Wednesday May 22nd 2013

Culture

People’s History Museum and UCLAN need your help »

The People’s History Museum is working with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) on a funding [...]


Two new Red Flag walks for October »

Historian Michael  Herbert who has been researching, writing and speaking aboutManchester’s radical [...]


Captured Images – The Photograph Comes to Prison »

Delegates from many different countries will be visiting an exhibition at Bankley Studios Gallery to [...]


Friday’s Manchester weather

A rather cloudy start, although dry for most. Sunny spells should develop later, particularly through the afternoon. Light winds increasing to give a gentle southerly breeze. Mild. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Skies clearing to give a more chilly night than of late. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Saturday:

A largely dry and mild day with plenty of sunshine. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Business

Manchester’s Techcelerate announces Zendesk deal to help Startups Grow and Succeed in the North of England »

Manchester-based tech community Techcelerate has announced a partnership with Zendesk, the leading provider of proven, cloud-based help desk [Read More]


National

Government releases latest ideas on new planning powers

New planning powers giving communities the ability to shape the character of their [...]


New report calls for radical reform of council services

The New Local Government Network (NLGN) has calleds for radical reform of council [...]


Compulsory audit powers needed for local government, the NHS and the private sector, says Information Commissioner

Powers to conduct compulsory data protection audits in local government, the health [...]


Features

New councillor profile-Grace Fletcher-Hackwood

In the third of our series of profiles of new councillors we feature Grace Fletcher-Hackwood who was elected as Labour member for Fallowfield. Grace live on Wilmslow Road, right opposite Platt Fields and has been a Labour Party member and activist for almost ten years andworked on Ed Miliband's leadership campaign. She worked at Salford [...]

In pictures-70,000 flock to Manchester Day Parade

Overt 70,000 enjoyed the sunshine and watched yesterday's Manchester Day Parade as it snaked its way throughout the city centre. Manchester parade 2011 View more presentations from Insidethem60 Led by a giant galleon, taken from the city’s coat of arms, other highlights included a massive Gulliver, giant dragonfly, space rockets, mystical [...]

New Councillor Profile-Chris Paul

In the second of Inside the M60's profiles of new councillors elected to Manchester City Council-meet Chris Paul,Labour member for Withington. Chris was born 1958 in Worksop General Hospital,telling us that he narrowly missed out on being a Yorkshireman. He first came to Manchester in 1976 as a student where he gained a first in Geography. He [...]

We have to be an effective opposition says Lib Dems new leader

Marc Romsbottom, may have accepted the poisoned chalice of being Manchester’s Lib Dems new leader,as one Labour councillor put it, but he is determined to create a constructive opposition in Manchester “I have seen an autocratic and antagonistic Labour party that doesn't like to be challenged in Manchester and doesn't see any constructive [...]

New Councillor profile-Kevin Peel

Inside the M60 begins today a series of profiles on the new councillors who were elected to the City Council. Today it is the turn of Kevin Peel who was elected as Labour member for the City Centre Ward. Kevin is  originally from Liverpool but has lived in Manchester for the last 5 or 6 years, mostly in the city centre. He has worked in a [...]

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