Aisha Khan
Community Reporter
Aisha Khan is the Community Reporter at The Manchester Daily, covering the people and places that make up the city — local events, fundraising and charity, schools, and the neighbourhood stories that don’t always make the front page.
She tells the human-interest side of Manchester, from grassroots campaigns to the quiet good news happening across Greater Manchester.
Aisha’s latest articles
'We spent the whole holiday crying': Oldham mum slams LastMinute.com after Turkey trip turns into nightmare
Gemma Banks paid £1,562 for an all-inclusive break but described mould, missing tiles, cats in the kitchen and food that made her family ill. LastMinute.com closed her case while she was still at the hotel.
Best places to watch the solar eclipse in Greater Manchester this Wednesday as 90% of sun covered
The partial eclipse will be visible from 6.13pm to 8.03pm, with the maximum at 7.10pm. Heaton Park is hosting a free viewing event and Jodrell Bank will stay open late. But don't use sunglasses, experts warn.
'They will only ever know me as the AIDS man': the story of Manchester's Roger Youd, 40 years on
Roger Youd was detained against his will at Monsall Hospital in 1985 after his HIV diagnosis, the only known case in Britain. Forty years later, his family, the Terrence Higgins Trust and Peter Tatchell are demanding Manchester City Council finally say sorry.
'I absolutely loved it': London man spends £300 flying to Manchester for 70mm IMAX screening of The Odyssey
Husnain Ramzan flew from Heathrow to watch Christopher Nolan's epic at Vue Printworks, one of only three UK cinemas showing it in 70mm IMAX. He liked it so much he went back the next day.
Salford man, 20, fighting for life after quad bike crash on first day of lads' holiday to Zante
Bradley Belhomme suffered catastrophic head injuries after a collision with a coach and is now in a coma in Athens. Doctors have twice tried to wake him without success, and his family say they are "like a fish out of water."
'It's like influencer heaven': how Manchester became a hotspot for TikTok content creators
A new generation of social media influencers is thriving in Manchester, drawn by its walkable centre, young population and "Mancunian swagger." But economists warn the city's growth miracle may be overstated.
Ai Weiwei hails Manchester's 'amazing' culture as major new exhibition opens at Aviva Studios
The Chinese artist and activist said he "never dreamed" he would come to Manchester but praised the city's "openness and ambition" as he launched Button Up!, featuring a giant inflatable refugee dinghy, flags made from four million buttons and a mural built from 3.5 million Lego bricks.
'Happy vowel' is a key indicator of social class in Manchester accents, study finds
Working-class Mancunians are more likely to say "happeh" while the middle classes say "happee," but researchers say local speech is "not just being washed away" by the city's rapid transformation.
Bolton school asks parents to help fund phone-locking pouches after government gives no extra money
St Joseph's RC High in Horwich needs £1,300 for secure pouches at £5 each as new rules make phone-free schools a legal requirement, but headteacher Tony McCabe says "no additional funding has been provided."
'Someone could die in this weather': how Manchester's homeless are coping in the heatwave
As temperatures hit the mid-30s, rough sleepers in the city centre are suffering sunburn and heat-related illness, with one man saying his "body felt like it was shutting down" on Tibb Street.