‘We have to do something’: Hulme Library opened to homeless ahead of Christmas
Homeless people in Manchester will be able to spend Christmas indoors after Manchester City Council opened disused buildings for them to stay in this week.
‘Clearly racist’ Britain First could see surge in support after ‘shameful’ Paris attacks, says Hulme Green candidate
Britain First will see a surge in their support after the ‘callous and shameful’ Paris attacks, warns a Manchester Green Party candidate.
‘Wrong ally’: Greens urge homeless film fest to boycott MMU over The Ark evictions
A local Green candidate has urged the Homeless Film Festival to do the ‘right thing’ and cut its ties with the university.
Racist comments ‘from heart’ of government spur on white supremacist groups, says Manchester Green candidate
The racist, scapegoating comments coming from ‘the heart’ of government feed the ideology of white supremacist groups in Britain, says a Manchester Green Party candidate.
Lights out for Hulme shisha bar managers in ‘landmark’ fire safety prosecution
Bosses of a Manchester shisha bar which posed such a risk to the public it had to be demolished have been sent down for their ‘blatant disregard for fire safety’.
‘Lowest of the low’: Elderly couple’s sat nav nicked moments after Hulme crash
A picture of a callous thief, who snuck into an elderly woman’s car to steal her sat nav moments after she was badly injured in a collision in Hulme, has been released.
Hulme hijack hero: Student chases away hooded gang holding friends at gunpoint
A heroic man chased away four hooded men who wielded a shotgun after they held his friends at gunpoint outside Hulme park.
Ed Miliband’s integrity will make him Prime Minister, says Hulme councillor
A Manchester parliamentary candidate and councillor has said that ‘man of integrity’ Ed Miliband is up to the task of being Britain’s next Prime Minister.
Ed’s ‘secret weapon’ will beat all the cash Tories can splash, says Hulme councillor
A Manchester councillor says local activism will be Labour’s ‘secret weapon’ in the run-up to the general election as the party prepare to hold ‘four million conversations’.
Manchester councillor’s pride at being ‘working class, single mum’ on stage with Miliband
A Manchester councillor revealed her pride at being a working class, single mum representing her community, as she stood on stage alongside the potential Prime Minister Ed Miliband at his defiant speech in Salford yesterday
Manchester’s child poverty shame: See on interactive map how YOUR area fares
While Manchester’s city centre appears to be undergoing constant regeneration, in areas walking distance from the city centre, such as Moss Side and Hulme, nearly half of children live in poverty