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Review: 2025 MG ZS Hybrid+
An Affordable and Fun SUV – But No EV?!

This is the all-new second-generation MG ZS, tested here in Hybrid+ form in the top-of-the-range Trophy spec. Slightly bigger, with more features, and prices only up by around £1,000, it

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Green fingered borough

The borough of Rochdale scooped an outstanding haul of gold medals at the recent North West in Bloom awards, showing that this green-fingered area is a force to be reckoned

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Gaza: About 70% of people killed in the war are women and children, UN says

Nearly 70% of deaths in the Gaza war, which have been verified by the United Nations, were women and children, its Human Rights Office has said.The UN has analysed killings

Health

AI to help doctors spot broken bones on X-rays

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to reduce the number of broken bones missed when doctors analyse X-rays, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).The health

Health

NHS must improve productivity, says Streeting

The NHS owes it to taxpayers to improve productivity in return for the extra money it is getting, the health secretary says.Wes Streeting said he would be asking “hard questions”

Motoring

Review: BYD Seal U DM-i PHEV SUV – It’s Hybrid!

The BYD Seal is an EV saloon from China’s biggest maker of new energy vehicles. And it’s rather good! Now, it’s joined by another Seal – except this one isn’t

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10th anniversary of the UKs first WW1 Sikh Memorial to be marked at National Memorial Arboretum

The campaign group behind the UK’s first national Sikh memorial in honour of those who fought during the Great War will mark the 10th anniversary of its founding at the

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Shaping the future: Young people lead Climate Conversation

Local young people lead the Climate Conversation on how we can tackle climate change in the borough of Rochdale as part of the work to engage our youngest citizens about

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Imran Khan Cancer Appeal Successfully Completes 5K Pink Walk to Raise Breast Cancer Awareness in the Asian Community

The Imran Khan Cancer Appeal is pleased to announce the successful completion of the 5K Pink Walk events, held simultaneously at Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, and Lister Park, Bradford. The

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Ethnic minority workers almost twice as likely to do night shifts as white counterparts, new research finds

Black and ethnic minority workers are more likely to be doing night shifts than their white colleagues, new research has suggested.The analysis, published by the Trades Union Congress, found the