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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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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