Palestine flag over town hall: Manchester ‘can’t be neutral over murdered children’
Mr Krantz, member of the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition, claims to have initiated the petition as an ‘expression of solidary’ for children killed in Gaza.
Manchester must unify to tackle sex crime shame, warns first female bishop
The Right Reverend Libby Lane, the first female Bishop, made one of her first official public appearances in her new role to launch Manchester Airport’s Travel Safe Week.
‘Back off’ Ofsted! ‘Climate of fear’ forces out finest teachers, says NUT chief
John Morgan, secretary for the Manchester Union of Teachers (NUT), believes that teachers are being forced out of the profession through ‘intolerable pressure’ by Ofsted.
GCSEs make teens feel stupid even when they’re NOT, says Manchester education boss
As the GCSE results gender gap widens, a Manchester education boss is claiming the exams don’t just make boys feel stupid but girls too ‘even when they’re not’.
Brit kids’ school curriculum ‘from Victorian era’, claims North West MEP
Julie Ward MEP, whose sister is a teacher, believes that ‘knee-jerk’ government interventions in offering incentives for STEM recruits has prompted further crisis in the education system.
CCTV: Thieves raid King Street jewellers with sledgehammer and smoke bomb
Dramatic CCTV footage of men armed with a long-handled sledgehammer robbing a jewellers in Manchester city centre has been released.
Revealed: Manchester’s smoking quit rate WORST in Britain
Manchester has the lowest smoking quit rate in Britain, an NHS report has found.
Judge who said schoolgirl ‘groomed’ teacher ‘shows UK’s victim blaming culture’
Britain has a ‘victim blaming culture’ and a judge’s claims that a schoolgirl ‘groomed’ her teacher into having sex only makes it worse, says a leading child sex abuse charity chief.
Shamed ex-Wigan councillor jailed for eight months over fake childcare expenses
A former Wigan Councillor has been imprisoned for eight months for making fraudulent childcare claims.
The kids are more than alright… they can save our health, says Manchester chief
Professor Ian Jacobs, Director of Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), believes that young people can have a ‘profound impact’ on health outcomes for future generations.
Manchester psychic: Ouija boards ‘can trigger mental health issues in children’
Ouija boards are ‘extremely dangerous’ and ‘should not be used by kids’, claims experienced Manchester psychic after sales rocket by 300%