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20 May 2013   |  Last Updated 28-03-2013 02:14

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    Quays Sessions: Asylum seekers

    ASYLUM seekers and immigrants are often seen as the scapegoats for...

    Strangeways: A spell inside

    Being confined within four walls alongside some of the region’s most...

    A day in the life of a beauty pageant

    Jasmine Patel tells of an extraordinary experience in her role as Miss...

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    • AUDIO: Hale Railway celebrates 150 years

      All Aboard Hale - celebrating 150 years of the station

      HUNDREDS of revellers braved the rain to celebrate 150 years of Hale Railway Station. The ‘Festival by the Clock’ took place on May 12 at Hale Clock Tower, alongside the railway station. The event was organised Read more

    • Legal aid cuts pose "massive ticking time bomb" for families

      Wedding ceremony by espos via Flickr

      RECENT government cuts to legal aid have been described as “a massive ticking time bomb” by a Manchester deputy district judge, writes Chris Simpson. Since April 1 st Read more

    • Quays Sessions: Asylum seekers

      Quays News - Salford

      ASYLUM seekers and immigrants are often seen as the scapegoats for society’s problems. But what is an asylum seeker? What are they seeking asylum from? And what pressures do they face to gain asylum? Fizah Tahir Read more

    • Happy birthday Twitter

      Twitter marks its seventh birthday

      TWITTER celebrates its seventh birthday today after founder Jack Dorsey introduced the micro blogging site to the world in 2006. The site has since gathered an estimated 200 million users worldwide who tweet on Read more

    • Strangeways: A spell inside

      HMP Manchester Strangeways Prison by Raver Mikey via Flickr

      Being confined within four walls alongside some of the region’s most notorious criminals is a daunting thought in itself, but is Manchester Prison – formerly known as Strangeway’s - as bad as its reputat Read more

    • Quays Sessions: The Collector

      Quays News - Salford

      HAVE you ever been fascinated by collecting things? Were you one of those kids that had a pile of postage stamps or a stack of pennies on your window sill? Sue Platt's hobby of collecting Read more

    • A day in the life of a beauty pageant

      Jasmine Patel - Miss Ashton-Under-Lyne 2013

      Jasmine Patel tells of an extraordinary experience in her role as Miss Ashton-Under-Lyne in the Miss India Worldwide competition. As she explains, it’s the stuff dreams are made of. To take part in a Read more

    • Quays Sessions: Taxi Driver

      Taxi by Lolita8fotos via Flickr

      TO some, living the life of a taxi driver appears dull. From dawn til dusk, every minute must feel like groundhog day, whereby life repeats itself over and over. The continuous sound of doors Read more

    • Union’s battle to keep PTS public

      (L-R): Andrew Gwynne MP, Angela Rayner UNISON, Craig Wilde PTS Driver

      ONE cold and damp October evening, up to 100 determined people turned out at Manchester Town Hall to support the launch of a union campaign. That campaign is to stop Arriva bus company from Read more

    • Quays Sessions: Punk Rock Revival

      Salford Quays

      FROM Ewan MacColl to John Cooper Clarke, to Johnny Marr and Morrissey of The Smiths, Salford’s working class roots are immersed in music. Issy Allison retraces the steps of some of those who have Read more

    • Grandparents Plus aiming to help 'invisible families'

      Grandparents Plus supporters - Copyright - Yvonne Chakraborty

      A GREATER MANCHESTER grandmother bringing up her grandchildren has highlighted concerns over what she believes is a lack of substantial state support for kinship carers. Linzi, who cares for a relative’s two 10 year olds Read more

    • Oldham Unity helping asylum seekers in Greater Manchester

      Oldham Unity

      AT a time of increasing attacks on the British welfare system Chloe Glover speaks to the organisers of one of the few places of shelter for destitute people attempting the turbulent and uncertain path to asylum in Read more

    • Community Unions: A lifeline for broken Britain

      Quays News

      THESE are times when unemployment is becoming a more grim, widespread reality, when attacks on welfare threaten the lives of some of the most vulnerable in society and when the futures of younger generations across the country Read more

    • New book on Manchester's female activists to be released

      “Up Then, Brave Women: Manchester’s Radical Women 1819-1918”

      A NEW book about to be published has unearthed little known information on the lives and struggles of Manchester’s unsung radical women. “Up Then, Brave Women: Manchester’s Radical Women 1819-1918”, written b Read more

    • Working Class Movement Library - 'The Invisible Histories'

      Ward and Goldstone Ltd - photo courtesy of the Working Class Movement Library

      A NEW project is underway to rediscover and celebrate the memories of workers at the heart of Salford’s huge industrial legacy. The skyline of the city has changed rapidly in the last century, removing nearly all Read more

    • End of summer fitness tips

      Fitness expert James Johnson advises healthy eating

      Personal trainer James Johnson writes exclusively for Quaysnews.net, offering tips and advice for a healthier lifestyle.So, it’s the end of the summer. September is well and truly here and the routine you oh-so happily traded i Read more

    • Heavier weights, lighter you

      Deadlift

      Personal trainer James Johnson writes exclusively for Quaysnews.net, offering tips and advice for a healthier lifestyle.IF YOU want to lose weight, there’s only one right answer – run. Run until you can’t feel your Read more

    • Bert Williams: 'The Cat' that got the cream

      Bert Williams was nicknamed 'The Big Cat' in Italy

      As an FA Cup and league title winner with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bert Williams has many happy memories from a glowing career. The former England international goalkeeper welcomed Francis Finch into his home to share Read more

    • Aaron Wilkinson: The real face of MMA

      MMA fighter Aaron Wilkinson

      With the popularity of MMA fighting ever increasing, Kirsty Allen speaks to Mancunian fighter Aaron Wilkinson about his career, his young family and how it felt to fight in front of Mike Tyson... “I’ve not had too ma Read more

    • Salford research highlights homelessness issues

      Image by Deadly Sirius via Flickr

      RECENT figures released by the government suggest that the number of people sleeping rough in the UK has risen by 14%, reports Joe Turner. Every night thousands of people sleep rough on the streets of Manchester. Read more

    • Public split over St Peter's Square redesign

      Plan A for St Peter's Square redesign

      AS MANCHESTER City Council prepares to plough millions into the redevelopment of St Peter's Square, Quays News asks Mancunians what they think of the two shortlisted designs. Todd Fitzgerald reports. Plans to transform Manch Read more

    • PODCAST: Gaming review

      Adam Cooper, Jack Stocker and Michael Glynn discuss the latest gaming news in the first edition of our podcast seriesThis week's special topic - Exploration In Gaming.Edited by Jon Burgess. Read more

    • VIDEO - Stars turn out for Cabaret for Cancer

      Coronation Street's Sally Dynevor

      AFTER being diagnosed with breast cancer last year, actress Morag Siller came up with Cabaret for Cancer to help raise funds for charity. The event finally came to fruition at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre Read more

    • What the public don't know about '#kony'

      AS the name ‘Kony’ goes viral, crossing all territorial boundaries, many will be unaware of the political and financial controversy that has surrounded the campaigners, Invisible Children. Their main aim is to raise a Read more

    • Who is Joseph Kony?

      Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony

      UGANDAN war criminal Joseph Kony has become an internet sensation overnight through a campaign on Facebook and Twitter. From a position of relative global obscurity, the Stop Kony 2012 campaign has now alerted millions to the Read more

    • Playing for England

      England Supporters Band

      IT'S the ultimate pub quiz question. Who has played for England more times than Peter Shilton? The answer is probably not what you would expect. It’s not Beckham, nor Charlton, not even Emile Heskey, but the Read more

    • Sexuality, media and sport

      LGBT month was launched at MediaCityUK

      “It’s almost like they’re waiting for the next gay sports star to come out – hunt the gay person in sport. It’s made out to be about sex and what goes on in the changing rooms but Read more

    • The price of love = friends?

      Image by John Loo via Flickr

      IT IS common knowledge that when you start a passionate new relationship with someone it can often leave you with little time for others.   The thrill of getting to know your new partner, spending as Read more

    • Are anti-depressants prescribed too easily

      One in four people in Britain are believed to experience some form of mental health problem over the course of a year.Doctors are becoming more inclined to prescribe anti-depressants, but what treatments existed before Read more

    • Ride of their lives at new MOSI exhibition

      WHETHER you're after the ride of your life or just fancy yourself as an 'easy rider', it's time to saddle up for the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry's stunning new exhibition: 'Customising, Cul Read more

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