Beth Abbit

Manchester

Reporter at Manchester Evening News

🖊️ Journalist @MENnewsdesk. 📧 Mancunian Way newsletter editor. Regional Press Awards Feature Writer of the Year 2023.

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Articles

The Mancunian Way: Winging it this weekend

1 week ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

‘Ultimate’ duck to be crowned this weekend PLUS Plenty of other Easter treatsYou fork out for an expensive ticket to an event only to realise your kid is more entertained by the journey there on the bus. I learnt the hard way recently after paying for a ticket where the toddler I was with was mainly entertained by a piece of red plastic. For several hours. But if your little ones have more sophisticated tastes, there’s plenty to entertain them across Greater Manchester this Bank Holiday weekend.
The Mancunian Way: Manchester’s Guggenheim

1 week ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

The building that will be so cool ‘people will just hang around’ outside PLUS Last man standing in the way of demolitionLike me, you’ll probably remember Castlefield’s Lower Campfield Hall as the home of the Museum of Science and Industry’s aerospace collection. You could easily while away a few hours among the Bensen B-7M Gyrocopter, the Yokosuka Ohka and the Rolls-Royce Merlin at the Air and Space Hall. And like most Mancs, I was gutted when it closed in 2021.
The Mancunian Way: ‘He should be in solitary confinement’

1 week ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

Why was Hashem Abedi allowed access to cooking facilities? PLUS The Paralympian on the brink of homelessnessShould Hashem Abedi be in solitary confinement 24/7? That’s what Russell Hayward believes. He’s the boyfriend of Martyn Hett - who was killed in the Manchester Arena terror attack. And he says the families of those murdered have been ‘failed again’ following an attack at HMP Frankland, where Hashem Abedi is currently housed at a separation centre.
Battle of the Coronation Street battleaxes

1 week ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

Who is the greatest Corrie battleaxe of all time? It's time to vote for your favourite. It is, without a doubt, a badge of honour. To be named a battleaxe means you have gumption, conviction, strength of character. Of course, overbearing and opinionated are other adjectives linked to the moniker. And being a battleaxe won’t always make you popular. But they can handle it. We’ve compiled a list of Coronation Street’s greatest battleaxes and we want you to choose your favourite.
The Mancunian Way: Send in the clowns

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

PLUS More bobbies on the beat AND Fallowfield exodus continues“Has anyone else spoken to this clown?” asked a deadly serious disembodied voice, via videocall, during our morning meeting in the newsroom. Nobody else had spoken to him, it turned out. As such, it was down to my esteemed colleague Adam Maidment to get on the blower to Bippo. He’s a clown with Gandeys Circus, a troupe who are currently performing their popular Carnival Spectacular show at the Trafford Centre.
The Mancunian Way: Tracking the weapon

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

PLUS The skyscraper set to ‘push the boundaries of city-centre living'The gun amnesties regularly carried out by police always produce striking images of gleaming weapons, from the terrifying to the unique. But it can be difficult to comprehend the true human impact behind these stark objects. Manchester Evening News chief reporter Neal Keeling has given a unique insight into the murder and brutal violence linked to firearms by tracking one such weapon over almost 12 years.
The Mancunian Way: Sorrowful Rice of Ecstasy

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

The incongruous little cafe offering a taste of home to Hong Kongers PLUS Our most outspoken headteacher steps downLOJO Mate! is an incongruous little restaurant nestled on a row of terraced houses in Bury. In fact it’s so unremarkable that you’d have absolutely no idea that some of the most delicious food in Greater Manchester is being created inside. But as What’s On editor Jenna Campbell explains, that’s all part of the charm.
"Many many men have fallen into that cleavage and drowned"

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

Pat Phoenix played the wayward Elsie Tanner on Coronation Street for 21 years. But woe betide you if she arrived on set in scarlet satin. She was the Corrie actress who mixed glamour with gritty realness. Pat Phoenix was the first Queen of the Soaps and was known across Britain during her heyday playing the brash Elsie Tanner on Coronation Street. She played street siren Elsie with aplomb from the show's inception until 1984.
‘Sorry it’s not in term-time’: The apologetic poster advertising £4 tickets to see The Smiths

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

The summer gig at Maxwell Hall, in Salford, was later named one of the 100 best concerts of all time. You can almost taste the sweat dripping off the walls when you look at these pictures of The Smiths on stage at Maxwell Hall, in Salford, in the summer of 1986. Cameras and ‘recorders’ were banned from the gig so we can perhaps forgive the shaky, out-of-focus camerawork given the circumstances - and the fact this was the 80s.
How the Manchester Evening News covered the pandemic

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

In the strangest of times, M.E.N journalists covered every detail of Greater Manchester’s pandemic experience. With misinformation running rife and clarity from the government thin on the ground, they were tasked with cutting through the confusion. It started as a normal day in the office. Our breaking news reporter was in at 6am. Throughout the morning the rest of the newsroom trickled in. Subs, reporters, editors.