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By Damon Wilkinson, Monday June 27
Hope everyone had a good weekend. The big news in the Wilkinson house was that our Labrador Buddy bagged third prize in Prestwich Carnival's 'Handsome Hunk' dog contest. Sadly only three dogs entered.
In today’s Mancunian Way we’ll hear why Manchester's barristers have gone on strike and look at how one school is helping families pushed to the brink of disaster by the cost of living crisis. Kit Vickery gives us a glimpse of life as a woman in the world of competitive video games - and sheds a light on some of the horrendous abuse she’s faced.
And we’ll step inside the holiday home in a Stockport suburb that’s become an unlikely Airbnb smash.
First it was the rail workers, now Manchester's barristers have joined a nationwide strike in protest at what's been described as a 'broken' justice system. Bedecked in gowns and wigs, several barristers formed a picket line outside Manchester Crown Court this morning on the first of several days of walkouts over the coming weeks.
Speaking outside the court Kirsty Brimelow QC said the strikes were being staged as a 'last resort' in a dispute over legal aid funding and a proposed 15 per cent pay rise that was insufficient in the light of years of cuts.
Barristers will also refuse to accept new cases and to carry out 'return work'– stepping in and picking up court hearings and other work for colleagues whose cases are overrunning.
Ms Brimelow said: "A working day for a junior barrister is ridiculous hours, the system has
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