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40-724: The magazine was co-founded in May 2006 by journalists Steven Speed and Stephen Kingston, who had worked together re-launching a small community magazine, the Old Trafford News. Kingston had previously worked freelance for mainstream publications, including the Manchester Evening News , Elle , and The Times . He became frustrated that community articles were rarely accepted by publications, especially when critical of their sponsors; he experienced this particularly when attempting write about potential negative impacts of

80-403: A BBC Editor and several episodes of G F Newman's The Corrupted as Sir Michael O Dell, Detective Albright and Executive Officer Avedlund. 2022 TO 2023 Pivaro completed a 10 month nationwide tour of The Commitments by Roddy Doyle playing th role of Jimmy's Da. Following nearly twenty years as a jobbing actor, Pivaro returned to his first love of history and politics, entering Salford University as

120-565: A film about the effects of regeneration in Salford. Pivaro is a regular contributor to the Salford Star magazine and in 2018 he helped raise £3,000 from the auction of a housebrick to keep the publication alive. In 2008 along with Salford Star editor and founder Stephen Kingston, Pivaro received the "How Do" award for best investigative journalism. In 2009 the pair received an award "for clear and accessible language in journalism", from

160-747: A mature student in 1999. He graduated in 2003 with a 2:1 Honours degree in Contemporary Military and International History. In 2006, he graduated from the University of Wales in Aberystwyth with an MSc in Social Science and Economics . In November 2012, Pivaro read a eulogy at former co-star Bill Tarmey 's funeral. Pivaro is an obsessional map enthusiast and frequently refuses to use satellite navigation systems despite driving thousands of miles to assignment destinations. He

200-561: A pre-printed newspaper using small presses in newspaper vans usually parked near the stadiums. The "Pink"'s final edition was dated 12 August., 2000. In March 2005 the paper launched a cut-down afternoon version of the paper titled MEN Lite , which was distributed free to commuters within Manchester's city centre. On 2 May 2006 the Evening News dropped the "Lite" edition in favour of a "part-free, part-paid" distribution model for

240-524: A recurring basis in the 1990s and early 2000s. He returned for a few episodes in January 2008 when his character attended the funeral of his mother Vera. The character returned in 2012 to participate in a major storyline involving his estranged son Tommy and his girlfriend Tina McIntyre in which Terry left her to die in a burning railway arch. These episodes were broadcast from April to May 2012. Apart from Coronation Street Pivaro made guest appearances in

280-405: A summer spin-off youth magazines, in which children aged eight to 14 participated in journalistic activities such as holding their own press conferences. These included community relations work with local young people and children of asylum seekers. The magazine also provided training courses in journalism, photography and graphics. The publication was shortlisted for a Paul Foot Award in 2007 and

320-572: Is published Monday–Saturday; a Sunday edition, the MEN on Sunday , was launched in February 2019. The newspaper is owned by Reach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror), one of Britain's largest newspaper publishing groups. Since adopting a 'digital-first' strategy in 2014, the MEN has experienced significant online growth, despite its average print daily circulation for the first half of 2021 falling to 22,107. In

360-740: The Tameside Reporter in Stalybridge . He is now a freelance journalist, and has been published regularly in the Daily Star , Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror and Catholic Herald newspapers. Also published in the Daily Express, Die Zeit Online `and Janes Intelligence Review. He has also written and presented documentary films for the BBC Inside Out series, including "Regeneration Game"(2007) which challenged

400-420: The 2002 Commonwealth Games on its host city of Manchester. Speed had previously worked as a photojournalist and on community media projects, and was approached by Graham Cooper, a youth worker in a residential regeneration area, to help set up a local paper written by and for Salford people. They decided it would be a not-for-profit publication, and advertised a public meeting at a local pub. The initial meeting

440-542: The Manchester Evening News , the Manchester Weekly News , was launched 2 April 2015. The paper is delivered to over 265,000 homes in Greater Manchester. City Life -- originally an independent political and cultural magazine for the Manchester area -- was a acquired by GMG in 1989. In December 2007, City Life ceased independent publication, subsequently becoming a 20-page supplement to

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480-547: The Plain English Campaign . In 2010, Pivaro presented a lecture at the University of Wolverhampton on his experiences while reporting on regeneration and participated in a special Radio 4 Today programme with Evan Davis where he criticised the Media City development at Salford Quays . Returning to acting in 2019, Pivaro has performed in several plays for BBC Radio Four including Eastern Star as

520-653: The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , Pivaro made his acting debut in Short of Mutiny at the Theatre Royal Stratford East , Stratford , London in February 1983. In August 1983, Pivaro was cast in the British soap opera Coronation Street as Terry Duckworth , the wayward son of the characters Jack and Vera . Pivaro left the soap as a regular character in 1987 but returned to the show on

560-431: The "disposal would amount to a fire sale" due to the current value of the business. The title estimated the Manchester Evening News alone to be worth about £200m prior to the collapse in newspaper advertising. In February 2010, the Manchester Evening News was sold along with GMG's 31 other regional titles to Trinity Mirror , severing the historic link between The Guardian and the Manchester Evening News . The sale

600-551: The 2018 British Regional Press Awards, it was named Newspaper of the Year and Website of the Year. The Manchester Evening News was first published on 10 October 1868 by Mitchell Henry as part of his parliamentary election campaign, its first issue four pages long and costing a halfpenny. The newspaper was run from a small office on Brown Street, with approximately a dozen staff. Upon the newspaper's launch, Henry said: "In putting ourselves into print, we have no apology to offer, but

640-424: The 5pm weeknight edition of Channel M News . The programme later expanded to include bulletins at breakfast, lunchtime and late evening, a weekly review programme, and also occasional live specials. In December 2009, GMG confirmed it had held "exploratory talks" about selling the Manchester Evening News , following a report by The Daily Telegraph which named Trinity Mirror as a potential buyer and claimed

680-721: The Bridge and Up and Under , including a 2003 appearance with John Altman in the John Godber play Bouncers . (Altman played Nick Cotton in EastEnders .) In 1987, he won the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1st in the play No Further Cause for Concern . In 2006, after completing a NTCJ Post Graduate course, Pivaro became a journalist, working for the Manchester Evening News and then

720-580: The Friday issue of the Manchester Evening News. Notes References Bibliography Nigel Pivaro Nigel Pivaro (born 11 December 1959) is a British actor and journalist. He is best known for playing Terry Duckworth , the son of Jack and Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street . Pivaro was born in Manchester , England and has Italian ancestry. After studying acting at

760-544: The Government backed Housing Market Renewal programme and criticised its treatment of residents who were forced out of their neighbourhoods to make way for more affluent people. This was short listed for a Royal Television Society award in the best Current Affairs programme category. In 2009, Pivaro wrote and presented "The Battle for St. Michael's" for BBC's Inside Out . In January 2010 Pivaro appeared alongside Salford Star editor Stephen Kingston on BBC Newsnight in

800-542: The arts, voted for by the readership. 12,000 copies of the first edition were hand-delivered by local volunteers to houses in East Salford, and 3,000 more were left at community and social premises to be given out. Not enough copies of the second edition were available to meet demand, and by the third issue the print run was increased to 20,000. Over 100 volunteers worked for the magazine, including photographers, graphic designers and distributors. The Salford Star ran

840-483: The assurance of an honest aim to serve the public interest." Henry's quote is displayed on the entrance wall to the newspaper's modern offices. With his Parliamentary bid unsuccessful, Henry lost interest in the business, selling the publication to John Edward Taylor Jr., the son of newspaper proprietor John Edward Taylor , founder of the Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian ). The newspaper became

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880-527: The company, but a copy obtained by The Independent revealed the terms compelled trustees to "use their best endeavours to procure that the [...] Manchester Guardian and Manchester Evening News [...] shall be carried on as nearly as may be upon the same principles as they have heretofore." During the editorship of William Haley (who later became the Director-General of the BBC and subsequently

920-499: The criteria for Community Committees' funding of publications. In 2018 it raised £3,000 through various means including an auction of "Salford relics". Nigel Pivaro , a regular writer for the Salford Star , auctioned a brick from recently-demolished housing in Higher Broughton . Also for sale was a bolt from a Salford gasometer , advertised as having been made famous by Ewan MacColl in the song Dirty Old Town , but this

960-528: The editor of The Times ) in the 1930s, the newspaper's circulation grew to over 200,000. By 1939 the publication was the largest provincial evening newspaper in the country. The newspaper was a cash cow for its parent company and kept its stablemate The Manchester Guardian afloat. The financial success of the Manchester Evening News was reflected in Haley's salary, which was even greater than John Scott's, with Scott himself acknowledging, "after all, you make

1000-564: The evening counterpart and sister title to The Manchester Guardian and the two titles began sharing an office, located on Cross Street, from 1879. Taylor brought his brother-in-law Peter Allen in as a partner in the Manchester Evening News and, after Taylor's death in 1907, the Guardian was sold to its editor C. P. Scott while the Evening News passed into the hands of the Allen family. In 1924, C. P. Scott's son John Russell Scott reunited

1040-621: The fact that our profits are dropping. Then they ask: 'How much can you give us now? Nothing? OK, Bye.'" The Manchester Evening News headquarters were relocated from Scott Place in the Spinningfields area of Manchester city centre to an existing Trinity Mirror plant in Chadderton , where other Trinity Mirror titles in North West England are printed. In 2013, the title surpassed 10 million monthly online readers for

1080-535: The first time, recording 10,613,119 visitors. Despite its "evening" title, the newspaper began publication of a morning edition in November 2004, a controversial move which brought union members to the brink of strike action over new work rotas. For years the paper was famous for its "Football Green" edition. After the MEN merged with the rival Manchester Evening Chronicle in the 1960s, its more popular "Sporting Pink"

1120-618: The main paper. Copies were free in Manchester city centre, while readers outside that area continued to pay for the paper. In December 2006, the paper also began free distribution at Manchester Airport and hospitals throughout Greater Manchester . In December 2009, the newspaper announced that as of January 2010 the paper would no longer be handed out free Monday to Wednesday in the city centre and other selected locations. Instead they would be handed out free as previously on Thursdays and Fridays, but would regain their paid-for status in these locations at all other times. A free weekly version of

1160-531: The money we spend." In 1961, The Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd bought out the Manchester Evening News ' s ailing rival, the Manchester Evening Chronicle , and two years later, merged the papers. Following this, the Manchester Evening News ' s circulation increased to over 480,000. From 2004 until July 2009, the newspaper collaborated with Channel M to produce that Manchester-area TV station's flagship programme,

1200-550: The papers, buying out the Manchester Evening News and forming The Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd, which in turn later became the Guardian Media Group (GMG). In 1936, John Russell Scott formed the Scott Trust in order to protect the company from death duties , following the deaths of his father and younger brother Ted in close succession. The contents of the original deeds were not disclosed by

1240-607: The sale was indicative of the declining business value of regional media, comparing the sale to that of Johnston Press 's acquisition of 53 regional titles including The Yorkshire Post eight years earlier, for £560m. In the year prior to the newspaper's sale, GMG had reduced the number of journalists at the newspaper to 50. Judy Gordon, the National Union of Journalists mother of the chapel , said: " The Guardian has not got any money of its own. It has only got what other people give it. We've made all those changes to stem

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1280-651: The television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Sergeant Pearce and Expert Witness as killer Colin Wardle. He also appeared in The Sunny Side of the Street for Channel Four . Pivaro has acted in many theatre productions, including Wuthering Heights , What the Butler Saw , A Taste of Honey , The Tempest , Greek , An Evening with Gary Lineker co-starring Paul Ritter, Funny Peculiar , A View from

1320-497: Was adopted as the "Football Pink". The "Football Pink" was first issued in 1904 as part of the Manchester Evening Chronicle , which was owned by Manchester City chairman Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet . The "Green" and "Pink" names came from being printed in paper of those colours. In the 1970s the Saturday sports paper began using white newsprint, which had become by then the industry standard. The football results were added to

1360-611: Was attended by 40 people. The magazine received funding before its launch from UnLtd , Awards for All, and Salford City Council via the East Salford Community Committee. The Salford Star covered local news and culture in Salford. It also featured local history pieces, sports reporting, and ran interviews with celebrities from the area, including Christopher Eccleston , Shaun Ryder , and John Cooper Clarke . The "What's On" section contained previews and reviews of local events and performances. The magazine

1400-518: Was awarded as a runner-up. It had been longlisted for the same award in 2006 for its investigation into Urban Splash. In 2008 it won the Plain English Campaign 's Plain English Award for Best Regional Newspaper and a How-Do award for North West Magazine of the Year. Facing a lack of funding, the publication campaigned publicly to raise money to keep running. Since its launch, it had been unable to access public funds, with Salford Council revising

1440-607: Was gifted to the singer's family in thanks for a donation made by his estate. However, the publication was only temporarily saved, and closed in 2021. Plans were made for the Salford Star to be archived by the British Library and the Working Class Movement Library . Manchester Evening News The Manchester Evening News ( MEN ) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England , founded in 1868. It

1480-649: Was to be demolished, resulting in the work being protected with a grade II listed status. The Salford Star issued a satirical series of awards called the Mary Burns Awards (named after the local historical figure, Mary Burns ). They were "awarded" every January to organisations and public figures for "stupid statements, dodgy dealings and iffy activities" during the previous year, and often featured critiques related to spending, transparency and unfulfilled promises by local public bodies and their private-sector partners. It also issued genuine awards for music and

1520-507: Was valued at £44.8m – £7.4m in cash and the remainder from GMG extricating itself from a £37.4m decade-long contract with Trinity Mirror to print its regional titles. The sale of GMG's regional arm was negotiated to offset company losses, with The Guardian and its Sunday title Observer accruing losses of £100,000 a day. The sale was described by stockbrokers Numis as "the deal of the decade" for Sly Bailey , Trinity Mirror's chief executive, while The Guardian ' s Steve Busfield said

1560-504: Was vocal on local issues and sometimes took an active role in campaigning. From its inception, it reported critically on local regeneration schemes and published investigations into the property development company Urban Splash , which at the time was responsible for many such schemes in the area. In its first issue it reported on the Lowry Centre , a publicly funded arts venue which had opened six years earlier, promising to ensure it

1600-607: Was welcoming to the community. It published a photo comic of an experiment in which a reporter photographed a group of young people as they entered the building, capturing how they were quickly ejected. According to Kingston, Salford City Council said they were "very angry" about the action, but did meet community contributors to talk about the issues. In August 2009 it campaigned alongside the Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS) and local residents to save The Tree of Knowledge , an Alan Boyson mural at Salford University that

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