Teachers and crèche workers at Manchester College have vowed to fight compulsory redundancies that management are attempting to enforce. Union activists say that the losses will mean a cut in course provision and teaching time, and a further burden put on already overstretched staff. The crèche closure will obviously make things more difficult for staff […]

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When it was announced in March that 150 staff at the Manchester Evening News Group, including 78 journalists, would lose their jobs, staff and unions reacted with shock and anger.

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Salford MP Hazel Blears had her car vandalised in Eccles during a bout of canvassing in her constituency. Someone slashed two tyres and damaged the front window on her Citroën Xsara Picasso.

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Far-right organisations the English Defence League and Casuals United have announced they will be holding an ‘anti-Islamic extremism’ protest in Manchester this October.

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When banks started to go belly-up the government moved fast to shore up the gaps. But for charities and public bodies who lost millions in the Icesave crash, the future is still uncertain.

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Renewable energy manufacturer Vestas plans to close the UK’s only wind turbine factories on the Isle of Wight, with the loss of over 600 jobs. The workers there have different ideas, and are fighting back by occupying the factory. Along with a growing number of supporters across the country, they’re pressuring the government to put […]

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The plight of a group of Pakistani men detained following raids across the North West last Easter – and against whom all terror charges have since been dropped – has taken another twist when they were refused bail last week. With their next hearing due to take place in March, this means that they are […]

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