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Welcome to the Manchester News section here you will the latest stories from your local community!. There are currently 35 News Items.
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Divorce Support Group Launches in Manchester
Divorce Support Group is a unique service which started in London two years ago. The service provides emotional support for people going through divorce or separation. It proved so successful in Lon..
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Race Against Disablism
Feeling fit? Frome based international charity Action on Disability and Development (ADD) have secured places for this years Great Manchester Run.
Please call 01373 473064 and ask for Franka for..
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Pensioner fends off conman
On Tuesday at 5pm Pensioners where warned to be on their guard after a conman was foiled...
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Brave Harley receives his new arms
The four year old Harley Slack smiled and laughed as he tried his new arms...
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A million books to be stored in salt mines
A million books from Manchester’s Central Library are to be put into into temporarily storage with many going deep underground in the Cheshire salt mines. Many of the books include valuable volumes da..
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Top ten for Arndale Market
Manchester’s Arndale Market has been named one of the UK’s top ten markets by The Guardian travel guide.
The Arndale Market joins markets in London, Bristol and Belfast as among the best in the UK ..
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Manchester youngsters act up for the cameras
A film made by young people from Harphurhey is being shown to pupils across Manchester to warn them about the damage anti social behaviour on the buses can cause.
Ten young people from Catch22's no..
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Fine over dead father’s disabled badge
A man who used his dead father’s disabled parking badge has been prosecuted.
Colin Cartwright, of Worsley Road in Worsley, was fined £150 and ordered to pay £100 costs with a £15 victims of crime ..
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Last chance to nominate in the search to find the UK
The countdown is on for people in Manchester to nominate their favourite local Lottery-funded project for The National Lottery Awards 2010..
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Young writer to host library debate
Local teenager, Afshan Lodh, will be joined by author Robin Yassin-Kassab to lead a talk for young people entitled Responding to Terror at Central Library.
The 17-year old from Levenshulme was awar..
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St Peter’s Square international design competition l
Manchester City Council has launched the first phase of an international design competition to transform St Peter’s Square into a world-class public space.
The square stands at the heart of the cit..
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Community service and fines for cheats
A man who altered his dead brother’s disabled parking badge has been sentenced to community service, while two other blue badge cheats have been ordered to pay a total of £1,500.
Ayaz Adam, aged 33..
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Pupils turn phone books into allotments
Primary school pupils are to start growing fruit and vegetables on their school grounds, thanks to a cash prize they won for recycling telephone directories.
Manchester City Council called on young..
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Junior golf hits the tee at Heaton Park
The First Tee® initiative at Heaton Park Golf Centre is already benefiting thousands of young people in and around the North Manchester area.
The First Tee of Manchester's Life Skills Experience® w..
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Gorton gets £450,000 of funding for young people
Gorton in east Manchester is to receive £450,000 from the Government’s ‘Inspiring Communities’ for a series of projects for young people and their families over the next 18 months.
Gorton joins 14 ..
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Exhibition and Films mark Holocaust Memorial Day wit
Holocaust Memorial Day will be marked in Manchester by a special portrait exhibition as well as a film event involving Holocaust survivors, schools across Manchester and city leaders.
The exhibitio..
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Irresponsible dog owner lands £700 bill
A woman who allowed her dog to roam freely around Manchester streets has been ordered to pay nearly £700, following a Manchester City Council prosecution.
Debbie Parker, aged 37, of Ludgate Road, N..
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Stop means stop!
Careless and impatient drivers are putting children’s lives at risk by refusing to stop for school crossing patrols.
And now pupils at Lily Lane Primary school in Moston are taking to the streets i..
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Hotels cosy up with green scheme
City centre hotels are saving thousands of pounds on energy bills after joining an award-winning Manchester City Council environmental scheme.
Hotels across the city are already reaping the rewards..
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