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No viable solution to improve disabled access at Peterloo massacre memorial, says Manchester city council

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox ‘No viable solution’ has been found for making the memorial to the 1819 Peterloo massacre more accessible for disabled people, Manchester council said.

The design of the monument in the city centre has been criticised by disability campaigners since it was first unveiled in 2019 to mark the 200th anniversary of the massacre.

Eighteen people died after armed cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000 people gathered in St Peter’s Field to hear radical speaker Henry Hunt speak on parliamentary reform.

The memorial, designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, is made up of concentric circles placed like steps after it was originally envisaged that

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