Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The CEO of a community project that aims to steer vulnerable young people away from gangs, drugs and knife crime is staging a sit-in at its under-threat Stockport centre.
N-Gage: Life - also known as n:gl - has been told to leave its home at Merseyway by landlord Stockport council as it wants to begin work on a new £14.5m cultural hub.
But David Schofield, who co-founded the programme, says he is staying put until the authority’s chief executive Pam Smith gives him an explanation, claiming bosses have reneged on earlier promises.
The council disputes his claims. N:gl has been based at ‘indoor sports arena’ The Players Entrance since July last year, which
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