Hunt for ‘scumbag’ Middleton vandals who damaged 150 vehicles in tyre-slashing spree
Police are continuing their hunt for car vandals who slashed the tyres of more than 150 cars in Middleton on Monday morning.
Manchester’s homeless create Matchbox City art project to challenge perception of life on streets
Community artists reach out to Manchester’s homeless with Matchbox City art project to explore notions of home and place within a city and raise awareness
Emergency Ancoats meeting: Crisis assembly after gang rampage leaves residents ‘feeling safer’
An emergency public meeting called in response to the gang rampage that rocked the Ancoats area has left residents ‘feeling safer’, claims a councillor.
Barking up the right tree: Manchester eco group’s bid to make most of home-grown biofuel from Mother Nature
TreeStation provides woodfuel to Greater Manchester homes and businesses.
Manchester PCSO ‘spat on’ and attacked while giving injured partner first aid – man charged with assault
A man has been charged with assault after a Police Community Support Officer was spat on while giving first aid to their partner last Tuesday.
Breaking the cycle: Manchester bike repair shop steer ex-cons back on track
BeSpoke, one of five unique businesses from The Message Trust family, are founded on Christian principles
Sackville Garden-ing: Canal Street clean up project set to give plant-powered boost to the Village
Manchester’s Village Business Association has issued a call to arms for any green-fingered clean freaks willing to get their hands dirty to come and join the big clean-up of the Gay Village.
Retired boys in blue still fighting crime in Manchester – eliminating ‘cowboy builders’ as handymen
In 2012 there were 70,000 complaints made to the UK home maintenance sector illustrating that the demand for honest hard-working builders is evident, according to the Office of Fair Trading
Queerchester culture project will make ‘everybody a superstar’ to raise funds for Gay Village activities
Charity Community Organisers are aiming to make ‘everybody a superstar’ with the new Queerchester project.
Blazin’ squad: Salford children breathe new life into cannabis plant pots seized in major drugs bust
Greater Manchester Police retrieved 120 plant pots following a major drugs bust in Swinton, Salford, last month, and decided to put the pots to a better use
Performing arts can help homeless avoid crime and get ‘lives back on track’, says Manchester police boss
The Police and Crime Commissioner was speaking at Backstage? Me? at the Royal Exchange Theatre, which focused on homelessness and the remarkable influence of the theatre