Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox More than two hundred people joined forces on Saturday to create a ‘symbolic ring of protection’ to demonstrate the value in outdoor spaces.
The gathering at Ryebank Fields in Chorlton was described by organisers as an ‘urgent’ call to action over the imminent sale of the green space.
In the last few years, the land has been part of a ‘fierce’ planning row between local residents and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), who have owned the fields since the 1970s.
While the university has been clear about its intention to sell off the land, residents want to keep the area as it is and see it invested as a ‘local green space'. “Some of us have walked on
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