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hile the whole country is shackled by austerity measures that continue to cripple vital institutions like the NHS as well as education, welfare and community projects, Prime Minister David Cameron has taken us to a costly and potentially drawn-out war, with no tangible end-game in sight.

We have deployed six RAF Tornadoes in the region, operating from their base in Cyprus. These planes cost £33,000 an hour to fly and it’s an hour trip to Iraq alone. Should we fire a Tomahawk missile – which the US launched 47 of in one day against targets in Syria last month – it will cost the taxpayer £1m a pop.

Experts put the cost of the campaign at around £1bn a year at the current rate, with Cameron himself saying: “This mission will take not just months, but years, and I believe we have to be prepared for that commitment;” Barrack Obama has suggested it could take three. Are we prepared for this commitment?

We also have to consider that Isis is not a conventional army. Targets will be concentrated in small pockets across a wide area of combat, including in civilian areas. The CIA estimates Isis numbers to be “between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters across Iraq and Syria,” so let’s assume even 20,000 of those targets are in Iraq, it

would work out at around £150,000 per fighter; that’s if we can take them all out.

But what about other repercussions? Isis is a group that bases its recruitment process on the objection to Western military and political interference in the Middle East. You can imagine this latest wave of Western airstrikes will soon have Isis ranks filling with young, angry insurgents, especially when bombs go astray, when families get caught in the cross-fire, when the bodies of children are pulled from the rubble; which they invariably are. How long before that anger is expressed on our streets? And how

long before that domestic threat sees a restriction on our rights and freedoms? Make no mistakes, this war is to protect British economic and political interests that we as the public will see no windfall from; but we will certainly pay the price. As we’ve seen with the banking crisis, the Government seems intent on sticking to the ‘nationalise debt, privatise profit’ mantra that is driving our public sector into the ground and this latest declaration of war is a real kick in the teeth to all those British people that have suffered at the hands of cuts and austerity.

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Racism raises its ugly head when we are in any kind of recession. What we all ought to remember, where immigrants are concerned, is that the UK brought migrants over to its shores to do the jobs their own citizens could not and now those jobs have been done and done well for over 40 years; it is time now for them to go home, why?

We asked Manchester City Council, as is our right, for access to this public information. Sue Moores, central neighbourhood manager for Chorlton and Whalley Range, said: “Regarding the external lighting it is all being fitted and we are hoping that it is up and running by this weekend.” We are yet to receive an explanation as why a full-time warden has not yet been introduced and we’re still waiting for a full breakdown of the project budget.

We need to remember the government has overseen increased privatisation and cuts and is allowing our NHS to be misused and seems to be trying to take it down from the inside. So far, it looks as though we are heading for the complete dismantling of our valued health service as private healthcare firms continue to lobby their friends in government at our expense. If these are not reasons to unite, I can truly say I don’t know what is.

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I’ve just read your back page report in The Nubian Times what a load of codswallop. Your dim view of MCFC, the people’s club, has always been involved with the community and laid the plans for its youth players to gain access to first team for many decades. MCFC strategy is far beyond anything Utd could dream about. Utd’s arrogant attitude is there to see and it wasn’t long ago that Utd were claiming City couldn’t buy success. I suggest next time you read up on FFP as the whole process is to deny new teams like MCFC competing with the cartel Uefa badly wants to keep. Your inaccurate report which began with Glazers must go and biggest club in the world is wrong please check you will find Utd is moving down the list every year and MCFC are moving up rapidly with every season in the European table. Lloyd Wall should climb down off his glory hunting wall no pun and drive up to Manchester from the capital where he operates to see the progress and investment that is going on in the City of Manchester before he writes another word for TNT. Happy reporting LW Kam

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In TNT this month there’s a lot of civil unrest, racism and victimisation. It appears as though there has been an increase in hate crime and the community seems fragmented. The truth is, we are all feeling the austerity measures and are looking for scapegoats and a reason to point fingers at those who we feel are culpable for these difficult times.

Alexandra Park has seen investment to the tune of £5 million. Yes, you read right. What are your views on the work carried out? Perhaps the most disappointing thing is to do with the new lights. They were supposed to run from the Moss Side end to the Whalley Range side but have not been installed.

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etective Constable Paul Bailey has been giving evidence in an industrial tribunal alleging racial discrimination for the second time at the hands of Greater Manchester Police (GMP). A serving Police Officer for 24 years and Chair of the Black and Asian Police Association (BAPA), DC Bailey alleges he was the victim of racial discrimination and was treated differently compared to his white counterparts on numerous occasions. During the trial, set to resume in late November, startling revelations have surfaced including being subject to inappropriate sexual advances and sexually charged suggestions from a

female instructor he was paired with on a training programme.

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The court heard how the instructor expressed a desire to see DC Bailey in various, suspect states of undress, including dancing around in animal print underwear. The instructor allegedly made it very clear to DC Bailey that she wanted to engage in sexual activity with him, her advances coming within a work environment. It was suggested that his rebuffing of her advances was a key factor in him failing a course which ultimately hampered his progression in the force.

“A couple of phone calls and a couple of emails isn’t an investigation, I was a victim of racism,” said Bailey.

DC Bailey also alleged that his treatment wasn’t handled properly and that it should have been recorded with the

GMP stated they were unclear as to how DC Bailey was subject to racial discrimination and questioned why there was no mention of these claims in his original statement or record book. This is the second time the long-standing officer has made such complaints, the first being in 2008 after he was subjected to a two-year internal investigation for wearing traditional African clothing to work - clothing that broke the ‘tolerance and politeness’ rules of

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GMP. Bailey objected to this, arguing there was nothing in the rules about plain clothes officers wearing traditional dress. In a highly contentious legal argument, concerns were raised by Bailey’s barrister that GMP were attempting to suppress key evidence of a mindset of corruption within the organisation.

TNT thrown into Hamlet’s turmoil at the Royal Exchange Theatre

“To be, or not to be, that is the question,” is how Hamlet, played by Shameless star Maxine Peake, resumed the second half of The Royal Exchange Theatre’s stage production of William Shakespeare’s longest and most powerful play of the same name. The stage lights shone onto a well-crafted Shakespearean set, under lit, hanging bulbs; throwing the audience’s imagination straight into a deep, silent state of expectancy. Hamlet is running from 11 September to 25 October, and Peake is playing the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet’s formal title. Around the world, hundreds of eminent actresses have played the role of the vengeful prince, bringing the classic in line with modern attitudes. “I didn’t expect a woman to be Hamlet. It does make you wonder why the director chose to do that and why the actress herself did too. But she was good, so ferocious, brilliant,” Dr Raza, from Manchester said after the show. For those unfamiliar with the 400 year-old story, Hamlet is a tragedy written by Shake-

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speare about revenge. Having murdered Hamlet’s brother, Claudius then married the dead man’s wife – Hamlet’s mother. The family is in crisis and Hamlet is a prince both grieving and in psychological turmoil, with Hamlet asked to bring about a brutal justice. In this stage production, the script remains archaic – Shakespearean – making it at times challenging to follow for the modern audience. However, Peake’s naturalistic way of acting, plus her electric commitment to Hamlet’s madness, is what brings it all together in compelling fashion. Peake’s lack of range in voice projection made the dialogue, in parts, seem lip-synched, without even the sound - the only real critiscism of the lead performance. The costumes and set, both 18th century, facilitate this production’s ability to immerse you in the scene for which this epic soliloquy was set. And epic it is, the play being over 3 hours long. For a contemporary audience, a three hour show would be the highest form of entertainment in a week, maybe a month, but in this modern world of at-your-fingertips telly like Netflix and real-time social media, radio and Youtube, even cinema is struggling to draw and hold the audiences it once did, maybe we are losing our appetite for such lengthy performances?

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Akeim Mundell, Ambassador for Moss Side and teaching assistant at his childhood school, St. Mary’s, has spent his last few months completing funding bids and organising a free community talent showcase – Manchester’s Got Talent. Akeim’s aim for the show was to give members of the Manchester community a chance to showcase their talents and shine. Manchester’s Got Talent took place on Friday, 29 August at the English Martyrs Parish Centre on Alexandra Road South, Whalley Range. There was a wide range of talented individuals and groups, with acts from singers, dancers, musicians, poets, even a modelling catwalk. Special guest performances from Mr Zip of Britain’s Got Talent fame, Rielle, from X Factor and Burgaboy. At the end of

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the show, each act was presented with a plaque and certificate by Manchester diva Misha B – the plaques kindly engraved and donated by Timpson’s. Admission was free of charge on a first come, first served basis, the idea being that no one would be excluded, especially at a time during school holidays where local youngsters are hard pushed to find entertainment on a budget. “August is an expensive time of the year so young people and parents’ funds may be low so I wanted them to be able to come and support the community and enjoy the event at no cost,” said Akeim. A diverse, capacity crowd of 350 crammed into the centre, with the event filmed by Take1Media and OnewayTV.

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our Communities? In this age of austerity we have seen media reports recently of Police forces instructing victims to investigate their own crimes because of lack of resources. The issue of self-policing has long been debated within a UK, black community famously described as ‘under-protected and over-policed’ where stop-and-search and black deaths in custody remain highly problematic. Marcus Mosia Garvey, on his arrival in America nearly a century ago and seeing the oppressive conditions under which black people existed, posed the question “where is our government, where are our men of big affairs?” Garvey did more than simply raise the question of governance, he set in train a program of self-determination through the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) that included the establishment of social,

media, political and economic networks to serve the needs of black people worldwide. Additionally, he formed the African Legion in order to provide safety and security for black people, and at the same time instill a sense of confidence, pride and discipline within communities that were neither protected nor policed. In August this year thousands turned out in the historic march from Brixton to Downing Street to protest peacefully in support of reparations for the enslavement of African people and again in September against the highly offensive so-called Human Zoo exhibition at the Barbican, yet the mainstream media completely ignored these peaceful and powerful demonstrations. This reminded me of the spectacle earlier this year of seeing an empty House of Commons during a debate

on the important and critical issue of black deaths in Police c u sto dy. It was in the reaction to the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, St Louis, that the African-American public began to seriously examine the level of control they have over their own community. For example in a black majority town, Ferguson had only three black Police Officers out of a total of 53. There are social, political and economic implications within this dynamic in need of serious attention. A century ago Marcus Garvey reached the conclusion that “the

world has now reached the stage when humanity is really at the parting of ways. It is a question of ‘Man Mind Thyself’.” Perhaps the time is ripe for those with a desire for a brighter future for people of African descent in UK communities to look again at the philosophy and opinions of that honorable man Marcus Mosia Garvey. The views expressed in this column are not necessarily the views of the Police Service.

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When the term ‘the Holocaust’ is used, one automatically thinks of the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany, where ‘inferior’ Jews were massacred by racially ‘superior’ Germans under Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship.

er, is the treatment of black people during this time.

Jews were the main target of Nazi Germany but it is also well documented that homosexuals, the disabled, Roma Gypsies and other groups were deemed a lesser people and so they too were a threat to the German race and therefore persecuted.

‘The Holocaust’ refers to the time in history previously mentioned in this article – the 1930s massacre of Jewish people by Germans who were after a ‘pure’ and superior race. The word ‘holocaust’ in its own right stems from the Greek language and translates to ‘sacrifice by fire’. The Oxford English Dictionary defines

What isn’t documented so well, howev-

To truly begin to understand what black people went though during the Holocaust we have to first understand the actual meaning of the term ‘Holocaust.’

the term as: “Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.” By the OED definition, black people were not only undoubtedly mistreated during 1930s Nazi Germany but also for some time before, way before Hitler was old enough to gain any sort of power. Dr Firpo W. Carr’s 2003 publication Germany’s Black Holocaust: 1890–1945 is one of the very few books that document the plight of Africans at the hands of German colonies from as far back as the 1800s.

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n 2001, I stepped proudly through the doors of Greater Manchester Police and one of the first words I was called from a colleague was a “coconut” – you know, black on the

It was also the first time I met DC Paul Bailey of GMP, who is currently involved in employment tribunal proceedings against the force. After 10 years in Manchester, I left the City Centre CID and transferred to London thinking the Met Police had learned lessons and would be more tolerant of minorities like myself. Boy, was I wrong. Scotland Yard makes GMP look like a kindergarden when it comes Kevin Maxwell is a writer & advocate, and to race. It’s out of former GMP and Met Police detective. His first control. For the memoir Broken, about how he was driven to de- past five years, I pression with discrimination in the police, is out have been fightsoon - visit him at: www.kevinmaxwell.co.uk ing the Police Commissioner with discriminaoutside, white on the inside. This was tion and corruption in the courts just before the BBC documentary and have been through three trials. The Secret Policeman aired highlighting racism in the service – I was at And, it’s still not over. the same Police Training Centre. For far too long in my policing

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career, I acquiesced thinking they would accept me. I was wrong, the biggest mistake I made. You don’t get any respect from your colleagues for not standing up for yourself, so what have you got to lose? I’m mixed-race, but perversely had to fight for the right to be considered black, which is how I identify, because the Met said I wasn’t black enough to be discriminated against. I kid you not. 20 years after Stephen Lawrence’s death, what’s changed? The answer: not much.

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The Great War: From football to the front line It’s been a century now since the Great War, or First World War, and yet it is still such a big part of our history that even today we are all well versed on one of the bloodiest chapters in our history and one which marked the start of themes synonymous with war today: mechanised and aerial combat, machine guns, shelling and of course war photography

ut while those images were almost always monochrome, what they almost always fail to portray, is that this war truly was black and white, and Asian. I’m sure many, if not most of us, would be shocked to learn that of ‘our troops’ – often celebrated as a source of national pride, perhaps rightly so – four million non-white people from Britain’s former Empire lost their lives in the conflict between 1914 to 1918. We must remember it truly was a world war and continues

to have implications and lessons that we are still learning. Although the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand is oft seen as the inciting incident, the main cause was differences in foreign policies, with 30 countries involved in the war. “Almost 2 million North Indian troops served with the British forces in the war, with 50,000 of them dying,” the Imperial War Museum (IWM) explain. Tens of thousands troops from former British colonies also served in labour battalions.

October is an important month for the black community and especially the black LGBT community. Some of you may know that October is LGBT History month in the US, serving as a time for black LGBT people to take time to think about and celebrate some of the unsung heroes of movements that changed history. Without which we would not have the freedoms and quality of life that we do today – these movements are the LGBT and Civil Rights movements.

What’s even more telling than the figures themselves is how all this information is rarely known and somehow failed entirely to make it into our schoolbooks. The chief reason on paper is that “the evidence of the BME communities who fought in WWI is incredibly rare,” The Museum of Liverpool states, perhaps a sad indication of what little regard top brass had for their fate. Sir Walter Tull, was one of the first Afro-Caribbean men to serve in the British Army, in the Footballers’ Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He fought in the infamous Battle of the Somme in 1916. Noted for his gallantry and composure in combat, he was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in 1917, although the Military law specifically stated: “No negroes as officers in command.”

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The title of this piece is obviously tongue-incheek, but considering that the US gave the world the idea of Black History Month (albeit in a different month to the UK version), we thought we’d take a quick look at the contribution of black Americans to culture and sport. Culture and sport are particularly important because of the US’ place as a world leader in those fields, they are synonymous with America from the outside, more so than any other aspect of American life and society. It is a world leader in many aspects of course, but it could be argued that culture – that’s music, film, literature and so on – and sport are America’s biggest exports. Will we see that this so-called ‘minority’ is represented as such in US culture and sport, or is this

minority the dominant, driving force behind America’s reputation? The reality is actually intriguing. So let’s take a look at the faces of America’s biggest global exports. If we talk in terms of brand, global reach and influence, the Forbes Celebrity 100 list gives us some big clues.This year, the Top 10 was headed by R&B diva and actress Beyoncé Knowles, closely followed by NBA star LeBron James. Music mogul Dr Dre came in third place, followed by all-round TV personality, author, you-name-it, Oprah Winfrey. If we take a look at sports, the highest US grossers are majority black as well. The top four highest grossing US sports stars are LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods and Blake Griffin.

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The Stonewall Riot is believed to be the event which kick-started the LGBT rights movement in the 1960s. Although this event shone a light on the injustices that LGBT people were enduring in New York from wider society and the police; action and activism did not start here. Iconic members of the trans community Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson were fighting the cause and supporting LGBT people for many years before. Without them we would not have the fierce trans women of colour, activists Janet Mock and Laverne Cox today. The second person we would like to highlight this month is Bayard Rustin – an influential activist and often unsung hero in the Civil Rights Movement. Rustin was the principle organiser of the famous 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States and at which Dr Martin Luther King delivered his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech. Rustin had a major influence on Dr King – introducing him to peaceful and non-violent practises for change and assisting and leading on many of the campaigns and protests at that time including the Montgomery bus boycott. Often our history is erased or whitewashed, misrepresented or poorly told and it is therefore important that we know our history; that we know movements such as these – movements that laid the foundations for the equality and rights we benefit from today.

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In film, black actors are also a significant export. Will Smith is a prime example. Ranked by Forbes as the world’s most bankable star, five of the films he starred in took over $500 million each in global box office receipts and as of 2014, his films have grossed $6.6 billion (over £4bn) in global box offices. We could go on further, but TNT invites you to finish off this article yourself: Name your top three US comedians. Name your top three favourite musicians, sports stars, actors, poets; just give it a little think and then come to your own conclusion – how much of what you consider to be the culture of America comes from so-called minority groups? From the outside at least, America is black.

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The first day of school is always hell.

You will sit through people talking to you for hours when you want to go back to bed, your friend at another school doesn’t go back until tomorrow and the people in charge have made a new rule or change to make our life better. I’m sure it’s hard on the kids too! During Ofsted inspections, a teacher/school doesn’t need to teach in a specific way or need to produce imaginative lessons. The focus is now on progress; where the student started and how far they have come since that time. One might presume that this is a good thing for all? Right? Teachers benefit as they are free to teach how they see fit as long as they produce the goods. Children benefit as schools now marshal all their resources to making sure that they will achieve the goods. Parents can rest assured that your cherubs will be in the best position to get qualifications, get a good job, and buy their own goods. This is all dependant on one factor that almost everyone forgets; what if teachers cheat? A book called Freakanomics which undertook studies in America, suggested that when teachers are faced with performance related pay or any assessment on the progress of their children, an alarming amount of teachers cheat. Don’t tut. You telling me you’ve never lied on an application? Exactly. Let me illustrate how it can fall apart. James is Level 4 in English in Year 7, his new teacher must show that he has progressed this year so generously gives him a Level 5 in Year 8. In Year 9, James is placed in a high attaining group which frustrates and demotivates James. This is not a golden rule, but it can happen. Children are not one-dimensional so why should their school assessment be? Many great things make children great, not just their grade.

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THICK, THIN AND AFRO STUSH… PART 1 Love Rain (Coffee Shop Mix) by Jill Scott and Mos Def filtered throughout Sasha Satchel’s new space – a top floor flat, just on the outskirts of Leeds city centre – along with the aroma of some sweet, home cooking of curry goat, red peas ‘n’ rice, plantain and other mouth-watering delicacies of Africa and the Caribbean. Miss Satchel had gone all out. It was Black History Month and each year The Six (Sasha’s friends who had become a surrogate family, since their college) would take it in turns each October to host dinner at their home to commemorate their heritage from slavery to the Windrush and also reason about topics like reparations and the Bible, thirty minutes later it was a full house. Grace was said and dinner was a success… Everyone was chilling among dancing flames from chunky white candles dotted around the half decorated, half furnished, flat. Sipping on their alcoholic beverages, listening to R&B slow jams. Steel inquisitively asked, “but Lela I have watched you all night and all you have eaten is a tiny

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Embarrassingly Lela said, “no!” Steele did not business, he would always just ask it and say it like it is. He went on to say, “I thought not because I know no man has been tapping it but you never know you might have been taking a piece on the sly.” Another chorus of laughter erupted from The Six, Steele continued matter of factly, “so why you not eating then?” Lela irritated by the question tried to put Steele in his place and said knowingly, “I’m just not eating too much because I’m trying to trim down to fit into my outfit for my date with Roman… And before you all ask, yes I’m going on a date with fit Roman from back in the day, from when we use to go to Rhythms Wine Bar and I wanna dress to impress.” “What are you talking about?” shrieked Nia, “you look good already are ya mad!” Lela was 5’8, slender, a model’s physique with sultry eyes and perfectly defined

features that sat immaculately against her flawless dark skin. Steele said, “Why would you do that Lela, an intelligent woman depriving herself of food just to fit into an outfit for a date with a guy?” Again everyone started creasing at Steele’s preaching. Sasha defending Lela said, “You see I totally get Lela on this. I do the same all the time and have done so since my early twenties.” Steele replied, “but you are not in your early twenties now and anyway at that time you could be forgiven for acting so stupid but why would you behave like that now as an educated, professional woman in your thirties? That is nonsense.” “Real talk,” hollered Knight Jones, who was rolling about on the sofa with laughter from listening to his boy Steele tell it. Benjamin, looking at the girls with one of his famous, frustrated, frowns followed up saying, “Steele is right and as people get older they should become less conformist to societies ideals of beauty.” Lela replied, “Hmmm.”

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Black History Month. It has become more controversial in recent years. When I was younger it was seen as something fun to do that was out of the ordinary but now after having many repetitive lessons about Nelson Mandela and the Atlantic Slave Trade many people are getting sick of it. The original point of Black History Month was to get more black history taught in schools and increase equality, but with the same old topics and people being talked about over and over again, many of my fellow students are starting to wonder if there is any point. If Black History is so important then why don’t we learn about it all year round at the same time that we learn about “normal” history? Is black history so different that it needs its own month? What about other ethnicities? There is no Arab History Month or Amerindian History Month. There are more Asian people living in the UK than Black people so why is there no month celebrating

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touch of salad why… Satchel has made loads of food, are you pregnant?” The Six all busted out into fits of laughter because they all knew Lela wasn’t getting any.

their history? I think that in Britain we should stop celebrating Black History Month and instead get more black history into the Curriculum and celebrate more black people across the subjects. Also more of the work of people from ethnic groups, not just black peoples, should be included and celebrated as their achievements are often forgotten and buried as well.

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The Future

The future can feel like a blurry mess of uncertainty, A map without a route. A deep fog yet to fade. The future seems scary, Unstable and distant. But tomorrow is inevitable, And we need not be afraid of it, For there is a hopeful sunrise beyond the horizon. Bringing endless light and possibilities, Sometimes we must just wait for the murky fog to clear.

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Back to School

Most of us dread Monday mornings. Frosty air hitting us as we journey towards the dreadful prison ahead. Endless Powerpoints and overly cheerful teachers. Heaps of information thrown at us as we struggle to keep our eyes open. We’ve not only learnt algebra, alliteration and the periodic table; but we’ve learnt how to hate school. Without sounding repetitive and lecturing you to start loving school, I just wanted to say how lucky we are to have all this. I forget as well that there are teenagers out there dying to learn, dying to read about the world; and even dying to listen to a teacher droning on and on about fractions. A couple of years ago I visited a high school in a remote Ethiopian village and there I witnessed the desperation some teenagers have to learn. Many would walk for about three hours over the mountains to sit in a mud hut with only a blackboard and chalk as resources. They knew the value of education, the difference it could make and how it was a gateway out of grinding poverty to better possibilities. Even though they had so little at home and at school; they cared so much. I’m not saying that I love school and am excited to go every morning at 7am, but after seeing the teenagers in the village grasping every opportunity and working so hard, I finally understood what my parents have been trying to tell me; that maybe education is kinda important after all.

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Now it’s in its third year, the four-week Stoptober campaign launched on 1 October, and unites the nation to help stub out their cigarettes for good. In respect to this I am going to focus my next two articles on stopping smoking and the benefits it can bring to both your health and your bank balance! There are many benefits to giving up tobacco, not just for your health but also the health of those around you. The harmful effects of smoking are widely known and it’s the greatest single cause of illness and premature death in the UK, with approximately 106,000 people dying from smoking related conditions each year. There are over 4,000 different chemicals in tobacco smoke, many of which are poisonous. The younger you start, the more likely you are to die of a smoking related condition, on average 10 years sooner than non smokers. Other facts about smoking include:

• Approximately 65% of cancers of the oral cavity are caused by smoking in the UK. • 80% of deaths from lung cancer each year are related to smoking • Fertility issues for both men and women due to smoking – can also increase incidences of erectile dysfunction for men • Smoking is the leading cause of heart disease, and smokers are almost twice as

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It’s not only your own health you are damaging, but being exposed to someone else’s smoke, through passive smoking, can also cause lung cancer and all the other conditions smokers are at risk from. Children who live with smokers or travel regularly in a car surrounded by smoke may develop conditions such as asthma. Not only that, but if you smoke, your children are three times more likely to smoke when they grow up. Many smokers find the thought of stopping daunting, therefore it may be reassuring to know that on average most people have three or four attempts at quitting before they give up for good, so if you don’t succeed first time around, don’t become disheartened - keep trying with the right motivation and support! Here are some self-help tips for smoke-free success.

• List your reasons for stopping – remind yourself whenever tempted • Make a date – make a definite date for quitting and stick to it • Tell others – support from family and friends is invaluable

• STOP... FULL STOP – Some think giving up gradually may be easier, it’s better to give up completely • Giving up at 30 is as good as adding 10 years to your life In my next article I will be focusing on nicotine replacement therapy and the other benefits of quitting smoking that sometimes go unheard! In the mean time, head to your local pharmacy for advice and support to help you stop!

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This increasingly popular activity was invented by Joseph Pilates who it is claimed wanted to help injured dancers recover and so gave it his name. In the 1960s, he developed a series of floor exercises without any machines, just mats. With Pilates, the name of the game is to strengthen and lengthen your muscles and tighten and strengthen you core with a

4 pork loin chops, on the bone 2 tbsp rapeseed or sunflower oil black pepper and sea salt sprig of thyme 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 onion, finely chopped 2 tsp wholegrain mustard 2 tbsp cider 1. Wash the chops and pat dry on kitchen paper 2. Mix together pepper, salt, onions, garlic, thyme, mustard and cider and rub into chops 3. Cover and leave overnight in the fridge 4. Remove all the ingredients from the chops 5. In a non- stick frying pan, brown the chops on both sides

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Pears need warmth and a sunny position, sheltered from strong winds that might damage the flowers. They do prefer a rich, well-drained soil so add plenty of organic compost or manure . Pears can be grown in containers on the patio, especially if you have a small garden, or trained as space-saving espaliers against walls or fences. Attach horizontal wires to a fence or wall approximately 12” apart and train the branches laterally using canes. Ensure that they are tied securely.

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combination of stretching movements that will ensure and help to create, in time, a lean, toned body with excellent, posed posture, allowing you to move with and set aside 6. To the same pan, add the remaining ingredients and stir until golden brown 7. Add the chops and place in the oven to cook until tender Serve with new potatoes tossed in a little parsley butter and green beans

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Posture: Stand up straight, do not thrust your hips forward, pull hips back and suck in your stomach, bringing your shoulders forward in their natural position, not forced –

hold for a count of 25 x 4 reps. This simple but

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Harry Potter star, Emma Watson, delivered a powerful speech on feminism during the UN’s #heforshe campaign

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“I’m thirty one, five foot eight, 150 pounds and I wear the best clothes that money can buy (thanks to my husband’s limitless generosity)”

temporary life and marriage are caressed in Adultery in such a way that empathy with the protagonist is effortless and are the reason the book is so hard to put down. The prolific Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil in 1947 and is the best selling Portuguese author. This, his sixteenth book, was as always a pleasure to read and delicately forewarns that a search for an imagined life can sometimes bring a self-destructive reality.

The Devil in Silver

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“It took him hours to swim back to the shores of conscientiousness. And who was waiting for him right there on the beach? A nurse carrying a small white cup. Casting him out to sea again”

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13 G. T. Sampson, clothes _____ (5) 14 Garrett Morgan, ____________ light (7) 15 Robert F. Flemming, Jr. (6) 17 T. A. Carrington (5)

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The rules for Sudoku couldn’t be easier. Fill the empty squares so that each row, column, and 3x3 block contains all the numbers 1 to 9. cloven-hoofed, devil-like monster, who they have all seen. Lavalle uses metaphorical descriptions of Pepper’s sanity and draws you the reader into an unfair injustice that is just so difficult to get release from.

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amage Limitation is an insight into the intricate workings of life on a housing estate. Set in a forgotten place of deprivation and hope, Ayodeji depicts the life of the underdog. The preface gives us the history needed to enjoy what is written with further compassion. A gripping and very well written book, highlighting how sometimes there are things in life, over which, you have no control – where you are born, who your parents are and what you must do to survive. At times humorous but elsewhere tear-inducing, Damage Limitation reveals the

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ith the nights now drawing in, and the summer shorts put back deep in the wardrobe, I felt there was still just enough hours of summertime light left to delve into something a little darker – horror. Having not heard of the author before and not wanting to go with the predictable authors of this genre, I got my hands on this book. The story is of Pepper, a hard working man who finds himself on the wrong end of the law. But, instead of being arrested Pepper is thrown into a mental institution. He makes friends with the other patients and they hatch a plan to leave the institution forever. However, on the second floor of the hospital lurks a

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dultery is the story of a woman ticks all the boxes – husband, kids, career. However, a chance encounter with an ex threatens to stir her stagnant life from which predictability has rinsed the passion and excitement she yearns for. Paulo Coelho’s much celebrated style drives the feelings and emotions of the characters into the heart of the reader and with Adultery, we are left pondering that age-old adage ‘the grass is always greener’ and the book strikes a chord with those who seek even just the slightest adventure and the reflective feelings we get mid-life, desire, certainly sexual desire, is merely what drives the plot forward. Tender issues like depression, con-

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Africa Americas Atlantic Barrack Obama 5. Black 6. Bob Marley 7. Chains 8. Dynasty 9. History 10. JFK 11. Kings

12. Kush 13. Literacy 14. Malcolm X 15. Maroons 16. Martin Luther 17. Mary Seacole 18. Maya Angelou 19. Melanin 20. Month 21. Nubians

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22. October 23. People 24. Queens 25. Shackles 26. Ships 27. Slave Trade 28. Slavery 29. Unity 30. Wealth 31. West Indies

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Comedienne Joan Rivers died on 4 September. Rivers, who had stayed in show business for over five decades, died due to complications with throat surgery

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1. Casual shorts suit, teamed with flesh coloured ankle peter pan boots, delightful student summer look 2. Classic synbad pants, certainly works for this budding nautical fashionista 3. Denim sleeveless jacket add needed structure to an otherwise familiar look 4. Oasis never went out of fashion, unique ‘90s look brought bang up to date, tatt’s and all 5. Dusky pink structure knitwear, great, casual, chillin’ man about town look

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Ghetto Geek Clothing is the brainchild Having seen sales double since last summer, the brand is proving to be of Moss Side’s Jerome Patrick. The very popular in Europe, but orders have been to shipped as far afield as fashion entrepreneur, 21, set up the the US, China, South Africa and Russia. As well as having an online presbrand back in 2011 and has since seen ence, Ghetto Geek is stocked in retailers Limited Fashion, on Deansgate, worldwide interest in his lines, with and from the second floor of Affleck’s Palace. the most popular one to date being his The designer took time out of his busy schedule to tell us about his backMarble Barcode Collection. ground and what goes into the GG brand, which you can catch online.

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Thinking about retirement income is a tough and turgid endeavour. The lengthy and complex menu of benefits, credits, tax-breaks and rules which seem to arbitrarily jump around, underpin why far too many of us are ill-prepared for our post-work lives. But with rising longevity and the public purse continuing to retreat in the face of providing for the needs of the retired, procrastination is perilous.

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New city centre law firm Monarch Solicitors have secured a contract the Artisan Group. Monarch, headed by mum-of-three Shazda Ahmed, earned the contract with Artisan – one of the North’s leading, independent property developers – after having worked with the Growth Start Up Team at the Business Growth Hub.

With her knowledge of corporate law and litigation, Shazda is looking to guide property developers and companies dealing with imports and exports “through the complex maze of government rules and regulations.” She is also keen to apportion some of her spare time to helping young people wrangled in legal difficulties concerning employment issues.

Monarch was launched in July of this year after Shazda took help and advice from the BGH to help her with business planning, networking, market and promotions. Shazda has seen “remarkable organic growth” in Monarch’s first two months, securing a number of clients, allowing her to take on four graduates from the region’s top universities.

Shazda says: “Moving from a large corporate organisation to set up on your own is a pretty daunting prospect but working with the Hub’s Growth Start Up team has helped to make the path to setting up much clearer and given me the confidence that I need to grow the business over the coming years.

Having built her portfolio over 12 years in the law sector and having built a successful corporate career, Shazda has also earned her stripes working in the public sector for places like the Insolvency Service, HMRC and Manchester City Council. However by 2014, commitments to her growing family gave Shazda the drive to pursue a new path.

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Tributes have poured in after the death of talented young boxer Macauley ‘Cauley’ Moran. The 16 year-old champion was found dead at his home in Withington this month, a tragedy that has rocked the heart of the city. Macauley was featured in our ‘Spotlight On’ column two years ago where we tipped him to have a glittering career ahead of him, though it is believed his battle with attention deficiency hyperactive disorder (ADHD) had taken its toll on the youngster, who sometimes suffered bouts of depression between his bouts in the ring.

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Qatar has come under increasing pressure from the international community regarding workers’ rights, the viability of conditions for the 2022 World Cup and the arrest of two British investigators. According to Norwegian NGO Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD), the two Nepalese-British workers “disappeared in Doha following harassment by the police.” Krishna Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev both vanished while working in the Gulf State on 31 August, being held for eight days without charge. A report released by Amnesty International last November alleged that abuse of migrant workers was widespread

within Qatar’s construction sector and The Guardian likened the conditions faced by workers, including those working on World Cup projects, to “modern-day slavery.” On Amnesty’s allegations, the director of the Human Rights Department at Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said laws had been put in place to protect workers’ rights and accepted something needs to be done to safeguard the 1.2 million migrant workers there after the International Trade Union Confederation warned up to 4000 workers could die before a ball is kicked at the 2022 World Cup on its website. As for the viability of the World Cup, Fifa seems to be at odds with itself, as well as officials from domestic leagues worldwide. Speaking to Sport Bild, Fifa Execu-

tive Committee member Theo Zwanziger said “I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar,” expressing concerns over the safety of fans and players alike in the searing summer heat. Fifa President Sepp Blatter told Swiss TV station RTS in May that awarding the World Cup to Qatar was a “mistake,” but he has so far refused to entertain the idea of changing the host nation. Speaking to CNN, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Than dismissed concerns. “People should understand that Qatar had the best bid, and Qatar will provide and will do one of the best World Cups in history and I’m sure about that.”

Having started out at Moss Side’s The Fire Station, he moved on to Gorton Amateurs where he trained and became North West Amateur Boxing Association 58kg champion in May, tipped by many to turn pro. Macauley’s dad Mario Conway believes there wasn’t enough support to help his son deal with ADHD so we urge people to not suffer in silence and reach out to sources of help like the ADHD Foundation. Trainer and British and Commonwealth welterweight champion, Frankie Gavin, tweeted: “Gutted to hear the sad news my lil mate @cauleybox has passed away. RIP mate X” Gorton Amatuers tweeted: “Absolutely devastated about the loss of our champion Macauley.” WBO Inter-Continental lightweight champion Anthony Crolla tweeted: “Woke up to some horrible news. Very sad to hear about Macauley Moran, God bless him.” A Facebook page – RIP Macauley Moran – has also been set up in his honour for people to share thoughts, memories and tributes. The incident is being treated as a sudden death with no suspicious circumstances.