New Manchester sculptures to welcome and protect passengers http://dlvr.it/TJhmFx #Manchester #ManchesterPiccadilly #Network #NetworkRail

Stay vigilant and watch out for friends and family that aren't tech savvy.

Bottom line is that DVLA communicate via post and never Email.

Urgent warning issued over DVLA scam being 'sent to innocent people':
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/urgent-warning-issued-over-dvla-31212951#Echobox=1742147476

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #UK #England #Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #DVLA #Scam #Heist #Phishing #Manchester #ManchesterEveningNews

Just imagine how different our world could be, if we only started with the basics. As Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis once stated: “There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.”

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2025/03/what-are-you-reading-today.html

#uk #manchester #reading #books #literature #news #education #usa #media

At the end of the march from Selma to Montgomery on March 25, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of a crowd and celebrated the effort that had been done by all in the fight against racial injustice and for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“Our God Is Marching On” showcases a message of determination, faith, and the unyielding pursuit of equality while remaining committed to nonviolence.

#books #usa #reading #uk #politics #news #media #protest #education #manchester

Marking 10 years since ISIS swept into Mosul and the towns of the Nineveh Plain, EWTN News has released a documentary delving into the roots of Christianity in Iraq and its history dating back nearly 2,000 years.

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2025/03/new-documentary-chronicles-iraqs.html

#lent #ramadan #usa #iraq #europe #manchester #documentary #media #london #uk

The Fash had a problem because the play alluded to Gaza and Trans Rights.

You see how they are erasing us, you see how they cover for a Genocide. Do you see how global it is?

Do you see it?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwye5y1e8glo?

#LGBTQIA #Gaza #Fascism #Theatre #RoyalExchangeTheatre #Manchester #Censorship

Stockport roundabout set for year-long closure as railway upgrade work takes place http://dlvr.it/TJ3BZb #GreaterManchester #Manchester #Network #NetworkRail

Old Trafford: new stadium, freight relocated http://dlvr.it/THlPBy #CastlefieldCorridor #Freightliner #Manchester #NewtonleWillows

The buttons for pedestrian crossings are sticking due to cold temperatures causing repeated red lights creating traffic delays.

Is it ok that this caused a huge urge to go out just to press as many as possible just to create chaos?!

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mayhem-on-roads-as-frozen-30740806

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #Manchester #ColdWeather #Freezing #FreezingTemperatures

Ten years after the genocide perpetrated against the Yazidis by the Islamic State group in Iraq's Sinjar region, tens of thousands of displaced survivors are returning home. But their homecoming is bittersweet, as the atrocities have left indelible wounds.

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-decade-after-genocide-iraqs-yazidis.html

#france #europe #usa #uk #manchester #news #politics #media #eu

King Charles III attended a special Advent service on Tuesday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street in Mayfair, London, co-hosted by the 175-year-old Jesuit parish and Aid to the Church in Need.

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2024/12/king-attends-advent-service-celebrating.html

#london #manchester #news #iraq #christmas #advent #media #bbc #art #europe #usa

An international Catholic charity has assured Syria’s Christian community of its continued support after insurgent groups toppled the country’s government on Sunday, 8th December.

Regina Lynch, executive president at Aid to the Church in Need International said the organisation has remained in close contact with its project partners in Syria and is continuing to provide emergency aid and other help, while also calling for prayers.

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2024/12/charity-committed-to-helping-christians.html

#syria #europe #manchester #news #uk

Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march

Stephen Gingell, 57, thought to be first to receive prison sentence under new Public Order Act

by Damien Gayle
Fri 15 Dec 2023

"A #ClimateActivist has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to taking part in a peaceful #SlowMarch protest on a London road.

"The sentence handed to Stephen Gingell, 57, is thought to be the first jailing under a new law that critics say makes anyone walking in a road liable for prosecution for 'interference with key national infrastructure'.

"#Section7 of the #PublicOrderAct2023 bans any act that prevents newspaper printing presses, power plants, #oil and #gas extraction or distribution sites, #harbours, #airports, #railways or #roads 'from being used or operated to any extent', with a potential penalty of 12 months in jail.

"Gingell, a father of three from #Manchester, was one of about 40 supporters of #JustStopOil who spent about 30 minutes marching on #HollowayRoad in north #London at about 4pm on 12 November, the climate campaign group said.

"He pleaded guilty to breach of section 7 at a hearing that same month at Wimbledon magistrates court. On Thursday, his case was transferred to Manchester magistrates court, where he was sentenced to six months.

"Just Stop Oil has been campaigning since 2022 for the UK government to stop all new fossil fuel production. The campaign’s 'guerrilla tactics' were cited by the Home Office when it introduced the Public Order Act’s tough new #AntiProtest measures to parliament.

"Police began using section 7 to tackle Just Stop Oil’s protests at the end of October, arresting 60 people taking part in a march in Parliament Square. In a campaign of slow march protests carried out by the group between then and 4 December, 470 of the group’s supporters were arrested 630 times, with about half of those arrests under the new law.

"A spokesperson for the campaign said: 'Section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023, a law drafted by the #FossilFuel lobby, was introduced in April by Priti Patel, and covers ‘interference with the use or operation of key national infrastructure’. It seems this government has now made walking down the road, walking on the public highway an illegal act that is worthy of imprisonment.

"'How many fathers will be imprisoned before those planning to kill us are stopped? New oil and gas will see millions upon millions lose their homes, livelihoods and lives. Protected by the government, by failed politicians, by the police, those committing genocide continue to walk free, those protesting the killings are banged up. Whose side are you on?'

"The human rights organisation Liberty criticised Gingell’s sentencing. Katy Watts, a lawyer at Liberty, said: “It is shocking to see such harsh sentences handed down to protesters. This is yet another unnecessary and draconian law introduced by a government that is hell-bent on discouraging people from standing up for what they believe in. It is a clear attempt to silence people and for the government to hide from all accountability.

"Protest is a fundamental right, not a gift from the state. Government should be protecting our right to protest, not criminalising it.'"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/15/just-stop-oil-activist-is-first-to-be-jailed-under-new-uk-protest-law?share=jetpack-whatsapp

#BigOilAndGas #WaterProtectors #DirectAction #CriminalizingDissent #DefendTheForest #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #ACAB #Fascism #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #AbolishTheMonarchy #RightToProtest

Jacques Mourad, a monk of the monastic community of Deir Mar Musa, has been the Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Homs since March 3, 2023. He was born in Aleppo, where he has some of his best memories and dearest companions.

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2024/12/this-is-end-of-great-history-of.html

#syria #manchester #usa #news #italy #france #politics #religion #media #iraq

Is this the end of Christianity and the church in Syria? Will countries across Europe and the USA open their doors to Christians fleeing? These are two questions no one has yet answered.

An international Catholic charity is rushing to the help of Christians suffering in Syria, asking for prayers and are also fundraising for emergency aid in response to the resurgence of violence.

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2024/12/charity-launches-urgent-appeal-for-syria.html

#syria #uk #manchester #usa #europe #france #news #middleeast #media #christmas #france

It was an honor to have been asked by the residents of West Didsbury, to switch on Burton Road's Christmas lights, on behalf of the https://www.woodstreetmission.org.uk children's charity.

Just speaking with people at #XmasonBurtonRoad, reminded me of what Charles Dickens wrote in A Christmas Carol:

“it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.”

#manchester #news #media #uk #christmas #usa #photography #community #europe #advent

Article in Manchester Evening News on Manchester's call for fossil fuel and armaments divestment.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-pension-pot-critics-30469184
#divestment #press #Armaments #FossilFuels #Manchester

The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office currently has 13 open cases involving Belgian suspects accused of participating in the genocide of Yazidis. Attacks were carried out by the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Iraq in 2014.

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2024/11/belgium-investigates-suspects-tied-to.html

#news #bbc #belgium #europe #eu #usa #history #manchester #iraq #media

It's beginning to look allot like Christmas, thanks to the wonderful customers of the COOP in South Manchester. It's been amazing as this was just in the first week!

All these gifts have been generously donated to the Wood Street Mission's Christmas Appeal, which is going to support disadvantaged families over the festive season.

The https://www.woodstreetmission.org.uk is an incredible organisation, supporting families across Manchester and Salford.

#manchester #uk #poverty #christmas #news #media #bbc

Today we visited the Whitworth Art gallery in Manchester specifically to see the new Barbara walker retrospective Being Here.

If you are in Manchester before it closes in January I strongly recommend visiting this stunning & poignant exhibition of Walker's work;

its powerful, brilliant & thought provoking while exhibiting her extraordinary talent for figurative representation.

An absolute triumph of an exhibition.

#art #BarbaraWalkerBeingjHere #Manchester

https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/barbarawalker/

I really hope that everyone had a very Happy Halloween. Nothing beats this time of year, when the nights are drawing in and you have the comforting glow of Jack-O-Lanterns fluttering throughout the night.

As trick or treaters came knocking at peoples door, it was wonderful to speak to so many people within our South Manchester community. Parents and kids were all in good spirits and costumes were creative.

#halloween #manchester #uk #photography #usa #news #photos #community #media #life #eu