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A balancing act: Manchester City Council’s 2019/2020 budget released

A balancing act: Manchester City Council’s 2019/2020 budget released

Manchester City Council’s draft budget for 2019/2020 set to balance austerity and spending on social services as it meets a three year plan

The Yard: The New Creative Hotspot in Manchester

The Yard: The New Creative Hotspot in Manchester

The Yard is a new centre for creative individuals in Manchester, encouraging artists from all over the city to use the space to express their talent

Manchester Charity Fashion Show looks for models

Manchester Charity Fashion Show looks for models

Get involved in a fun-filled fashion show this semester, all for charity!

UoM researchers develop cheap graphene inks

UoM researchers develop cheap graphene inks

A Manchester-based research team have developed a potentially groundbreaking method for producing graphene

Stagecoach accounts show increase in pre-tax profits

Stagecoach accounts show increase in pre-tax profits

Stagecoach Greater Manchester’s pre-tax profits have gone up, at the same time as director pay, and many fares for customers

LGBT History Month 2019 begins in Manchester

LGBT History Month 2019 begins in Manchester

February marks the national education campaign, which will feature a theatrical performance at Manchester’s People History Museum

A Roundup of The Fashion Bloggers Of Manchester

A Roundup of The Fashion Bloggers Of Manchester

For many, the iconic look to be continually associated with Manchester would be one which resembles a 90’s, Liam Gallagher-esque ensemble. Yet since becoming the global capital of fast-fashion and housing big money brands such as Boohoo, Nasty Gal, PrettyLittleThing, and Missguided, the city’s style has certainly entered a new chapter. Homing so many brands that depend […]

Austerity hitting the North disproportionately worse than Southern areas

Austerity hitting the North disproportionately worse than Southern areas

Cuts to public services combined with increasing demand have led to councils hiking taxes

Alliance Anger: Students frustrated by access to new Business School

Alliance Anger: Students frustrated by access to new Business School

Despite an £84 million investment, students not on an Alliance MBS module will not be allowed to use the new Eddie Davies Library

Viswanathan ‘extremely concerned’ over NUS defunding of International Officer

Viswanathan ‘extremely concerned’ over NUS defunding of International Officer

The 2018/19 NUS International Students’ campaign are ‘extremely concerned’ about proposals to ‘defund’ the role of International Students’ Officer

Deputy Mayor brands government promises ‘meaningless’

Deputy Mayor brands government promises ‘meaningless’

New crime figures released by the Home Office show that police recorded crime in Greater Manchester has increased by 8% in the 12 months to September 2018, compared to 5% nationally

Grayling works with Burnham on greater control over transport

Grayling works with Burnham on greater control over transport

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling promises to explore the expansion of the Metrolink in Greater Manchester

Record Reappraisal: Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Record Reappraisal: Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Contributor Josh Sandy revisits one of Manchester’s greatest rock and roll stars Oasis as 25 years ago, they released their iconic debut Definitely Maybe

Overnight snow brings Manchester to a halt

Overnight snow brings Manchester to a halt

UoM remained open but some students were told their lectures had been cancelled

Exciting new projects in store for Manchester

Exciting new projects in store for Manchester

With Manchester rapidly establishing itself as the second city of the UK, it comes as no surprise then, that there are a number of exciting projects planned throughout Manchester over the coming years

Gaming in Manchester 2019: a preview

Gaming in Manchester 2019: a preview

What to expect from the games industry in Manchester in 2019

Outing the past: LGBT History Month in Manchester

Outing the past: LGBT History Month in Manchester

With LGBT History Month approaching, Jessica Blair takes a look at the upcoming events aiming to celebrate Manchester’s diverse community in a time of political adversity

Manchester ranks in top five UK cities for fly-tipping

Manchester ranks in top five UK cities for fly-tipping

Shockingly, just half of the 38,099 incidents reported in the city last year were investigated

Science research has caused Spice to become such a big problem

Science research has caused Spice to become such a big problem

The synthetic drug problem across Europe and North America has been created inadvertently by scientific journals’ research

An Interview with ACORN Manchester

An Interview with ACORN Manchester

Isabel Oldman sits down with ACORN Manchester to talk private renting, activism and educating student tenants