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Pet snatched from gay village and BBC reporter attacked

Admin | Friday 16 October 2009

I saw this sad little poster in Sackville Park about a pet dog that is believed to have been ‘snatched’ from the Park by three people.

Fire in Miles Platting (video)

Admin | Thursday 15 October 2009

A dramatic fire broke out in Miles Platting tonight.

LGBTory event in the gay village is met with protests (video)

Admin | Wednesday 7 October 2009

The Conservative party conference is taking place in Manchester at the moment and last night Spirit Bar on Canal Street was the venue for their LGBTory event. The first-ever official conference Pride event.

Making MP4 files stream

Admin | Tuesday 6 October 2009

Mp4/H.264 files give great quality for online video in web players such as the free Flowplayer. But they must ‘stream’. In other words they need to start playing before the whole file has loaded (which may take several minutes).

Manchester Pride 2009 raises £135,000 for good causes

Admin | Friday 2 October 2009

Manchester Pride 2009 has raised £135,000 for good causes. It’s the highest figure for a number of years, but not if you take into account inflation (which is about 30% over a decade). Allowing for inflation it is about the same as was raised in 2000 from the free and much-smaller GayFest and less than … Manchester Pride 2009 raises £135,000 for good causes

My 18x internet speed increase

Admin | Thursday 24 September 2009

About ten days from now I should have a much-improved internet connection. For a number of years I’ve been on 1Mb broadband with UKOnline and have paid just under £10 per month. As I live in Manchester city centre, far faster broadband has been available to me for some time.

New information comes to light about the charity money raised by Manchester Pride 2006

Admin | Sunday 20 September 2009

For almost three years, and along with most of the LGBT community in Manchester, I have believed that just £65,000 was raised for good causes by Operation Fundraiser at Manchester Pride 2006. This week, finally, I heard the full story from what seems to be a reliable source.

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