‘Pay gap between men and women is illegal’, says Manchester MP as sexism petition hits 3,000 signatures
A women’s magazine survey has revealed that the gender pay gap between men and women in their twenties has doubled in the past three years.
National petition to protect music venues wades into noise row over Manchester’s Night and Day Café
The Music Venue Trust’s petition, founded earlier this year, calls for an urgent review of current noise abatement legislation affecting many city centre bars and live music haunts across the country.
‘It’s not porn’: Burlesque petition against Facebook ad ban kicks up 1,000 signatures in one day
Burlesque dancers have claimed Facebook is suffering from stage fright by banning saucy adverts – and have hit back with an e-petition that racked up more than 1,000 signatures in a day.
Justice for hens: Manchester pair launch chicken petition after M62 lorry crash kills 1,000 birds
Two Manchester animal-loving activists have set up a national appeal in the wake of an M62 lorry crash which killed more than 1,000 chickens.
Britain’s lost women: Cosmopolitan launch memorial day campaign for ‘honour killing’ victims
Manchester is in the top-five worst-affected areas for honour crimes in the UK – and Cosmopolitan are tackling the issue with a proposed day of memory for victims.
‘Deserves to be there’: Roy Hodgson furious over petition to ban Tom Cleverley from England squad
Hodsgon slated the 12,000 signature petition as a waste of time and incorrect ahead of tonight’s friendly against Denmark,
Stockport journalist’s petition calling for Daily Mail to ‘stop sexualising children’ hits 17,000 signatures in hours
Owen Jones, a columnist for the Independent,
On yer bike: Row erupts as Manchester University move to block sale of coffee from bicycle on Oxford Road Corridor
Petition by Coffee Cranks Cooperative
Night and Day Café petition: Northern Quarter’s iconic music venue fights back against noise complaint
Night and Day Café were served a statutory nuisance notice
Will it be lonely this Christmas? Neighbours to visit elderly residents to ensure they stay warm over winter
NHS have also launched an online petition
Students ‘ecstatic’ as Manchester University defies government cuts and pledges to cover bursaries
Government cut funding to National Scholarship Programme