The Booth Centre prepares for its busiest season as rough sleepers confront life threatening conditions. As temperatures in Manchester begin to dip below zero, over 9,000 reported homeless across the city are preparing for this chilling season. For those sleeping rough, freezing conditions bring severe health risks: hypothermia, untreated infections, and even death. These are […]
Customers and shopkeepers at Quayside shopping centre are left saddened due to the dying high street. It is hard to imagine that this was the destination for families, tourists, and Salford locals not so long ago. Now walking around Quayside shopping centre, you notice the cold, the derelict storefronts, the lack of shoppers. Shoppers have […]
Train stations such as Salford Crescent and Manchester Piccadilly are due to have additional security following the travel secretary’s promise to increase safety measures following a train stabbing. Travel secretary Heidi Alexander has said the government will “review security arrangements” following the incident which left 11 people hospitalized on Saturday night. Alongside CCTV, staff presence and ticket gates, train stations are said to be taking additional security measures to ensure passenger […]