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‘Forget about the Hacienda!’ The DIY music scene pushing Manchester forward

No longer getting lost in nostalgia, the city is capitalising on musical talent from rap to punk and creating a community that can weather the cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Hunt’s budget aims to push people back to work just as the jobs market weakens

Chancellor is trying to to increase employment, but redundancies are up and wage growth has slowed

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - More powers are going to cities: that’s good for London and the country

Today Greater Manchester sets out on what is arguably the most ambitious trade mission undertaken by a UK city-region outside London.

Evening Standard

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Andy Burnham vows to protect 'a new era of Manchester’s music'

The Mayor was speaking at an event with local band The Slow Readers Club

Manchester Evening News

Employment experts round on Hunt’s remarks on ‘golf course’ over-50s

Those who want to work need guidance, support and flexible jobs, employment leaders tell MPs

The Guardian - UK

Singer Mick Hucknall hasn't spoken to comic Steve Coogan for 20 years over quip

Comic Steve Coogan and Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall used to be friends and even sang a duet together but the pair stopped speaking after Coogan gave him a ribbing

Daily Mirror

New Manchester music conference backed by New Order to be held in the city

Beyond the Music will champion new music and is being organised by Oli Wilson, son of Factory Records legend Tony Wilson

Manchester Evening News

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‘I did my climactic speech – then took half an E’: Steve Coogan on making 24 Hour Party People

‘We re-created the Haçienda nightclub in a Manchester warehouse,’ says the film’s director, Michael Winterbottom. ‘It was chaos – people were crying because they were so nostalgic’

The Guardian - UK

Factory flaw: hunt for stolen 1977 sign that put Manchester on pop music map

The very first Factory club night was advertised with this poster. Now its designer wants it back to complete a major archive

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: A reality for too many

There are thousands of homeless in Greater Manchester PLUS Filmed on the wings AND The return of DJ Burnham

Manchester Evening News

Hacienda Classical to return to the Castlefield Bowl next summer

The seventh installment is all set for July, 2023

Manchester Evening News

The long battle to get Britain’s lost employees back to work

In the wake of Covid, many of the economically inactive people in the UK would love to take up a new job. In the first of a series of articles about our changing workforce, we ask what it would take to make them productive again

The Guardian - UK

In brief: Illuminations; The World: A Family History; From Manchester With Love – reviews

Alan Moore’s short stories enchant, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s dynastic history illuminates and Paul Morley’s biography of Tony Wilson is a moving portrait of Manchester

The Guardian - UK

No club can claim immunity from racism, but Hawthorn has a messy history with its Indigenous players

There are few Australian football clubs who could claim immunity from racially prejudiced pasts, but Hawthorn's history is scattered with dire examples of hurtful moments. Warning: This story contains racist images.

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Daily Mirror

Why Shaun Ryder quit drugs after sex parties, 'crack island' and biting dog on LSD

Legendary Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder, who is celebrating his 60th birthday today, gave up his drug-fuelled lifestyle for an emotional reason

Manchester Evening News

Amazon apologise after iconic Ian Curtis mural painted over to promote new Aitch album

"Our apologies to all who are justifiably upset"

Manchester Evening News

Peter Hook calls for permanent memorial to Ian Curtis and Tony Wilson after mural outcry

The Manchester music legend has spoken out after a mural of Ian Curtis was painted over this week

The Independent UK

Paul Ryder: Bass guitarist who brought funk to Happy Mondays

The younger brother of the ‘Madchester’-spawned group’s frontman Shaun, created infectious grooves to underpin the band’s untutored but inimitable indie-dance sound

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Manchester Evening News

We just lost Paul Ryder. And all these other Manchester music legends were taken far too soon

We look back at some of pivotal figures from the city's illustrious musical history who we lost prematurely

Daily Record

Happy Mondays star Paul Ryder, 58, dies suddenly hours before show

The sad news was announced on the group's official Facebook page, after Paul was found dead hours before their gig at Kubix Festival.

Daily Mirror

Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder, 58, dies hours before show as band pay tribute

Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder has died hours before the band were going to perform in Sunderland

AFP

UK 'jobs miracle' turns into employers' nightmare

Keswick (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Job vacancies seem to come ten-a-penny in Keswick, a tourist town in England's picturesque Lake District, as the hospitality sector cries out for staff -- shortages which are a direct result, critics say, of the coronavirus pandemic and of Brexit.

Manchester Evening News

Factory Records legend Tony Wilson is still turning heads and raising money for good causes

The Hacienda nightclub boss introduced Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays

The Guardian - UK

From pandemic solidarity to bitter enemies: how Tories turned on workers

Spirit of consensus has gone as ministers seek a scapegoat for the stagflation affecting the economy

The Guardian - UK

UK government’s £2.9bn job search scheme has put only 7% of participants in work to date

Intensive ‘Restart’ programme is also struggling to find enough participants to meet predicted caseload

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