election results & analysis
News

Manchester City Council 2023 local election results & analysis

This year, one council seat in each ward (except for one with two seats) was up for election at Manchester City Council. Here’s a rundown of the results and what they could mean for the borough, both locally and in a potential GE.
ByByKaty Preen
Interview with Kevin Leach, technical manager at Oldham Coliseum
Culture

Interview with Kevin Leach, technical manager at Oldham Coliseum

Kevin Leach worked at Oldham Coliseum since June 2006. For about 14 years he was a stage technician before becoming technical manager just before the pandemic. Though having to deal with redundancy himself, he campaigned to save the theatre too, and has posed questions to Oldham Council in his fight for answers and assurances for his colleagues.
ByByZoe Hodges
The Meteor AGM 2023
News

The Meteor AGM 2023

ByThe Meteor Team
“We won’t stop ‘til we win” – UoM rent strikes supported by over 10,000 students after occupation eviction
News

“We won’t stop ‘til we win” – UoM rent strikes supported by over 10,000 students after occupation eviction

ByEddie Toomer-McAlpine
Review: Encore Coliseum
Review

Review: Encore Coliseum

ByZoe Hodges

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Features

Rochdale AFC has its own cost-of-living crisis, but still manages to support its community
Features

Rochdale AFC has its own cost-of-living crisis, but still manages to support its community

Before Christmas, Chairman Simon Gauge released a statement which touched upon the struggles the club has faced this year, including an attempted hostile takeover as well as their struggles on the pitch (they sit 22nd in League 2 at the…

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This is Greater Manchester: Trafford

This is Greater Manchester: Trafford

Photographer Gary Roberts was back on the road again last month, gathering images of life in Trafford as part of our whistle-stop tour around Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs.
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This is Greater Manchester: Bolton

This is Greater Manchester: Bolton

This month, we sent photographer Gary Roberts to Bolton, to see if there was anything good happening there. It was a mixed picture.
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Remembering the Munich air disaster, 65 years on

Remembering the Munich air disaster, 65 years on

Last weekend, Manchester United’s men’s, women’s and youth teams all marked the anniversary of the 1958 crash at games and services both here and in Germany. Zoe Hodges reports on an emotional weekend.
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Opinion

“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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Why I joined the Green Party

ByByEkua Bayunu
The Manchester Green Party stands for climate and social justice — unlike Manchester Labour.
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We must declare a biodiversity emergency here in Greater Manchester

ByByJames Walsh
As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, and with the ambition to be a world-leading Green City Region, Greater Manchester must declare a Biodiversity Emergency just like it did for the Climate Emergency, says James Walsh.
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Culture

Interview with Kevin Leach, technical manager at Oldham Coliseum

Interview with Kevin Leach, technical manager at Oldham Coliseum

Kevin thankfully managed to secure a new position for himself as Stage Manager at Manchester Opera House, luckily keeping one of our most skilled theatre technicians in the North West,…

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Review: Encore Coliseum

Review: Encore Coliseum

Both Act 1 and Act 2 began with two of its famous pantos; a bright, vibrant beginning to what was a rollercoaster of emotions. First Act comics Justin Moorhouse and…

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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.

Co-op News reports on failures at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
Friends of The Meteor

Co-op News reports on failures at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

Three recent stories from Co-op News cover the criticisms levelled at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH). And why did they report on the social housing provider’s failures? Because the organisation was set up as a type of co-operative.
ByByGuest Writer
Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet
Friends of The Meteor

Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet

For this week’s Friends Of The Meteor, we are republishing this article by a University of Salford academic, Neil Entwistle, whose research is in hydromorphology – the way that water interacts within its natural landscape.
ByByGuest Writer
RAPAR open letter to Stockport Council Leader re. concerns about safeguarding and security at Home Office subcontracted SERCO-controlled hotel
Friends of The Meteor

RAPAR open letter to Stockport Council Leader re. concerns about safeguarding and security at Home Office subcontracted SERCO-controlled hotel

For this week’s Friends Of The Meteor, we are republishing the open letter sent by RAPAR to the head of Stockport Council, regarding the squalid conditions at a hotel being used to accommodate asylum seekers.
ByByGuest Writer