Manchester’s social housing waiting list is mounting as the local council struggles to halt the current increase. Official statistics show an estimated 13,000 homes are currently unoccupied in Manchester. Meanwhile, the waiting list published in June details more than 23,000 people waiting to be re-housed – an increase of 1,768 in 12 months.
At around 4 o’clock this morning the police arrested five men under the Terrorism Act 2000. Four of them were detained in Greater Manchester by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, while the other was arrested near Heathrow Airport. According to police there is “no direct threat against Greater Manchester”.
Police and immigration officers arrested 23 workers at a clothes factory in Ardwick, Manchester, last Wednesday as part of a massive raid to catch people working illegally.
The government are once again trying to re-brand the identity card ahead of their launch in Manchester. This time it is being touted as a “convenient” form of ID for proving your age.
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton is facing a court martial for desertion. Earlier this year he refused to return to Afghanistan where he had served in the Royal Logistics Corps, on the grounds that the army was “bringing death and devastation” to the country. MULE spoke to Clare Glenton about her husband’s motivation and future plans.
While all of the media attention was focused on the ongoing postal dispute, another group of workers were taking on their bosses in Greater Manchester this Monday. Over 800 Drivers for the First Bus Group based at depots in Bury, Bolton and Wigan joined thousands across the country who took strike action over an imposed […]
Plans to establish a parish council in Northenden have yet again been rejected by Labour councillors at last week’s Constitutional Committee.
