North West Bylines

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Update: the bookie's application has been rejected, now the community want their library back.  | Adam Green

They buried their son. Then…they had to pull him back from the earth. What happened to Mir Raza Ali? | Yumna Zahid Ali

For once we agree with JD Vance

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University Professor shares exciting insights into how bats socialise and why our world wouldn’t be the same without them | University of Chester

Save Liverpool Libraries tries to stop a previous library turning into yet another bookmaker shop, but could it still be viable as a library? | Adam Green

Jason Arday and the press that learned nothing from Leveson The relentless reporting on Jason Arday brought it home – parts of the mainstream media care more about clicks than fair, proportionate coverage | Gemma Gould @gemmagould.bsky.social

Jason Arday and the press that learned nothing from Leveson The relentless reporting on Jason Arday brought it home – parts of the mainstream media care more about clicks than fair, proportionate coverage | Gemma Gould @gemmagould.bsky.social

Trump’s bargain-bin peace prize, five-word genius claims, vanishing followers and a geography lesson nobody asked for | Xylb-tok the Martian

In part 3 of the analysis of Senate seats the Democrats need, to gain control of the Senate in the Nov 2026 election, we discuss Alaska | Dominic Jackson

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The treatment of Jason Arday horrified many people. Where does legitimate journalistic scrutiny end and a media pile-on begin? Tonight at 7pm, we're bringing together journalists, academics and regulators to ask what responsible media should look like. 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

Death rates among 25 to 49-year-olds are 42% higher in the North than the South of England, study finds, and the gap is increasing | North West Bylines Reports

Across the North West of England, good local businesses are closing for one simple reason: nobody was lined up to take over. It doesn’t have to be that way | Tom Smythe

A Reform UK councillor has been branded ableist, after describing a disabled Labour by-election candidate as a ‘Stevie Wonder lookalike’ | North West Bylines Reports

More gloriousness ! “These are extraordinary sporting role models, inspiring hundreds of local children who train alongside them every week. From a child’s first bounce in Liverpool to representing Great Britain on the world stage – that’s the journey we’re creating.”

A trampoline academy in Liverpool is celebrating after some of its athletes are selected to represent Great Britain in the World Championships in China | Steve Basing

Prime Minister urged to deal with North-South divide increases in older worker unemployment | North West Bylines Reports

Why are families and hard working people in Salford being terrorised? Why are all HMOs seen as bad? 38 incidents in two weeks | North West Bylines Reports

Death rates among 25 to 49-year-olds are 42% higher in the North than the South of England, study finds, and the gap is increasing | North West Bylines Reports

Manchester Arena attack: a pioneering rehab programme gives hope for remarkable recoveries | Manchester University

A little poem, about a big subject. Don't start a witch hunt | Polina Sparks

Continuing examining the midterm elections in November 2026, which seats might the Democrats flip to take control of the US Senate? | Dominic Jackson

Democracy works!

Greetings carbon based drama llamas! It is I your favourite interplanetary correspondent once again sitting up here wondering whether intelligent life form is still on your planet. Just when you think things couldn’t get more ridiculous in walks the orange one. Speaking of which …

Trump misses out on the Nobel again, targets international justice, renames his rivals and eyes the oceans in another week of Martian disbelief | Xylb-tok the Martian

A free press is essential to democracy. So is a responsible one. How do we protect fearless investigative journalism while demanding fairness, accuracy and accountability? That's one of the questions we'll be tackling next Wednesday. Sign up here 👇 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

Barack Obama on what he considers to be 'one of the biggest dangers of our time'  | North West Bylines Reports

💥 From Leveson to Arday, the mainstream media is a horror show of exploitation over education. With alternative media booming, we have an opportunity to guarantee we do better media right. How do we ensure that? Come and join the conversation! —-> www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...

Few wild bird species can claim the title ‘iconic’, but the Puffin is undoubtedly one of them | British Trust for Ornithology

The treatment of Jason Arday horrified many people. Where does legitimate journalistic scrutiny end and a media pile-on begin? Next Wednesday, we're bringing together journalists, academics and regulators to ask what responsible media should look like. 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

A free press matters. So does an accountable one. Join Nafeez Ahmed, Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana and Priyamvada Gopal, chaired by Mike Galsworthy, to ask what a better British media could look like. 📅 21 Oct, 7pm 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia

A victory for Ryebank Fields campaigners, but the fight isn’t over yet | Adam Green

Decision expected on controversial 'Parrot Experience' where people would be able to see parrots flying in between artificial trees | North West Bylines Reports

Have we lived through the golden age of equal rights for women, or are there still (or again?) battles to be fought? | Diana Ward

Ukrainian drones struck Yandex data centres, and reports of falling bot traffic claimed that Russian disinformation had almost disappeared | Phoebe Smith

Mark the date! The Fête of Wigan is being organised for 31 October, to take place in the Old Court Building. Book your free ticket(s) now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fete-o...

Discussing the US midterm Senate elections, where the Democrats need to win a net of four seats to gain control of the US Senate: Texas | Dominic Jackson

New discoveries at Rossett Roman villa shed light on life in Roman Wales | University of Chester

Rochdale Borough Council has announced Syke will become their 28th Conservation Area, with strong public support and historic significance | Adam Green

Children at a Manchester primary school are to receive waterproof clothing and wellies to help ensure nobody misses outdoor learning | North West Bylines Reports

What do we lose when education is reduced to economic value? And does AI reveal what we are in danger of losing? Is neoliberalism really killing the humanities?  | Albert Strang

Trump declares war on mosquitoes, threatens journalists and California, imaginary penguins arrive in Greenland and musicians remind Earth what humanity means | Xylb-tok the Martian

Pancake mix containing bleached flour? Not acceptable in our country! | North West Bylines Reports

Pancake mix containing bleached flour? Not acceptable in our country! | North West Bylines Reports

Greetings Earthlings from Mars where we don’t doxx our senators but we do rock out with No Kings T-Shirts on. It’s been another banner week on your catastrophe of a planet if it wasn’t for Tom Morello we may have staged an invasion … I mean intervention 😏 Speaking of Earth shall we? 👽

Trump declares war on mosquitoes, threatens journalists and California, imaginary penguins arrive in Greenland and musicians remind Earth what humanity means | Xylb-tok the Martian