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A Freedom of Information request reveals how much Manchester City Council gives to, and charges, Manchester Pride

You can see full details of the FOI request here. As you can see, even if we ignore the thousands of pounds that are charged for removal of rubbish, in four out of the last six years the City Council has clawed back in charges more than it gave the event. It gives with one A Freedom of Information request reveals how much Manchester City Council gives to, and charges, Manchester Pride

Manchester Libraries get free wi-fi

The temporary city centre library (which is at Elliot House, 151 Deansgate) has introduced free wi-fi on all three floors. Customers who have a library card get two hours of free use per day and up to four gigabytes of data transfer (two gigs of downloads and two gigs of uploads). Laptop charging points are Manchester Libraries get free wi-fi

Survivors remember the Manchester Blitz 70 years on

“Seventy years ago, Manchester endured its own Blitz – two nights of bombing by Hitler’s Luftwaffe which left 684 civilians dead, 2,364 wounded and swathes of the city centre in ruins.” Manchester Evening News

John Pilger on Obama and Empire

John Pilger – Obama and Empire John Pilger speaks at Socialism 2009 in San Francisco. On Tuesday 14 December, ITV1 will broadcast John Pilger’s latest film ‘The War You Don’t See’ at 10.35pm.

My early photography and the twin-lens reflex camera

There wasn’t any money to buy proper photographic equipment when I was growing up. So it wasn’t until I got a part-time job after school that I was able to fund my interest, which was primarily in film-making by then rather than still photography.