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Jul 3, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Lydia Chowdhury
Among the terraced houses of Gorton, it is clear that community spaces have a strong gravitational pull for residents. Community building, support and care for Gorton’s most vulnerable is a big concern for most despite there being a lack of spaces. “People are struggling, people are having to do bits and bobs to get the children fed. There’s no one left at the charity places, especially in Gorton, you’ve got the hub and you’ve got a food bank. “The children are in need.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Lydia Chowdhury
The Denton area is flush with local cafes and businesses just around the corner from a retail park. The area is busy yet most people have not seen funding promised by the Conservative government to level up areas outside of the South East. The daily hazards of potholes and the issue of a lack of funding for the community are brought up time and time again.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Lydia Chowdhury
The road from Manchester to Marple is littered with political signs popping out from the gardens. The town falls into the Hazel Grove constituency, a battleground seat which has always had a Lib Dem or Conservative MP. It's been a Tory seat since 2015, with ex-MP William Wragg winning a 4,000-vote majority in 2019.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Lydia Chowdhury
In Bolton West - amid sporadic showers and sunny spells - the Manchester Evening News spoke to voters about the upcoming general election - and the issues they're concerned about as the crunch poll looms. "The National Health Service has gone pot, the waiting list is sky-high for appointments," Lilian, 78, says. "And now, they're building more houses... we don't need that. There are other things that need doing before that. "There are enough houses.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Greta Simpson |Lydia Chowdhury
It's impossible to walk down Market Street in Manchester without running into at least a couple of charity workers. Spread across on of the busiest thoroughfares in the city centre, they interact with hundreds of Mancunians every day. As the Manchester Evening News asked about their feelings ahead of the upcoming general election, the overall consensus was one of disillusionment and distaste for party politics.
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May 14, 2024 | 
thetab.com | Lydia Chowdhury
Students and staff protested against the university’s stance on the ongoing conflict in Gaza56 mins ago Students at the University of York staged a mass walkout and march last week in support of Palestine. Around 300 demonstrators made up of students, teachers and community members took part in the protest which saw a roadblock outside of Heslington Hall.
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May 5, 2024 | 
thetab.com | Lydia Chowdhury
The sold-out fashion show celebrates diversity and cultural heritage in York10 mins ago University of York student, Timi Phillips, ran her second and most successful multicultural fashion show, held on Tuesday the 23rd of April. The core message of the event was ‘Freedom through Heritage’. Selling out the event, people were turned away at the door of The Biltmore, reaching its maximum capacity of 350 guests. The popularity of the event was “surreal” for Timi.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
nouse.co.uk | Alexandra Pullen |Katy Leverett |Lucy Wiggins |Lydia Chowdhury
On 27 October 2023, exactly nine years after the original album dropped, Taylor Swift released her fourth re-recording, this time of her fifth studio album 1989 and it’s been a long time coming (pun absolutely intended). This re-release was hinted at for some time, with fans suspecting that it was in the works after ‘Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)’ was dropped in November 2021, before Red (Taylor’s Version) came out.
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Oct 28, 2023 | 
nouse.co.uk | Katy Leverett |Alexandra Pullen |Lucy Wiggins |Lydia Chowdhury
Known for her ‘Taylor Swift-esque’ lyrics and catchy break-up songs, Maisie Peters has been on the rise for some time now. However, her following has grown exponentially since the release of her latest album, The Good Witch, which rocketed to Number One in the UK charts in June 2023, a review of which can be found here! Having been a fan of Peters since her first album You Signed Up for This, I was beyond excited to see her perform in Leeds.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
nouse.co.uk | Alexandra Pullen |Lucy Wiggins |Lydia Chowdhury
When asked throughout the day what gig I was attending, the name ‘Someone’ seemed to cause some confusion. You can imagine the back and forth dialogue playing out almost like a comedy sketch, but the name certainly sticks with you as something memorable for a musical artist. Someone are a band fronted by Dutch/British songwriter, composer and artist, Tessa Rose Jackson.
