PLUS: Turn to the soil
Hello "We are all here for something bigger than ourselves. Every day we’re here, that we’ve not been shut down, is a win.” Those are the words of Umer, one of the occupants of the Gaza protest camp at the University of Manchester.
Umer, 20, who didn't want to give his surname but who has been at the Manchester camp since tube beginning, said it was vital students were allowed to protest. "If we live in a society where free speech is a thing, then no one should be punished for free speech, he said. Now the dust has settled, politics writer Joseph Timan and local democracy reporter Ethan Davies try to understand what caused the upset. Amid disputed claims of voter intimidation and racism, they’ve been speaking to candidates, party insiders and the voters who saw it coming as they run the rule over an ill-tempered contest.
In Rochdale there's a nine year wait. But in December the council opened its first new allotment in 50 years as part of a bid to double the number of plots in the borough. "Last winter I was so depressed, then I came here one morning and it just went. Everything's going on out there, but it's not in here. It's so good for your mental health. It's peaceful, it's productive, it's calming.‘It wasn’t me’ It’s the graffiti tag which has been the talk of the town in recent weeks, with the name Howard emblazoned across walls, road signs and windows.
Flooded: A gig at Victoria Warehouse was cancelled at short notice last night due to the heavy rain causing a leak at the venue. Almost an hour after doors had originally been set to open for the show from American pop rock act PVRIS on Sunday night , bosses at the music venue in Old Trafford were forced to postpone the gig due to torrential storms causing a leak in the roof.
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