Month: November 2024

University of Salford celebrates 10 Years of Create Student Awards 

The Create Student Awards are back and celebrating a decade of honouring the students at the University of Salford. In recognition of their tenth edition, 2025 will be the biggest awards ceremony yet and take place at the prestigious Lowry Hotel on Thursday 12th June. Create Awards is an opportunity to celebrate the work of […]

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REVIEW: The Wailers at O2 Ritz

How does Bob Marley like his doughnuts? Wi’jam in! The Wailers have been icons of the reggae genre for 61 years. Even after Bob Marley’s passing, they have continued to play for fans across the world. Their current tour celebrates 40 years of their album with Marley, ‘Legend.’   Arriving at the O2 Ritz it […]

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Climate Change is having an affect on Winter Climates and snowfall, with Storm Bert highlighting this. (Credit: Met Office)

Climate change having effect on snow fall and winter climates

November saw a major drop in temperature, with the heavy snowfall and extreme cold temperatures marking a significant event. Over Friday night into Saturday morning, cold air blew into the North West of England from the Arctic, and as the wind blew south, a low pressure system came in from the west, bringing prolonged snowfall […]

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Want Not Waste, in Manchester

A student-led waste free shop is taking Greater Manchester by storm

A waste-free shop is on the rise at the University of Manchester. ‘Want not Waste’ started over 5 years ago with the aim to reduce the amount of wasted packaging used in general shops. The shop will bulk buy from sustainable wholesale sellers. Students from universities in Greater Manchester can come in with jars and […]

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Peninsula Stadium

How the cost of living is impacting local sports teams

Manchester’s sports teams have fierce competition when it comes to keeping fans in their arena’s due to rising bills and living costs across the UK. We have taken a look into how local teams are keeping people in their stadium seats and how much more it is costing to watch your teams live year on […]

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“It’s Great Awareness Of How Dark and Cold it is During The Winter Months For the Homeless; They Aren’t Doing The 24-hour Run in June Are They?” – Over £50k Raised For ‘A Bed Every Night’ Homelessness Charity 

The 24-Hour Manchester run returned for its sixth year to help raise money to supply beds from ‘A Bed Every Night’ for the homeless.   The Manchester 24 Hour Run Against Homelessness was 1/6 events across the country that have surpassed £100,000 in donations to provide 3.341 beds.  Starting at Midday on Wednesday, the challenge began […]

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Reform announced to tackle collapsing care leaver’s system

The government have embarked on major reform to end year’s of neglect of the children’s social care support system – breaking the cycle of late intervention and helping keep families together wherever possible so that every child has the opportunity to thrive. At the age of 18, many care leaver’s are expected to instantly ‘Become […]

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Manchester Central Library

Libraries in Manchester open their doors to aid those in need this winter

Jasmin Gadsden – 19th December 2024 24 Libraries across Manchester will open to those in need this winter to help confront the cost of living. Two years ago, the council launched ‘Warm Welcome Spaces’ which was designed to tackle cost of living through the winter months. Providing the public with access to libraries to use […]

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Children in Need is back in MediaCityUK

Tonight, Salford hosts the annual televised fundraiser for Children in Need, with Vernon Kay joining the presenting line-up of Rochelle Humes, Ade Adepitan MBE, Mel Giedroyc, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush. Children In Need is a charity fundraiser event, that supports over 1,500 local charities and projects in communities across the UK. They help children […]

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Over £47,000 raised from Manchester’s 24 hour run

The Manchester 24 Hour run against homelessness took place earlier this week, raising more than £47,000 for the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity scheme. The event started in 2019, and has been partnered with the charity to help raise money for the “A Bed Every Night” scheme, which aims to get homeless people off the streets […]

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