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I am trying to help my cousin research the paternal line of her family tree.
Date Published 24/09/2018
The news that only two out of 53 European countries are more overweight than Britain is a wake up call screaming at us to find more achievable ways to move more.
Date Published 14/09/2018
When it comes to rhetoric, Boris Johnson is right up there with the best.
Date Published 12/09/2018
This November sees the centenary of the armistice that ended the First World War.
Date Published 10/09/2018
The month of September marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) and CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people and their families, is calling...
Date Published 06/09/2018
Theresa May’s pledge to use UK foreign aid money to drive economic growth in Africa is “missing the point” as far as the general public is concerned.
Date Published 04/09/2018
As we get closer to leaving the EU there has been much talk in the media about the consequences of a no-deal Brexit, a second referendum, food and medicine shortages, the army to...
Date Published 03/09/2018
We hope those who attended the Cotton Clouds festival enjoyed themselves.
Date Published 21/08/2018
We’d like to invite your more adventurous readers to join us on our Lake District challenge next Spring and help save lives and rebuild futures shattered by meningitis.
Date Published 17/08/2018
So the year rolls on and yet we seem to be no nearer to reaching decisions about out future after Brexit.
Date Published 15/08/2018
It was very disappointing to read the latest figures showing that the pub industry is still struggling to survive, with 18 closing their doors for the last time in Britain every...
Date Published 08/08/2018
At Royal Mail we never forget that we form an essential part of the UK’s social fabric.
Date Published 07/08/2018
I was involved in IVF in Oldham and assisted Patrick Steptoe at the Caesarean to deliver Louise Brown and eventually went down to Cambridge to open Bourn Hall with him and Bob...
Date Published 31/07/2018
Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that the percentage of those aged 65 and over who receive attendance allowance fell by 22.3 per cent in the six years after the...
Last week Alzheimer’s Society revealed that a staggering two-and-a-half million people in the UK have united against dementia and become Dementia Friends.
Date Published 30/07/2018
Remember the countdown to the Millennium? - when we were all chillingly warned that the end was nigh with computers all over the world shutting down and planes dropping out of the...
The Brexit process is without doubt in a complete mess and that is largely due our Remainer Prime Minister's handling of it with the help of the pro-EU civil servants, while...
Date Published 27/07/2018
The end of June saw the launch of Greater Manchester Cycling and Walking Strategy 'Beelines', a plan for a fully integrated cycling and walking network covering 1,000 miles.
Date Published 10/07/2018
Well, following the Cabinet meeting at Chequers they - with the exception of David Davis - are all now backing the Prime Minister and her plans to leave the EU in March next year.
Date Published 09/07/2018
Just about every day we hear of another murder or violent crime being reported, this despite official figure claiming that crime is on the decline.
Date Published 03/07/2018
The Keep Me Posted Campaign, which I chair, is celebrating its 5th birthday this month.
Sadly I don’t believe there were any street parties - and Heaven knows it’s been hot enough - to mark the EU (Withdrawal) Bill officially becoming law.
Date Published 28/06/2018
At last after two years after our EU referendum the EU Withdrawal Bill has finally passed through the Commons, although there are many hurdles ahead.
Date Published 25/06/2018
For years I have believed the statements of successive UK governments that Cannabis is a dangerous and addictive drug that leads inexorably to the destruction of the health and...
Date Published 20/06/2018
Did you know that people in the North West are most scared of spiders (28%)?
Date Published 11/06/2018
This Microchipping Month, Cats Protection would like to encourage people to get their cats microchipped.
I am currently carrying out research into Devon Mill, off Chapel Lane, Hollinwood.
Date Published 08/06/2018
Another smack in the eye for the Remoaners who desperately want to keep us shackled to the EU - the British economy is on the up.
I want to thank everyone in Greater Manchester who united with us during Dementia Action Week (May 21-27) to help the nearly 30,000 people living with the condition in the county.
Date Published 04/06/2018
Scouting set me on a path to becoming an astronaut.
Date Published 01/06/2018
