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: ‘If they can say sorry, why can’t you?’

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

How GMP’s ‘gay witch-hunts’ are still causing harm decades later. Peter Tatchell wants an apology - and not the first time. In fact, the LGBT activist has been calling for Greater Manchester Police to apologise for past ‘homophobic witch-hunts’ for two years. In particular he says former chief constable James Anderton - nicknamed ‘God’s copper’ - left an indelible mark on the force’s reputation with gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people.
The Mancunian Way: Another snobby review

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

PLUS Sadiq’s 'us-versus-them' rhetoric AND Oasis’ first page spread“They said I was prostituting myself,” recalled Girl B about a conversation with a social worker who was concerned she was ‘having sex with a number of Asian men’. “It’s vile. I don’t remember them being concerned enough to do anything about it. They knew what was going on.”Put up for adoption with time in children's homes, all before the age of ten, 'Girl B' had an incredibly tough start. As such, she was easy prey for predators.
Wait. The TikTokers don't love you like I love you - Yeah Yeah Yeahs thrill at Manchester Apollo

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

Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Manchester Apollo. Monday June 16, 2025. What do you do when your most famous song has been completely bastardised by a TikTok dance craze? If you’re the Yeah Yeah Yeahs you strip it back entirely and add a string quartet. It could easily have been business as usual for the New York trio - now 25 years into their journey as one of the most revered indie darlings of the 21st century. An electric live band, their pretentious, cerebral art-rock speaks for a generation.
The wit and wisdom of Liam Gallagher

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

I think therefore I am mad fer it. He’s one of the best known voices in rock n’ roll and one of the most famous faces in music - but Liam Gallagher is more than just a music icon. He is a thinker, a philosopher - a Descartes for our times. If you ever need sage counsel, you need only look to Liam. As we all prepare to see Oasis take to the stage again for the first time in years, we’re looking at some of Liam’s wittiest one liners and best pieces of advice.
The Mancunian Way: ‘I heard sirens’

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

Dad describes moment paramedics tried to save his son PLUS Chaos on the streets of SalfordMamadou Seck was resting in his son Ibrahima’s bedroom when he heard police sirens outside. When he left his house to see what was going on he knew ‘something’s happening’. Then he saw paramedics massaging Ibrahima’s chest. “I saw them doing it for five or six minutes. Then my kid passed away. “I keep seeing it in my head.
The Mancunian Way: ‘My choices are different’

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

What does the Chancellor’s Spending Review mean for Greater Manchester? It’s Spending Review day! Said no excited child ever. But for the political nerds in our newsroom, it’s like Christmas. And of course the decisions laid out by Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves a couple of hours ago have huge implications for us all. Our politics writer Joseph Timan is still getting to grips with the finer detail, but there are a few big headlines we can give you now.
The Mancunian Way: A grand day out

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

Remembering Lewis's PLUS Is Ardwick the new Ancoats? The idea of visiting a city centre store merely for the glitz and glamour seems alien nowadays. But in the golden age of retail, everyone in Manchester visited the fifth floor of Lewis’s at some point. The department store was known for its outlandish displays - including a mocked-up Venice complete with gondolas and the huge Christmas grotto which saw Father Christmas arrive on a sleigh. "It was a destination. People would go for the day out.
‘All the makings of a really nice area’ - inside the park once ‘plagued’ by drugs

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

When police busted a drug dealing racket in Piccadilly Gardens, they said a small park on the outskirts of town would see the benefits. We spoke to locals to find out if that’s true. It started as a private green space for the Victorian residents of Ardwick. But in recent years, Ardwick Green has been battling an unsavoury reputation.
The Mancunian Way: Got tix? Maybeee

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

The Oasis fans being ripped off by internet scammers PLUS The transformation of north ManchesterThe desperate scramble for Oasis tickets last Autumn left a lot of fans very disappointed. Thousands waited in an online queue for hours only to miss out. And those who did manage to get tickets were shocked when standard tickets went up to more than double the original price - from £148 to £355 due to ‘in-demand’ sales.
The Mancunian Way: (Finally) stopping at Stockport

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

£2.5billion cash boost set to deliver new tram stops, more electric buses, tram-trains and new interchangesThe Metrolink is coming to Stockport. Yes really. Stopfordians have been banging on about this for years and although various promises were made, it was never a sure fire thing. But now it’s actually happening thanks to a bumper transport deal for Greater Manchester worth £2.5bn over the next seven years.