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Jonathan Breen

Jonathan Breen


Freshers focus of police safety campaign

Students new to Manchester are the focus of a police safety campaign launching next week

New Learning Commons opens

– Commons cost around £24m – 24/7 facilities – Alumni celebrated inside

Manchester up in green league table

The University of Manchester is up thirty places in a national university ‘green’ league table

Man reveals drug empire during murder trial

A man has been jailed for six years after revealing a drug empire while giving evidence in a murder trial
Manchester’s greener than you think, so why not enjoy one of it’s parks?

Amnesty and Human Rights Watch to team up in Man City owner campaign

Amnesty International society to team up with Human Rights Watch against Man City owner in a campaign on United Arab Emirates human rights abuses

Two officers killed as police arrest most wanted criminal

Two female Greater Manchester Police officers killed in incident leading to arrest of Manchester’s most wanted fugitive, Dale Cregan

Manchester bidding for £23 million to help fund graphene centre

The University of Manchester is bidding for £23 million to help fund the development of a graphene hub

Manchester named piracy capital of UK

In-depth study of the digital music industry shows that MCR has more illegal downloads per person than any other city

Police hunt most wanted

Police release identities of Greater Manchester’s most dangerous criminals, as a part of month-long crackdown Operation Harvest

Police in court over false evidence

Two Manchester policemen charged with giving false evidence leading to arrest of a man

Protest over London Met student visa row

Manchester students protest over the UK Border Agency revoking London Metropolitan University’s license to teach non-EU students

First year student launches T-shirt range

Economics student “takes something everyone is familiar with and puts a twist on it”

Facebook ‘rioter’ jailed

A man who encouraged rioting in Manchester using Facebook has been sentenced to three years in prison

Man falls out of moving car during ‘assault’

Details of the incident are not clear but two women have been charged with assault