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We know times are tough right now. But this Christmas, if you’ve got a few quid to spare, we’d love you to consider supporting our annual charity appeal.
Once again we’re teaming up with food bank Humans MCR to ensure no-one in Manchester goes hungry this Christmas. The Blackley-based charity does vital work all year round, delivering food parcels to around 400 families every week across Manchester, Salford , Trafford , Stockport , Rochdale and Bury .
All their food is delivered in unmarked vans so no one knows the people they help are getting support from a foodbank. And they give people in need a choice over what they eat, accommodating a range of diets including vegan, vegetarian, halal and gluten-free.
But the charity really pulls out all the stops with their Nobody Hungry At Christmas campaign, in which they work tirelessly to provide hampers containing a full Christmas dinner, as well as presents and treats for adults and children. Last year, the M.E.N’s campaign raised ￡13,844, thanks to the generosity of our readers, and friend of the paper Michael Josephson, who pledged to match the amount of donations raised.
That meant 840 families tucked into a home-cooked meal and presents on Christmas Day. And this year we’d love to raise even more.
Whatever you can donate is most welcome, but ￡12.50 will give a single person a food package for three days, while ￡36 will feed a family and ￡61 will provide a family with a Christmas hamper.
“Someone asked me one year whether I thought it was too much money to spend on one day,” said Humans MCR founder Lewey Hellewell. “It is a very expensive project to run. But the entire country stops on December 25. And the harm that is being done if you feel like you’re not part of that national celebration – I think it’s massive.”?
Almost there
From one M.E.N. campaign to another. And the huge appeal to save Salford Lads Club is almost over the line.
At the time of writing a staggering ￡227,000 has been raised in just one month. Now we need another ￡23,000 to secure the iconic club’s future. Chief reporter Neal Keeling has more here…
Trouble at the mill
Just down the road in Ordsall another landmark club is also facing uncertainty. Bosses at music and arts venue Islington Mill are worried that noise complaints could threaten its future after the council approved plans for 90 new homes nearby.
Their fears were shared by the Music Venue Trust who wrote to the council urging it to take measures to reduce chances of future residents being unable to cope with noise from events. And Coun Bob Clarke said the venue could end up in the same situation as Manchester's Night and Day Cafe, which went through a court case about noise levels impacting people living nearby the Northern Quarter venue.?Read more
First week nerves
Set-up your email, do an induction, maybe show your face in a meeting or two. Chances are Ruben Amorim’s first few days in the Old Trafford hot-seat might be a bit different to your average start in a new job.
He breezed into Carrington around 2.30pm yesterday and immediately got to work as Manchester United's new head coach. Here United writer Tyrone Marshall takes a look at what he’s got on his plate.
20’s plenty
Last week we reported how plans for a one-way system and 20mph speed limit in Ramsbottom town centre had divided opinion. And now the full details on the proposals have been published.
It could see Bridge Street reduced to a single lane and one-way between Garden Street and Bolton Street, with widened pavements. Kay Brow would become one way eastbound and speed bumps could be put down on Kay Brow, Railway Street and Bolton Street. Chris Gee has more here…
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Weather etc
Wednesday:?Mist changing to sunny intervals by late morning, 9C.
Roadworks:?Corporation Street in Stockport town centre is closed in both directions closed due to roadworks between Millgate and Knightsbridge.
Manchester headlines
Fatal fire:?Forensic officers are continuing to scour the scene of a house fire for evidence after a mum in her 30s tragically died. The blaze broke out at a home on Ramsden Farm, a cluster of million-pound homes off Roundthorn Road in Middleton , in the early hours of Sunday morning. Read more
Dealer jailed:?A drug dealer was caught peddling cocaine and heroin in a shopping centre. Joshua Jones, 20, was discovered on CCTV with snap bags of the class A drugs at Harpurhey shopping centre. When police confronted him, Jones warned officers that he had a knife and he would ‘use it if he had to’. But Manchester Crown Court heard he was apprehended and has now been locked up. More here
Closed:?A top Italian restaurant in Didsbury has closed with ‘immediate’ effect . Gusto on Wilmslow Road, has now shut down after bosses said they had reviewed the performance of the site and had also been approached by a 'well-known' retailer.
Worth a read
They were bright yellow and looked like bread vans. But the Bee Line Buzz mini-buses that were a common sight on Manchester streets in the 70s and 80s sparked a price battle so fierce one expert compared it to ‘gangster warfare’. Nostalgia writer Lee Grimsditch? recalls the infamous Manchester bus wars.
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