Climate science maverick James Lovelock believes catastrophe is inevitable.
Last night at 7pm, naked cyclists rode around Manchester city centre. They were protesting about oil dependency and car culture and celebrating ‘the human body and the bike’.

Manchester’s former Odeon cinema, on Oxford Street, has been subjected to a ‘systematic and methodical’ assault to prevent it being preserved, according to the man who tried to save it.
The Neighbourhood Fix It website is an effective way to highlight and report problems in your local neighbourhood.