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Manchester Museum to reopen with ‘ordinary folk’ co-curating new gallery

Director says it’s ‘time to tell new stories’ as people from south Asian diaspora contribute experiencesA museum with a dizzying, encyclopaedic collection that spans Egyptian mummies, dinosaur skeletons and live Costa Rican frogs is to reopen next year…

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Chinese diplomat involved in violence at Manchester consulate, MP says

Footage shows figure believed to be Zheng Xiyuan kicking down poster and pulling pro-democracy protester’s hairOne of China’s most senior diplomats in the UK was involved in the violence against pro-democracy protesters at the Manchester consulate, a B…

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Manchester and Liverpool will welcome Afghan refugees, say mayors

But Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram call for more support from Home OfficeThe mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool city region have said they will welcome Afghan refugees but that those fleeing persecution must be fairly distributed around th…

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