News published July 2021

Free book given to all final year primary school pupils to keep them reading over summer

  • Friday 30 July 2021
Three boys with books. One holds up a book titled The kid who came from space.

More than seven thousand copies of the same book have been given away free to Manchester youngsters in their final year of primary school to help prepare them for starting high school in September and keep them reading over summer.

Council maps out next phase of homelessness work

  • Wednesday 28 July 2021

Over the past few years, Manchester City Council’s Homelessness service has responded to exponentially growing need and, more recently, the challenges of the pandemic.

South Manchester firms pay the price for fly-tipping

  • Wednesday 28 July 2021

Two more companies have been fined for fly-tipping commercial waste after successful prosecutions by the Council's Environmental Crimes Team.

Marcus Rashford mural messages can be saved - rain has not stopped play

  • Friday 23 July 2021
A wall mural of Marcus Rashford covered with hundreds of notes and heart shaped cards on the wall and floor

The heavens may have opened over south Manchester last night but despite a good soaking the word on the street from the city's gallery and archives staff who have planned today's removal operation, is that they can be saved.

Rashford mural messages to be removed this week and preserved for the city

  • Wednesday 21 July 2021
A wall mural of Marcus Rashford with the bottom half entirely covered by notes, balloons, flags and heart shaped cards

The thousands of heartfelt messages left on the mural of footballer Marcus Rashford in Withington, Manchester will be carefully removed this Friday 23 July to preserve them, ahead of an expected change in the weather which has been forecast from this weekend.

Pop up events planned to support victims of anti-social behaviour

  • Monday 19 July 2021

“Do not suffer in silence” is the message at the forefront of Manchester City Council’s drive to support communities during the first ever Anti-Social Behaviour Awareness Week. 

Get out the Manchester Message to keep our city safe Manchester's message to residents to keep our city Covid safe

  • Friday 16 July 2021

Be compassionate, be kind, and put your community first is the Manchester message as Covid restrictions are set to be lifted from Monday, July 19. 

Libraries to fully re-open after a long year

  • Thursday 15 July 2021

Manchester libraries are counting down the days to Monday, 19 July when they can finally return to offering a pre-pandemic service to all their customers.

Deputy Leader's statement regarding the Windrush Generation

  • Thursday 15 July 2021
Councillor Luthfur Rahman

Cllr Luthfur Rahman comments on the Windrush scandal.

Manchester City Council joins forces with British Library to roll-out small business support across Greater Manchester

  • Wednesday 14 July 2021

Manchester City Council has joined forces with the British Library to roll-out small business support to Greater Manchester, Blackpool and Lancaster and turbocharge the local economy.

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