Sarah Lester

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Sarah Lester

We’ve taken the unusual step of clearing our front page today to draw your attention to an issue that could be disastrous, not just for local newspapers like the Manchester Evening News, but the UK’s entire creative sector. Under proposed changes to copyright law, AI companies will be able to train their systems on text, images, music and any other online content without having to pay the creators of that content for the ability to summarise, recreate or even replicate it.

Aug 13, 2024 | zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sarah Lester |Joshua Breithaupt |Sandra Brooke |Jenny Bueno

Introduction Intertidal oyster habitats are ecologically and economically important in many regions around the world (Beck et al., 2011). Oyster reefs provide several key ecological benefits to estuarine ecosystems. These include providing habitat, food and refuge from desiccation, hypoxia and sedimentation for various species, thereby enhancing ecosystem biodiversity (Coen et al., 1999; Lenihan & Peterson, 1998; Meyer & Townsend, 2000).

Dec 5, 2023 | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Sarah Lester

Manchester United is a Mancunian institution. It's a privilege to have them on our doorstep and to cover them minutely. But we are not on the club's payroll. Our job is to report what's happening in the organisations that matter to our readers. And that includes our great football clubs. We do not publish anything lightly and all of our stories are sourced and checked. We have a responsibility to the readers who place such trust in us to faithfully report what we know and what we see.

Dec 4, 2023 | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Sarah Lester

The BBC is on course to suffocate independent local journalism. It has taken the local out of local radio, drastically cutting the number of hours of the locally-produced shows you’ll hear on Radio Manchester. Much-loved broadcasting legend Alan Beswick aired his final show in October after more than 30 years. It came after the BBC announced plans to share shows across regions and the whole of the country.

Oct 5, 2023 | theguardian.com | Sarah Lester

It was a generational chance to deal with the imbalances that have persisted since the 1980s. While London accelerated – powered by the engine of the City, a comprehensive transport system and the country’s transition to a service economy – the deindustrialised great cities of the north, such as Manchester, fell behind. Manchester’s story, in the last 40 years, has been of a long and successful battle to reinvent itself.