Manchester and Salford’s immigration reporting centre for people seeking asylum was attacked in the early hours of this morning by protestors. A group broke into the car park at Dallas Court where they sabotaged the vehicles used by the UK Border Agency’s notorious ‘snatch squads’.
The Boaz Trust, a charity providing accommodation to destitute asylum seekers, recently closed its night shelter for the summer. Last winter the shelter provided emergency accommodation to 64 people. According to Boaz and other refugee charities, there maybe thousands of asylum seekers could be destitute in Manchester.
Sunday 20 June is Manchester Day – the city’s first ever. Dozens of colourful floats and thousands of people will take part in a parade to celebrate Manchester’s cultural diversity and creativity. That same day is also World Refugee Day – a fact conveniently forgotten. There are more than 20,000 refugees living in Manchester. Most […]
For the second consecutive year the University of Manchester has fallen in the Guardian’s league table of satisfaction levels among undergraduates.
Chief executive of Manchester City Council, Sir Howard Bernstein, is reportedly considering not accepting a £19,000 bonus due to the shambolic running of the General Election count in Manchester.
The stage is being readied in New Century House to celebrate the next 24 :7 Theatre Festival, taking place between July 26 and August 1. Ten scripts will battle it out for first prize at this years competition.
As the University and College Union ballots members for strike action at Manchester College over terms and conditions of new contracts, MULE takes a closer look at the further education giant and its high flying but much criticised principal, Peter Tavernor.
