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“I feel like a prisoner in my own home”: Sale woman unable to leave flat due to faulty lift

Residential Management Group, who manage the property, said the sympathise with Natasha Freedman - who pulled herself up the stairs instead.

By Ella Glover

Inside the battle for Altrincham and Sale West

As the long-standing Sir Graham Brady prepares to step down at the general election on 4 July - Labour's candidate has suddenly withdrawn from the fight. Where does this leave the race?

By Jamie Lopez

Spelling it out: Educational inequality in Trafford

Trafford is known for its stronghold of grammar schools and its high educational standards mean its attractive to parents. But as people flood to the area for schools, children in Altrincham and Sale are being left without a place.

By Louisa Gregson

Altrincham & Sale West could shun the Conservatives for first time in over 100 years in general election

Support for the Conservatives is so strong that it hasn't elected a non-Tory in over 100 years but latest YouGov polling suggests a first-ever Labour win is now the most likely outcome for the seat

By Jamie Lopez

Historic victory for Labour in Altrincham & Sale West

The constituency, in various forms, has returned a Conservative MP for the last 101 years

By Jamie Lopez

Digitally excluded in Altrincham losing access to vital services

The issue of digital exclusion is growing in Altrincham and the wider UK - despite the area not having the highest levels of deprivation in Greater Manchester.

By Kevin Gopal

'Never look the other away again' in battle to protect Altrincham's waterways

“It’s just a disgusting way to treat the river,” Pete said. “It was here first before us, it’s disgusting.”

By Jamie Lopez

'Ringleader' who attacked police and made vile racist and xenophobic rants jailed

Footage released by police shows John Robinson during his arrest as he played a 'key role' in the disorder on Saturday 3 August in Blackpool town centre

By Ed Walker

Controversial blackface memorabilia to form part of new museum collection

Bought by Blackpool Council as part of a private collection, the new Showtown museum collection includes a photograph and flyer from the 1920s showing the offensive practice of 'blacking up'.

By Michael Holmes

“Is anywhere in the world safe?”: Asylum seeking women on far-right riots

The Lead speaks to three asylum seeking and refugee women about their experiences of the violence seen across the country in the past week.

By Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Condemning violence alone won’t stop the far-right – Britain must reject xenophobia once and for all

Anti-immigrant rhetoric isn’t acceptable in any form. Ceding ground on this issue sets a ticking time bomb.

By Diyora Shadijanova

Exclusive: Laurence Fox seen on flight to Ireland as Starmer vows crackdown on far-right

The former actor was seen on a Ryanair flight to Cork on Saturday, 3 August as the Prime Minister slammed far-right activists "whipping up action" and "running away".

Riots show why British Jews must reject fake solidarity from the right

From rioters to ministers, the far right has long wooed British Jews for its own ends. It’s time to see it for what it really is.

By Em Hilton

By targeting "multiculturalism", the British far right launches an attack on all of us

For years, the extreme right and its legitimisers picked off minorities one by one. Now they're unveiling a wider war.

By Diyora Shadijanova

A mom arrested over a birthmark? Hospitals must be held accountable for medical racism

A Nepalese mother was arrested in an NHS hospital because staff mistook a common birthmark for child abuse. Structural racism in medicine needs to end, and only structural upheaval can end it.

By Leah Borromeo

From Sherlock Holmes to Line of Duty, Britain loves copaganda

How the nation’s long love affair with police stories continues to shape our relationship with policing today.

By Leah Cowan

Blackpool's £65m Multiversity project means second forced upheaval in three years for one business

Omasan and his business have been by Blackpool’s ambitious development projects, which have delivered blow after blow to his trade

By Rachel Howarth

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