The Mancunian Way: 'My husband went fishing and didn't come back'

Christine Huggins’ life came crashing down on a sunny afternoon in 1984 when her husband was killed in an IRA bomb attack.

The family, from Manchester, were living in Limavady in Northern Ireland, where Christine’s husband Lance Corporal Robert Huggins had been stationed with the British Army. Robert had gone fishing with three friends, but tragically died after their van was blown up in a car bomb in Enniskillen.

Left a single mother with three children, she moved back to Manchester. But, over the years, she has struggled to feel there is an understanding of The Troubles in mainland Britain.

Now, 40 years after his death, Robert is one of a number of 'innocents' killed during The Troubles to be remembered on a memorial quilt commissioned by the South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF). The organisation is formed of a group of victims and survivors of The Troubles, with the aim of helping innocent victims of terrorism in the country.

The quilts will be coming to his hometown of Manchester to be displayed in the cathedral in an exhibition named 'Terrorism knows NO borders'. A service of remembrance will also be held at the cathedral, acknowledging the impact of The Troubles on Manchester and Great Britain. More here.

Is summer finally arriving in Manchester? The sun is out, the football is on - just a shame England couldn’t win last night. Onto Tuesday’s game we go…

But not everyone is quite so excited about the football. Police have objected to a plan for a Northern Quarter staple to have DJs playing outside next weekend over fears it ‘become a street party’ popular with England football fans.

Common, on Edge Street, applied for permission to allow its DJs to play outside to customers in its section-off seating area on