The Metrolink was thrown into disarray in the city centre this evening (December 9) due to ‘a piece of tarp’ getting wrapped around electrical wiring.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters marched through Manchester city centre this morning (November 25), targeting a bank and offices of companies which they claim are linked to an Israeli arms firm. The demonstration, which started in Piccadilly Gardens at around 11.30am, saw more than 100 people protest outside Barclays in Market Street, before marching down Deansgate towards Peter Street.
Signs saying "Barclays Fund Gaza Genocide" and "Palestinian Blood on Barclays Hands" were displayed outside the branch which was shut. Leaflets distributed during the demonstration claim that the bank invests more than £1bn in arms companies supplying Israel.
Barclays has been approached by the Manchester Evening News but declined to comment. It comes after a four-day break in fighting began on Friday (November 24) allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza while some Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released.
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The ceasefire follows seven weeks of war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian group which controls Gaza. The organisation, which is considered a terrorist group by the UK and other Western governments, killed around 1,200 Israelis in an attack on October 7.
Since then, thousands of Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. A member of Manchester Palestine Action - one of the groups involved in organising Saturday's demonstration in the city centre - said that protesters want the voices of the Palestinian people to be heard.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, the activist who asked not to be named said: "The governments do nothing - they support Israel. So we have to take
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