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• North West home to county with shortest life expectancy in UK - Lancashire Evening Post

  12-06-2024 15:21 via news.google.com
  
  North West home to county with shortest life expectancy in UK  Lancashire Evening Post
  
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• 'A 300-mile cycle is bruises, blisters and bum pain'

  12-11-2024 15:18 via bbc.com
  
  The presenter is warned to expect 'pain and suffering' on his BBC Children in Need bike challenge.
  
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• Council bans 'non-essential' travel and recruitment

  12-11-2024 07:35 via bbc.com
  
  The council says it needs to make savings immediately due to a predicted £28m overspend this year.
  
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• People who misuse Blue Badges 'should be worried'

  12-11-2024 07:11 via bbc.com
  
  Salford City Council also says it will name and shame people found to be misusing Blue Badges.
  
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• Campaigners 'delighted' housing estate turned down

  12-11-2024 07:10 via bbc.com
  
  Developers wanted to build 20 homes on land next to a Site of Biological Importance in Harwood, Bolton.
  
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• Britain's 'best new building of 1996' to be demolished

  11-11-2024 19:49 via bbc.com
  
  Salford University's award-winning Centenary Building has been vacant for the past eight years.
  
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• Leigh sign Australian forward O'Neill

  11-11-2024 19:32 via bbc.com
  
  Leigh Leopards sign second row forward Ethan O'Neill for the 2025 Super League season.
  
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• Burnley appoint Salford's Casper as academy boss

  11-11-2024 19:10 via bbc.com
  
  Burnley appoint Salford City director of football Chris Casper as their academy manager.
  
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• 'We embrace it' - Dias on Man City losing streak

  11-11-2024 19:05 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester City defender Ruben Dias says the Premier League champions "embrace" the "challenge" posed by their losing streak.
  
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• Van Nistelrooy leaves Man Utd coaching staff

  11-11-2024 18:17 via bbc.com
  
  Ruud van Nistelrooy leaves Manchester United after not being given a role in new manager Ruben Amorim's backroom staff.
  
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• Mother-of-two dies during Turkey weight-loss op

  11-11-2024 18:08 via bbc.com
  
  Janet Savage paid £2,750 for the procedure but stopped breathing during surgery.
  
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• Woman found dead after fire in house

  11-11-2024 17:34 via bbc.com
  
  Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the blaze in Middleton, Greater Manchester.
  
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• National park says dropping Snowdon name a success

  11-11-2024 15:56 via bbc.com
  
  Snowdonia National Park Authority will continue to refer to Wales' tallest mountain as Yr Wyddfa.
  
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• Murder arrest after man found dead at home

  11-11-2024 15:40 via bbc.com
  
  A 47-year-old man was being questioned over the death, close to Chorlton Water Park in Manchester.
  
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• Crowds gather to pay Armistice Day respects

  11-11-2024 15:15 via bbc.com
  
  Civic leaders led tributes in scores of ceremonies to mark the occasion across north-west England.
  
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• Christmas lights switch-ons across the North West

  11-11-2024 14:38 via bbc.com
  
  Lantern parades, fire festivals and light trails mark the start of the festive season in the region.
  
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• Bomb survivor tells of facing conspiracy theorist

  11-11-2024 13:22 via bbc.com
  
  Martin Hibbert successfully sued a man who claimed the 2017 Manchester attack was staged and "a lie".
  
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• Amorim 'not naive' over 'difficult' Man Utd task

  11-11-2024 12:15 via bbc.com
  
  Ruben Amorim says he is ready to face the challenge of the "difficult" job ahead at Manchester United.
  
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• Man and woman killed in two-car crash

  11-11-2024 11:40 via bbc.com
  
  A 65-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman die in a car crash in Warrington, Cheshire.
  
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• 'Outdoor spaces not welcoming for bigger bodies'

  11-11-2024 07:28 via bbc.com
  
  Campaigners say it should be easier for plus-size walkers to enjoy the countryside.
  
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• 'Nowhere does Christmas quite like Manchester'

  11-11-2024 07:21 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester's Christmas Markets return for its 26th year, set across nine sites in the city.
  
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• Roofer 'confident' of nailing world championship

  11-11-2024 07:13 via bbc.com
  
  Joseph Gallagher, 26, will represent the UK in the World Championships for Young Roofers this week.
  
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• Fresh doubts over Greater Manchester housing plan

  11-11-2024 07:10 via bbc.com
  
  The Places for Everyone scheme was signed off when councils agreed to allocate land for 115,000 homes
  
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• Health boss quits after 'deliberate' accounts errors

  11-11-2024 06:57 via bbc.com
  
  Sue Hill will not receive a settlement after "systemic cultural failings" in her department.
  
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• Paddy McGuinness: Chris Hoy training pushed me to 'absolute limits'

  11-11-2024 01:40 via bbc.com
  
  Paddy McGuinness is taking on a nearly 300-mile cycling challenge for BBC Children in Need.
  
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• Girl, 6, seriously injured in three-car crash

  10-11-2024 13:40 via bbc.com
  
  A crash involving three vehicles in Bolton seriously injures a six-year-old girl and two others.
  
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• Wales falls silent at Remembrance Sunday services

  10-11-2024 12:37 via bbc.com
  
  Dignitaries attend a parade and national commemoration in Cardiff, with other services elsewhere.
  
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• What's so wrong with Right To Buy?

  10-11-2024 08:43 via bbc.com
  
  The Labour government is expected to make major changes to the Right To Buy scheme launched in the 1980s.
  
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• 'Being a lollipop man is in my blood'

  10-11-2024 08:39 via bbc.com
  
  Barry Jones, 44, becomes the fifth member of his family to help children cross the road safely.
  
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• Man visiting war grave of every hometown soldier

  10-11-2024 08:36 via bbc.com
  
  Adrian Hughes has so far paid his respects at 284 graves, but has 46 left to go.
  
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