r/manchester

A warning to people who might be walking their dogs in town, an unleashed XL bully just attacked my dog on Tib Street. Trying to bite her and rag her. The owner made excuses about it "getting out" then told us to fuck off and walked back into the house. It was a medium grey colour dog, pretty big.

Not to sound like an old git but 3 times in the past week saw stuff happening that have left me wondering what is going on. Been living here for 6 years now and came to uni here for 3 years just over 10 years ago and seems a lot worse now.

First was last Saturday I went to Victoria station at 930am and about 5 or 6 lads about 15 years old were amashing up the starling bike stands outside the station just to steal them. Bus driver going past beeped at them but they didnt care and gave him the fingers and told him to fuck off, and said the same to 2 fellas who went over to have a word with them. No police or anything about there or the station and I ain't sayinf anything by myself.

Then on Friday getting the bus home from town after work and a girl gets on bus and sits next to me. Straight away she puts her feet up on the seat (always hate that especially as its a fine where I am from) and shouting down the bus to chat to her mate who was sat on the front. No idea what she was saying as it wasn't English butwho does that. Then guy on the right of her got off so her nste joined her. They then played phones on full speaker. Really wanted to say sow.thign but cba with getting accused of being racist and I was getting off the bus in 10 minutes so just turned my music and headphones up.

Finally went for a run before and in plattfield park some guy just decided to go to one of the bins and throw the rubbish all over the path. Confronted him asking him wbat he was doing and he carried on walking, so then asked him again what he was doing and what was the point. Carried on getting ignored so just called him a dickhead and he then stopped, but decided to pretend he couldnt hear and carried on walking.

Just no idea if im just attracting them this week or if I've just noticed it all. Defo never used to be like this though and nobody seems to care

On Thursday 30 July, Greater Manchester will be electing a new mayor. The by-election follows Andy Burnham’s decision to return to Westminster, but it’s not just the mayor who will be changing. The way the voters of Greater Manchester choose their next Mayor will also change.

For the first time since it was abolished by the previous government, the traditional Supplementary Vote (SV) system will once again be used for mayoral elections.

How does the Supplementary Vote work?

Instead of voting for just one candidate, voters can mark a first choice and a second choice. If one candidate is the first choice of more than half of voters, they win immediately.

If nobody wins more than half, only the top two candidates stay in the contest. Rather than make everyone come back to pick between them, the ballots are checked again. If your first choice is one of the final two, your vote stays with them. If your first choice was knocked out, but your second choice is one of the final two, your vote is added to their total.

The Supplementary Vote is designed to stop vote splitting, which is when a large group of voters who all want roughly the same thing, split their vote between multiple candidates.

Why First Past the Post was always a poor fit for mayors

First Past the Post works by electing whichever candidate receives the most votes, even if they fall far short of half of the voters. Last year, we saw exactly what that means in practice.

In Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Conservative Paul Bristow was elected with just 28.36% of the vote. In the West of England, Labour’s Helen Godwin won with a mere 24.97%…

Besides the police who have been contacted, are there any animal cruelty organisations I can report this person to? This happened in the city centre.

Some of the birds have been maimed and others killed. Not sure who would take care of the injured birds.

Deliberately running over animals is psychopathic behaviour.

28M here dealing with a shoulder issue for a while now. I went to the range medical centre(my gp) and saw a physio who gave me some exercises to do. I’ve been doing them and there’s been a bit of improvement, but I still don’t have a proper diagnosis. The physio has since left the clinic due to funding issues, so I’m kind of stuck.

It’s been bothering me quite a lot and affecting certain movements. If there are any physios here who could give me some advice or a general opinion, I’d really appreciate it. I can’t afford private treatment right now, so even some guidance would help a lot.

Happy to return the favour with a homemade curry if that counts for anything 👍

So I spent a lot of last night working on suggestions I received from yesterday’s post , and I can say it is getting better. It now detects when a vehicle stops , a person gets out , wherever waste was left behind and it can capture the number plate, not perfectly but it can kind of do it.

Later today I’ll be testing it on regular traffic to make sure it doesn’t flag innocent people. By no means is this complete and perfect , however it’s a big step up from yesterday .

Trying to figure out if I should or not considering the timing.

Hi all.

Looking for some advice about renting in Manchester.

My two brothers (31,32) have been living in tied accommodation with our mum for the last 10 years in Salford.

Our mum just died and so the brothers have 3 months to vacate the property that was tied to her employment.

One brother has universal credit and PIP as he has autism and the other works a 0 hours contract.

We've tried looking into private rent but it seems no landlords will take on someone with universal credit income.

It feels so unfair as he's not going to have any change in income. He's disabled for life.

We've emailed Salford housing, and Stockport (near me) and heard nothing back.

Does anyone have any advice or know if any landlords will take his UC and PIP?

Living in Hulme and saw a huge bike ride convoy with music on speakers, kids and adults having the time of their lives extremely wholesome. Just wondering what it was/ what it’s for

I’m from Warrington, but I don’t mind the travel into Manchester (city centre and anywhere west of it). I’ve not been playing long, there’s just naff all around here😂

1 night in the northern quarter and gonna eat pizza. I understand Nells is New York style and Ramonas is Detroit style. I don't descriminate when it comes to pizza and love all pizza styles . But which is better overall? Should I visit Nells or Ramonas?

I’ll be moving to on Store Street in August and was hoping to hear from people who know the area well or have been there recently.

I’m particularly interested in how the area around Store Street feels these days, especially when walking to and from Ancoats and New Islington during the day and in the evening. Has the area changed much over the last couple of years?
I’d also be interested in hearing if there are any spots or routes locals tend to avoid, or if there are any parts that are especially pleasant to walk through.

Finally, if you have any favourite cafés, pubs, restaurants, or other places nearby that you think are worth checking out, I’d love to hear your recommendations.

There’s a road near me called Crime Lane in Greater Manchester where the council spent thousands on concrete bollards to stop fly tipping. People just moved 10 seconds down the road.

So I’m building an AI system using computer vision to catch them instead , detecting vehicles, people, and dumped waste automatically from camera footage.

First model is already hitting 95% confidence on vehicle detection. Planning to pitch it to the local council as a free pilot.

I’m 14.