Day: 2 December 2024

Salford City to face seven-time Fa Cup winners Manchester City in the Third Round of the Fa Cup

Salford City will make the four-and-a-half-mile journey across Manchester to the Etihad Stadium, where they will face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. The Ammies confirmed their place in the FA Cup third round for the first time in their history with a convincing 2-0 win over League Two rivals Cheltenham Town on Saturday. Salford City captain […]

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Meet the people bringing a youthful flare to Shakespeare’s work

Students from Manchester brought the works of Shakespeare to life as part of an annual celebration of the works of the Bard. Students from Wright Robinson College in East Manchester staged two captivating performances – Julius Caesar by the school’s Key Stage 3 group and Twelfth Night performed by the Key Stage 4 students – at the Control Theatre […]

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Rochdale MP Paul Waugh and Dame Esther Rantzen give their thoughts on the Assisted Dying Bill

Last Friday, MPs voted to pass the Terminally Ill Adults (End Of Life) Bill, allowing the assisted dying legislation to pass through to the next stages of scrutiny and amendment. Backbench Labour MP Kim Led-beater introduced the Bill. It says that anyone who wants to end their life must be over 18, live in England and Wales, and […]

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Sixth Form Strikes will continue into the New Year

Sixth Form teacher across the UK are calling for the same pay rise that other teachers have been awarded.  Earlier this year the government announced that teachers and education leaders would receive a 5.5% pay rise, and although academized sixth forms have been included in this rise, others haven’t.  Seven sixth forms in Greater Manchester […]

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Manchester band play their biggest headline show at Academy 2

It was a night of triumphant success for Manchester 5-piece Rosellas on Saturday night, as they played their biggest hometown headline to date. The band have been steadily rising through the ranks, selling out other Manchester venues like Gullivers, Band on the Wall and Academy 3. And Academy 2 was the next step for them. […]

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