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The feeds below are coming in from people all over Manchester.

If you're based in Manchester, or doing things in Manchester, and have a blog or a website, why not link it up to our site via an RSS feed? You'll get thousands more people reading about the things that matter to you.

Some of the feeds are coming from people who are registered as Community Reporters. Community Reporters are ordinary people who have got something to say, and enjoy saying it. If you've got access to a computer, you can be a Community Reporter. You can use words, pictures, audio or video - whatever you feel most comfortable with, it doesn't really matter. Likewise it doesn't really matter what you talk or write about (within reason! See our editorial policy) – it doesn't have to be 'news', as such, it can just be something you want people to know about.

If you're already doing something- perhaps you write a blog - you can become a Community Reporter without doing anything more than what you're doing at the moment. Being a Community Reporter means that you'll get access to free training and media equipment, such as video cameras and laptops, which you can then use to produce even more content, in even more imaginative ways! All we ask from you is that you produce something that we can link to on the site.

If you're new to all this stuff, but want to get involved, we can offer you training, starting with the basics of using a computer, to how to make and edit your own films.

For more background information on the programme go to People's Voice Media Community Reporters

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391.Sponsored Rides(Monday 05th of June 2006 08:16:32 PM 2 years, 2 months ago )
Sunday 18 June, The Manchester to Liverpool Bike Ride
The National Library for the Blind, in Stockport are looking for energetic individuals interested in taking part in fundraising cycling events to help raise much-needed money.
This 46 mile route starts in Salford Quays, taking you alongside part of...
392.wemedia(Wednesday 03rd of May 2006 03:51:38 PM 2 years, 3 months ago ) There’s a big conference going on in London, all about the kind of thing we’re doing with M-CR. Media’s current big players (who will it be tomorrow?) are throwing around ideas about the future of news. Take a look at www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wemedia/

393.First participants in Cheetham(Friday 28th of April 2006 02:47:17 PM 2 years, 4 months ago ) We had a great day at the Waterloo Centre on Wednesday 26th April, where 12 potential reporters got their first taste of M-CR workshops. They must have liked it - they all signed up for more!
Jim Clarke, news editor of Northwest Tonight (the BBC’s evening local news programme), spoke...
394.GMCC in the Papers Again(Tuesday 11th of April 2006 09:24:45 PM 2 years, 4 months ago ) …well actually in the M.E.N.’s Postbag section again.

This letter appeared in the Manchester Evening News last Thursday. It was sent in by an “Active Member of the Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign” and shows why road pricing and cycle commuting go well together.
It’s one of a series...
395.GMCC in the Papers Again(Tuesday 11th of April 2006 09:24:45 PM 2 years, 4 months ago ) …well actually in the M.E.N.’s Postbag section again.

This letter appeared in the Manchester Evening News last Thursday. It was sent in by an “Active Member of the Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign” and shows why road pricing and cycle commuting go well together.
It’s one of a series...
396.Spring and Summer Rides(Saturday 01st of April 2006 03:21:06 AM 2 years, 5 months ago )
Saturday 6th May Battyeford to Birkinhead via Bredbury, Stockport, Cheadle, Altrincham, etc. Memorial cycle ride - all proceeds in aid of Rhyl Cycling Club. 8am start. Contact Susan Bodel 01924496571, mobile after 8pm 07966168837.
Sunday 16th July Manchester to Blackpool in aid of Brake, the road safety charity....
397.All Alone(Saturday 01st of April 2006 03:05:44 AM 2 years, 5 months ago ) Manchester City councillor Neil Swannick, Executive Member for Planning and Environment, at the Love Your Bike launch the other week.

But where were any of his ninety five fellow councillors?
398.Apathy at Trafford Council(Saturday 25th of March 2006 05:33:22 PM 2 years, 5 months ago ) Ever since Trafford MBC came under new management in 2004, residents there have noticed a distinct reluctance to do anything very much to promote cycling in the borough. The local Seamons Cycling Club and GMCC activists have been bringing this sorry state of affairs to the attention of the local...
399.Love Your Bike(Tuesday 21st of March 2006 07:32:46 PM 2 years, 5 months ago )
Manchester Friends of the Earth’s Love Your Bike campaign kicked off today with a 7am mass commute from Withington Library.

Then a photoshoot at the the Mancunian Way roundabout.

Lots of riders turned up.
The campaign will run for the next few months. Look out for...
400.The Routes of Neglect(Saturday 18th of March 2006 07:25:39 PM 2 years, 5 months ago ) Manchester councils can be so eager to create new cycling routes - so as to be seen to be Doing Something To Encourage Cycling - that they completely forget the ones they already have. So it is with the Manchester Airport Orbital Cycle Route, which for part of the year...
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