Stockport Station Cabs, Hackney Taxis, Black Cabs... (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
TAXI drivers banned from parking on a busy street in Bolton by police decided to make an immediate stand — by swamping a police station entrance. And it worked. On Saturday night, around 90 Hackney Carriages took part in the spontaneous protest by congregating around Bolton Police Station. Drivers took the action after they were initially prevented from parking on Bradshawgate earlier in the...
The anti-fascist campaigner has been subjected to a torrent of hate on Facebook Police are guarding an anti-fascist campaigner who has received dozens of death threats following a right-wing rally in Manchester Julie Keller has been wrongly accused of disrupting a two-minute silence in honour of UK troops and is now receiving police protection. She is the target of a Facebook group entitled "Julie...
Yeah, yeah, yeah - I know I haven't written anything for a while. That's because I've been on 'leave,' and for the most part have been spending my time doing fuck all. Yep, fuck all. Except watching Jeremy Kyle (pictured, yesterday) and drinking the free wine that magically 'appeared' in the kitchen. Hick. In retrospect though, that's not entirely 100% true, for in between the odd gulp of poor quality,...
Right im going to try and make this as uncomplicated as is possible, due to protests by the English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism in Piccadilly Gardens tomorrow (Saturday) The area has been closed to all traffic from 9am for safety and security reasons. So diversions will be in place. However Services 81,81A, 89,112,118,163 will also follow diversions in the Shudehill area. See Here for...
FC United 4-0 Nantwich Town Unibond Premier; attendance 1,650 at Ewen Fields, Hyde United FC A mid-week travel adventure and what a cracking game. What we got was a slick passing FC United and a battling and always dangerous Nantwich. A red card in the second half for a Nantwich player, and a missed penalty by Nantwich in the first half - it hit the post. So off to Hyde as the home game. Took the Hadfield...
Welcome to the Northerner, guardian.co.uk's weekly digest of the best of the northern press The Sun may not be shining on Labour this week, but in blood-red Wigan there is good news for the party's progressives. The Wigan Evening Post is reporting that "well-placed party sources" have confirmed an all-female shortlist of candidates to replace the retiring MP, Neil Turner. Wiganers have voted-in...
Future Archaeologists will no doubt be astounded when they find the remains of Martin Henderson, Head of Westmorland Primary School in Greater Manchester . Unique amongst the Headmaster species, he appears to have a spine. He has had enough of wretched parents swearing at their offspring and each other on the school premises. He has declared that from now on, anyone doing so will be told to leave....
Map, weedkiller and binbags among £8m worth of items claimed for by NI politicians A £100 map of county Fermanagh, weedkiller and binbags were among the £8m worth of items claimed by members of the Northern Ireland assembly in expenses last year. Figures released today reveal that the claims made between April 2008 and March 2009 include an £861.35 bill for a walnut desk by...
Piccadilly Gardens is the most important and busiest Interchange in Greater Manchester, if not anywhere outside of London, its certainly one of the most polluted places in the UK (although not according to the Daily Mail, the great source of info that is...) But whatever its status its the important hub in the City, one that has no roof. One that to be frank is a state, and takes ages to get from one...
As a Fire Authority member, I think it’s really important that the Service is as community-focused as possible, and this is something that we do very well in Greater Manchester. By getting out into our local communities, giving out fire safety advice and arranging Home Fire Risk Assessments, countless lives have been saved by preventing fires [...]
A businessman who confronted British National Party members when they put a leaflet through his door has said he feels "vindicated" after being found not guilty of threatening the men. Mohammed Latif, 38, was accused of swearing at Duncan Warner, 44, and Gerard Williams, 54, and calling them "Nazis" before trying to snatch their leaflets. But the business manager, from Stockport,...
According to the Facebook group Right To Be Welsh , plans are afoot to make North East Wales part of North West England: The West Cheshire Sub Regional strategy has been adopted by Wrecsam, Denbigshire and Flintshire Councils, as well as the Welsh Assembly Government. It aims to create a new sub region and to merge North East Wales with the North West of England in terms of Housing, transport, employment,...
The Corporate Bubble - Commentary by Phil Jones (Free subscription) | 17/08/2009
Michael O' Leary is taking his bat and ball home after announcing that Ryanair would be "quitting" Manchester airport. The decision will lead to around 600 job losses, nine routes and 60,000 or so passengers less travelling through the airport. So, is this good news or bad news? O' Leary is renowned for his tough negotiating style and in Ryanair's press release they use the word "refusal"...
It looks like the smoking Nazis have their collective eyes set on Disney and any other filmmaker that dare to have incorporated the politically incorrect habit of smoking in their works. You can add film to the long list of places where smoking is banned should these “do-gooders” have their way. In an article entitled, “ Why Cruella de Vil's cigarette could put an 18 certificate...
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