Year: 2024
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Manchester City Centre
Neighbourhood operation in Manchester city centre is reuniting phones with rightful owners
Operation Reunite has been running in the city centre since 2022 and within this time, a number of mobile phones…
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Wigan
Downloading a year of digital success
Wigan Council’s award-winning Tech Mates initiative has marked a record-breaking 2024 of tackling the digital divide. More than 1,000 residents…
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Wigan
Cost of living campaign reaches £6m milestone
More than £6.4m of previously unclaimed financial support has been accessed by Wigan Borough residents thanks to a flagship campaign.…
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The University of Manchester
Refugee doctor training programme launches in Belfast
A newly formed academy is to train eleven refugee and asylum seeker in Belfast, so they can work in the…
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Wigan
Community crowdfunding campaigns help people of Wigan Borough
An innovative and collaborative way of raising funds called crowdfunding has helped community-spirited locals create sensory gardens and helped Wigan…
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Rochdale
Creative pupils win council’s Christmas card competition
Rochdale Borough Council leader Councillor Neil Emmott and chief executive Steve Rumbelow invited local schools to enter the competition last…
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Oldham
Closure Order hailed as ‘the best Christmas present’
A Closure Order has been successfully secured on a Waterhead property after the address was identified as a drug dealing…
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Rochdale
Council proposals to revamp Heywood Civic Square shaping up
The proposals aim to transform the area in front of Heywood Civic Centre into a stunning public space where people…
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Rochdale
Wheels are back on track at Queen’s Park
The track has been an attraction for many years, providing thousands of bike riders the chance to take on the…
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The University of Manchester
Major volcanic eruptions were not responsible for dinosaur extinction, new research suggests
New research has provided fresh insights into the dramatic events surrounding the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.…
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