Year: 2023

Europa League Play-Off: A look back at Manchester United and Barcelona’s best European ties

Two of Europe’s giants face off in the inauspicious circumstances of a Europa League play-off on Thursday night. Barcelona failed to qualify from their Champions League group which featured Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, whilst United finished behind Real Sociedad in their Europa League group, dropping them into this play-off round. Both teams are however […]

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Manchester care workers reveal struggles in the industry

A shortage of careworkers has led to a relaxation in the immigration rules with no formal qualification essential to work as a carer in the UK. A Level 2 Health and Social Care will help anyone to start with the first care job. This means any individual above 16 years with a work permit in […]

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35 affordable homes will be built in Salford after £7m deal approved

A contract for the construction of 35 affordable homes has been given the green light by Salford City Council.   The housing will be built across two different sites on Eccles New Road and in Tootal Grove, with the construction being funded by the government’s Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme.  The Salford homeless charity ‘Loaves and Fishes’ […]

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Manchester’s ‘sister city’ and its famous clocktower

Faisalabad is famed as ‘Sister city’ of Manchester because of its strong textile mills in the world and, also for its rapid industrial growth. You can buy a million rupees cloth in one day at any time because the cloth industry is a very wide range. It was one of the first cities that was […]

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Huge Investment Highlights Manchester’s Commitment to Being Zero Carbon City

Figures released on Tuesday by Manchester City Council show the city’s £227m commitment trying to reach its 2038 zero carbon goal. Since the Climate Change Action Plan was launched, the multi-million pound investment has been earmarked to help the council and the city. This money will be used to try and help reduce emissions across […]

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Salford police officer sacked after indecent images of children conviction

Salford police officer Thomas Woods has been dismissed from the force after pleading guilty last year to making and possessing over 1,000 indecent images of children. Woods was arrested in December 2021 when the police attended his home address and seized two phones and a laptop. More than 1,000 indecent images from across a 10-year […]

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Tram / Metrolink in Manchester

MPs unhappy as HS2 construction set to close Ashton-Eccles Metrolink line

The Ashton-under-Lyne-Eccles Metrolink line is set to be ‘mothballed’ for up to two years, starting from 2024. The tram would be replaced by a bus service for the duration of the works, but there have not been any guarantees from government that the replacement buses would be able to match the speed or capacity of […]

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Rumoured Visit Saudi FIFA Sponsorship Draws Fresh Criticism From Alex Morgan

American footballer Alex Morgan has criticised proposed moves to make Visit Saudi sponsors of the FIFA Women’s World Cup later this year. The tournament will be hosted across Australia and New Zealand this summer, with football associations from both countries stating that they have not been consulted on the potential deal. FIFA has yet to […]

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Manchester students continue rent strikes despite ultimatum from university  

University of Manchester students occupying John Owens received an ultimatum threatening disciplinary action if they had not left the building by 4pm yesterday But rent strikers are continuing to occupy buildings including the Simon building and many are continuing to withhold their rent payments for three weeks.  A first-year humanities and politics student, who lives in Oak […]

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Greater Manchester Football Wrap (Feb 10-12): Rochdale, Salford City, Wigan Athletic, Stockport County, Bolton Wanderers, Altrincham

By: Joe Brayne, Callum Sutherland, Jacob Findell, Isaac Stronge, Matthew Holmes and Steven Narloch Wigan Athletic Wigan fans will be treated to a double-header this week as they face Bristol City on Wednesday and Norwich City on Saturday, February 18. Despite a much-needed victory last weekend against fellow strugglers Huddersfield Town, the Latics are still […]

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