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Empower Yourself This World Cancer Day: Know Your Body and Get Yourself Checked

On World Cancer Day, health professionals and faith leaders are coming together to emphasise the crucial importance of getting checked out by your GP if you notice anything in your

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Gaza rebuild will take `a lot of time’ says UN official

The rebuilding process in the devastated Palestinian territory will “take an awful lot of time” despite the promised surge in humanitarian deliveries, a UN official in Gaza has warned.“We’re not

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Leader congratulates locals named in New Year Honours list

Councillor Phil Riley, Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council, has congratulated three individuals linked to the borough who have been named in the New Year’s Honours list.Councillor Riley said:“It’s always

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Rochdale’s toy appeal hits donations record as over 2,500 children receive gifts

Another huge team effort for the Rochdale Giving Back Christmas Toy Appeal and lots of local generosity meant over 2,500 less fortunate children had gifts to open on Christmas day.Residents

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Football for free for west Yorkshire’s children

Last Saturday, Penny Appeal and Sky Bet League Two football club, Bradford City maximised their commercial partnership and welcomed 28 young children to their first-ever experience at a football game,

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More electric buses for the Bee Network

Go North West, in partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), will introduce 19 new electric double-decker buses to the Bee Network on 5 January 2025. This expansion increases Go

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2025 must herald new dawn for new homes – housing association CEO

The chief executive of Bradford-based Manningham Housing Association (MHA) has said 2025 must be the year for the government to “inject real momentum” into its housebuilding plans if Ministers are

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2024 becomes first year to pass 1.5C global warming threshold

Last year was the warmest on record, the first to breach a symbolic threshold, and brought with it deadly impacts like flooding and drought, scientists have said.Two new datasets found

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Longsight Neighbourhood officers make charity donation from tuck shop profits

On Wednesday 18 December, the Longsight Neighbourhood team and officers who have been running the tuck shop, made a Christmas donation to a local charity, Muslim Hands – who provide

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Turkish Consul General Visits Preston

Turkish Consul General Seyfi Onur Sayın recently visited the city of Preston. During his visit, he met with the Mayor of Preston and held discussions with businesses that have trade