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‘A violent eruption of protest’: Reflections on the 1981 Moss Side ‘riots’ (part two)

The second part of Andy Bowman’s interview with Professor Gus John from the Moss Side Defence Committee about the Moss Side riots of July 198...

‘A violent eruption of protest’: Reflections on the 1981 Moss Side ‘riots’, part one

Andy Bowman interviews Professor Gus John from the Moss Side Defence Committee about the Moss Side riots of July 1981   1981 was the year in which...

Police search for callous thief who stole a man’s wheelchair

Police are searching for thieves who stole a wheelchair from a man whilst he was exercising in Moss Side last week. The 52-year-old was in Broadfie...

Pub workers robbed at knifepoint in Moss Side

Greater Manchester Police are hunting for two robbers threatened pub staff at knifepoint and stole cash in Moss Side. Staff were standing outside t...

Buyers Flock To ‘Infusion’ Moss Side’s £17m regeneration scheme

The first part of the £17m regeneration of the Bowes Street Area of Moss Side has been deemed a success with 60 per cent of the development sold o...

One arrest and three bailed after last week’s Moss Side brawl

A 24-year-old man from Wythenshawe has been arrested in relation to offences of violent disorder and possession of a firearm with intent to cause f...

Three arrests and firearm recovered after fighting in Moss Side

Three people have been arrested and a firearm has been recovered in Moss Side following reports of a large scale fight yesterday evening. Police we...

May Day debate on AV to go ahead at Platt Fields speakers’ corner

For 60 years valiant thinkers, poets, ranters, philosophers and political activists got on their soapboxes every Sunday at Speakers’ Corner i...

Corrie star launches £17m regeneration of Moss Side

Coronation Street star Katherine Kelly, who plays Becky McDonald in the famous soap, will see a street designed for the 21st century when she presi...

Bus depot to move from Moss Side to Sharston

Stagecoach Manchester is to close its historic 100-year-old Princess Road bus depot and will open a new one next month in Sharston. The move marks ...

Jail for Moss Side pair caught with loaded gun

Two men have been jailed after officers recovered a loaded gun from a car in Moss Side. Lesroy Alex Lewis, 23, of Bland Street, Moss Side, admitted...

Green politician hits out at “severe” council cuts

Deyika Nzeribe, Green candidate for Hulme ward in the recent bye-election, has hit out at the severity of yesterday’s budget cuts by Manchest...

Appeal to trace victim of Moss Side assault

Police are appealing for the victim of an assault in Moss Side early in January to come forward. At about 4.40pm on 6 January, a teenager was pushi...

Platt Fields celebrates 40 years of Pets Corner

Platt Fields Pets Corner is to hold a memorial event this weekend to celebrate the 40 years in which it helped local children take an interest in c...

Moss Side bookie thief caught on CCTV

Officers investigating a robbery at a betting shop last December have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace. The theft happened at 8.10...

Gorton gunman jailed for six years

A gunman who was arrested after being chased by police last June has been sent to prison. Clive Junior Wallace, 23, of Shelford Avenue, Gorton, adm...

Vicious gang jailed for unprovoked attack in Moss Side

Four gang members who viciously attacked a defenceless man in a Moss Side street have been jailed. Anton Ward, 24, of Cowesby Street, Moss Side, Ja...

Manchester’s Primary school scribes make their mark on calendar

Manchester youngsters who wrote their own book at the age of 7, have another publishing accolade under their belts as they feature in a special cal...

Police seek public’s help to find missing teenager

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a missing teenager. Sarah Wallace, aged 15, was last seen at about 5.45pm on Monday 20 De...

Search for Moss Side man who fled from Manchester Crown Court

Police are searching for a man who escaped from the dock of Manchester Crown Court yesterday. 21 year old Owen Carl Roche who is from the Moss Side...

Four in court today after May Moss Side shootings

Four men are in court today after two innocent bystanders were shot in Moss Side back in May. 24 year old Kyle Pryce  of Kingsland Road, Kingstand...

Police concern over 81 year old missing from Moss Side

Manchester police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a Moss Side man who has gone missing. Thomas Mowatt, 81, was last seen by his ...

Manchester steps up impetus to becoming a transition city

Inside the M60 speaks to Transition City Manchester to discover what a transition city is and how we can pull together to create a more sustainable...

Rebranding a postcode – Wythenshawe’s continuing battle to overcome bad press

This is a guest post from Jon Clements of Staniforth PR. Aside from rebranding the Yemen Tourist Board, what could be harder than overhauling the i...

Volunteer students back community projects in south Manchester

More than 200 students from the University of Manchester are getting stuck into a range of community projects in south Manchester this week. The st...

Mancunian gardeners scoop record number of RHS awards

Green-fingered Mancunians have proved both their gardening talents and their determination to turn the Rainy City into the Greenest City – th...

Violent teen theft gang jailed for more than 13 years

Three teenagers who conducted a reign of terror violently assaulting and robbing people in their homes were sentenced yesterday to a total of 13 ye...

Hulme gets new community-based running group

Community-based running project Run in England has launched a new group in Manchester, aimed at beginners in Hulme and Moss Side. Run in England, m...

Film about Hulme nominated for Times award

A short film about childhood and working life in Manchester has been shortlisted for a Times Higher Education (THE) award. Moving Memories, which t...

Jessie James – four years on, GMP offers £50k reward to trace his killers

On the fourth anniversary of his death, detectives are continuing to appeal for information about who killed Moss Side teenager Jessie James and ha...

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