Cyclists dared to bare all in chilly conditions on Friday 13 June at Manchester’s third annual Naked Bike Ride. We asked riders and members of the public what they thought.
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When William Lygon, the 7th Earl of Beauchamp was outed as a homosexual by his brother-in-law, in June 1931, his family banded together to protect him.
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‘A list of companies and government agencies using costly phone helplines to make money at customers’ expense has been published by a consumer group.’
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MoneySavingExpert.com has a round up of photo print special offers.
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For years the LGBT community has been told that one of the reasons why the gay village being must be fenced off and ticket-only during Manchester Pride is due to the bylaws concerning public drinking.
Now, once again, that policy has been exposed for the fraud it always was.
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Cine City in Withington is the latest historic building to go in the epidemic of greedy, short-sighted and inept development that has swept Manchester over the past ten years.
Formerly The Scala, it opened in 1912 and was only the third cinema in Britain.
Meanwhile the Victorian railway arches on Store Street, near Piccadilly, are being demolished.
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‘Each day, according to the government-backed report, Britons throw away 4.4 million apples, 1.6 million bananas, 1.3 million yoghurt pots, 660,000 eggs, 550,000 chickens, 300,000 packs of crisps and 440,000 ready meals. And for the first time government researchers have established that most of the food waste is made up of completely untouched food products – whole chickens and chocolate gateaux that lie uneaten in cupboards and fridges before being discarded.’
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More ticket prices prices have been announced for Manchester Pride 2008. Note that in many cases tickets are ’subject to a booking and transaction fee’ (see below).
‘EARLY BIRD’ TICKET PRICE UP BY 25%
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At Manchester’s latest flashmob event a crowd played bingo in Piccadilly Gardens.
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More than 1000 people protested about Western media coverage of the Beijing Olympics and Tibet. After a two-hour demonstration outside the BBC, they marched up Oxford Street to Manchester Town Hall.
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