An allotment site in Parrs Wood is being threatened with closure in order to make way for a multi-story car park to accompany the proposed tramline extension in the area. Greater Manchester Public Transport Executive (GMPTE) and Manchester City Council are currently in talks to decide its fate.
Manchester Metropolitan University has this week announced that it will be cutting 127 administrative and support staff roles.
Residents in Bolton have expressed their dismay over the continued detention of Shaykh Asif Farooqui, the 62-year-old preacher arrested during Monday morning’s terror raids.
Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey fled Cameroon and came to the UK seeking asylum on 17 December 2006. On 29 October 2009 the couple returned to their home in Rochdale to find a letter from the Border and Immigration Agency informing them that they must return to Cameroon, where Lydia she is still […]
Prison officers at Risley Prison in Warrington and at two prisons in Lancaster took part in wildcat strikes today in solidarity with staff in Liverpool, who walked out on Tuesday. The strike by hundreds of officers forced the governor of HMP Liverpool to bow to the pressure and agree to talks with the Prison Officers’ […]
Up to 300 students have been thrown off the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course at Manchester College. The college says this is because of “an unforeseen error in ESOL enrolment” and changes in government funding.
