Police protection would have saved Charlie Hebdo victims, says Manchester Uni lecturer
The lives of the Charlie Hebdo shooting victims would have been saved by police competency, according to a French lecturer at the University of Manchester.
Charlie Hebdo terror attack: Manchester vigil shows Paris solidarity
The terror attack on Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris was marked in Piccadilly Gardens last night as mourners gathered for a candlelit vigil.
Charlie Hebdo massacre: GMP vigil salutes those who ‘died protecting free speech’
Greater Manchester Police have marked the murders of twelve Parisians at the Charlier with a small ceremony and two minutes silence outside the Charles Hale road headquarters.
Have faith in faiths: Religion unites more than divides, says Mancunian Jewish writer
As religious extremism and conflicts continue to dominate headlines, a Manchester Jewish writer is claiming religion ‘far more unites us than divides us’.
Friend of Alan Henning says Muslim hate crime surge is fault of media and politicians
An Islam spokeswoman from Manchester has blamed the media and far-right political parties for the upward trend in hate crime against Muslims.
Newborn baby lay dead for ‘up to 11 days’ in Lostock – mistaken for ‘rubbish’
A newborn baby girl who was stuffed into a Tesco supermarket bag and dumped on a Bolton country lane may have lain dead for up to 11 days after unwitting passersbys mistakenly assumed her body was ‘rubbish’.
Piccadilly Gardens race attack: Muslim student’s headscarf torn off as she’s branded ‘terrorist p*ki’
A 19-year-old Muslim student was subjected to a sickening racial attack in Piccadilly Gardens yesterday – as her headscarf was torn from her head.
Kurdish protesters swarm Manchester in call for stronger action as Isis seize control of Syrian border town
Isis raised its flag on a building on the outskirts of the Syrian town near the Turkish border on Monday after an assault that has lasted almost three weeks
‘Palestinians are still dying’: Protesters stage Manchester demo to expose post-Gaza ceasefire crisis
Pro-Palestine protesters gathered in their masses at Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens with the hope of bringing attention back to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Gaza conflict.
The rose that grew from concrete: Meet the Chorlton artist who draws inspiration from horrors of war
Artyist Yusf Ali, based in Chorlton, has managed to do just that, taking inspiration from the worn-torn country for some of his recent works
‘All Jews r same’: Manchester taxi driver slammed over anti-Semitic Facebook comments… but keeps job
Naseem Akhbar made the anti-sematic remark under a post regarding a film viewing on the history of Zionism