Attempt to demolish an historic Ancoats pub is unsuccessful. For now…
Developers have been unsuccessful in their application to demolish the former Cross Keys pub in the Ancoats conservation area and replace it with shops and offices.
World Naked Bike Ride 2010: Manchester (video)
Last night was the fifth annual Naked Bike Ride around Manchester city centre. A video is coming with footage of the ride plus interviews with the cyclists and spectators. Please call back soon to see it. Until then I’ll tease you with a selection of reaction shots! My video from 2008 can be found here.
Hell Is A City – the 50th anniversary of the Manchester-based crime thriller
Fifty years ago today, on 10th April 1960, the premiere of the film Hell Is A City took place at the Apollo cinema in Ardwick.
Good news for photographers as ‘orphan works’ clause is dropped
Last night the government was forced to drop clause 43 of the Digital Economy Bill. This badly-thought-out legislation would have given publishers the freedom to use ‘orphan works’. In other words, any photograph belonging to a photographer who the publisher claimed could not be traced.
Pothole hazard for cyclists
Oxford Road in Manchester is reputed to be the busiest bus route in Europe. Since the severe winter, the surface of the road has cracked open into a large number of potholes as never before.
Manchester Irish Festival is the latest event to over-inflate crowd figures
Manchester Irish Festival, which is now in its fifteenth year has, unfortunately, become the latest Manchester event to over-inflate its attendance figures. The official website claims that “an estimated crowd of 100,000” people watched the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade.
Accounting mistake costs Manchester Council Tax payers £421,000 and it won’t be repaid
Manchester Liberal Democrats have asked the District Auditor to investigate the loss of £421,000 of City Council funds due to a basic accounting error. The sum was part of funding that went to Marketing Manchester (the tourist board). Manchester City Council was supposed to pay 35% of Marketing Manchester’s costs and another nine Councils would … Accounting mistake costs Manchester Council Tax payers £421,000 and it won’t be repaid
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