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Eid prayers and celebrations will be taking place all across Greater Manchester this weekend

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Hundreds of people congregate at Ewood Park to mark end of holy month of Ramadan

Protests across Europe against Israeli war on Gaza Workers and young people joined protests across Europe Saturday, including in London, Paris, Berlin and Madrid, to oppose Israel’s bombardment of the Palestinian population in Gaza. The demonstrations coincided with Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe Day)—marking the founding of the state of Israel, through the forced expulsion of 760,000 Palestinians from their villages and homes in 1948. The largest protest took place in London where tens of ...

A Free Palestine march is taking place in Wilmslow Road

How weeks of controversy have united a community in cleaning up Platt Fields Park Students, councillors and long-term residents have come together to tackle the mess left by a string of gatherings in the south Manchester park Updated Dont miss a thing by getting the days biggest stories sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be ...

play-icon Hundreds of people gathered for the impromptu gig at Platt Fields Park. The organisers of a gig that saw hundreds of people turn out to a park in Manchester have been fined £10,000. Rapper AJ Tracey issued a Twitter invite on Sunday afternoon saying: "Next stop manny! Come link me Platt Fields Car Park 4pm". A witness at the scene said the hip-hop star had promoted an impromptu live gig. Images from the scene show Greater Manchester Police vehicles parked up beside a van with AJ Trac...

AJ Tracey is coming to Platt Fields park today at 4pm ‘Coming to link you lot and shoot some hoops today. Everyone invited just turn up!’ 22 hours ago AJ Tracey is coming to Manchester’s Platt Fields park at 4pm today as part of a tour round the country to meet his fans. He has announced via Instagram and Twitter that he will be travelling round certain cities today, including Birmingham, Manchester and Bristol. He will start at Birmingham’s Dale End at 12pm, then go to Manchester and...

Police speak out over huge crowds at Platt Fields Park for rapper AJ Tracey His manager was fined £10,000 and his team told to leave, but police decided to manage safely what had already happened Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now AJ Traceys manager was fined £10,000 after the star rappers impromptu appearance at Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield, police have revealed. And GMP said they expect the penalty notice for breaching coronavirus legislation to be paid in full. The f...

Organisers of AJ Tracey gig fined £10,000 for breaching Covid rules Jedidajah Otte and Vikram Dodd © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Joe Maher/Getty Images The rapper AJ Tracey said he “didn’t expect that many people to turn up” after huge crowds gathered in a park in Manchester to see him perform. The organisers of the event on Sunday in Platt Fields park in the suburb of Fallowfield “have been fined”, the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said on Tw...