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Dan Chapman has been diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, a disorder where the bone marrow does not produce enough blood cells.
An environmental campaigner has raised concerns over the condition of a beauty spot. Naomi Schrecker, 69, who has lived in Gardner Road, Prestwich, for 43 years, claims the council and United ...
A shopping centre in Bury has received an international award for its community spirit. Mill Gate Shopping Centre was awarded silver at the International CSR Excellence Awards, held at St Paul's ...
As we celebrate our 170th birthday today, Monday, we are looking back at the figures at the helm of the paper who have shaped our history ...
Two plant workers stole a huge amount of a vital ingredient from their firm’s stock – before it was sold back in a ...
Your local newspaper is significantly different now than the first four-page edition that rolled off the press on July 7, 1855, writes ...
At least 38 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in Israeli air strikes, hospital officials said, as Israel’s military said ...
Recognised worldwide in his red robes and with his wide smile, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th dalai lama, describes himself as a ...
Parents will be entitled to bereavement leave if they lose a pregnancy before 24 weeks, under new plans to be unveiled by the Government. Ministers are set to amend the Employment Rights Bill so that ...
The 71-year-old musician will start his A Man Of Two Worlds Tour in May 2026 with performances scheduled in London, Liverpool, and Edinburgh.
A stretch figure of Marvel character the Hulk, said to be “one of the rarest stretch toys in existence”, is to go under the hammer at auction. Excalibur Auctions said the toy is one of only 30 known ...
A Government-backed fund is pledging more than £28 million for a carbon capture project. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said that workers in “Britain’s manufacturing heartlands” will benefit from ...