UCU Members demonstrating in Sheffield, 2016. Image credit: It’s No Game.
A Swinton-based youth organisation is supporting young people through a combination of outdoor activities, resilience training and life skills. Pathfinders was formed by Scorpio Community Development in 2021, after they realised that local activity groups for young people were slow to re-open after the covid-19 pandemic. Originally launched as a pilot scheme named ‘Project Pathfinder’, […]
Man up. Boys don’t cry. Be a man. The stigmatisation of male mental health is often best reflected by the most common phrases they hear when reaching out for help. Enter Altrincham’s Andy’s Man Club (AMC), a beacon seeking to promote healthy male attitudes and combat a culture that mocks the hint of any cracks in […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]