カテゴリー: Manchester
Community groups accuse leadership of Wai Yin Society of having ‘unusually close’ ties with CCPA consortium of Hong Kong community groups have accused the UK government’s flagship programme for welcoming Hongkongers of funding an organisation with alle…
‘It’s time for a whole host of other perspectives,’ says museum’s director after £15m redevelopmentAfter 18 months of closure and a £15m redevelopment, Manchester Museum will reopen to the public on Saturday.Alongside the existing collection of about 4…
Consular staff wanted for questioning by police over beating up of activists recalled to BeijingChina’s consul general in Manchester and five other diplomats have returned home and will escape questioning by police for their role in the beating up of a…
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…
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…
One of just six female judges who have so far managed to reach Britain speaks of fleeing Kabul and finding refuge in ManchesterThe day the Taliban arrived in Kabul, Dina* went to her office in the city’s law courts as normal. It was deserted. “Only the…