Countdown favourite Gyles Brandreth confirmed for Rochdale’s first ever Literature and Ideas Festival
TV personality Brandreth joins Carol Ann Duffy
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More Mancunians surfing the web than ever before – but the number could be higher, study reveals
Manchester placed highly in the North West
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Manchester must reconnect with food production, urges city’s organic ‘Veg People’ ahead of campaign launch
Trailer of locally grown produce will be cycled through Northern Quarter
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The Vega Lounge is coming: Manchester235 to unveil bar with all the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas
Fusion is being refurbished and will be rebranded Vega Lounge
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Moving on up: Manchester universities climb Guardian league table in boost for city’s education
University of Manchester jumped ten places
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Long-awaited multi-million pound Wigan Youth Zone to open doors with huge launch party
Facility was brainchild of Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan
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Campaign to highlight second-hand smoke dangers launched in Wigan after shocking children’s illness stats
More than 800 youngsters fell ill due to smoke-related cases
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‘Life on hold’: Man left with eight metal plates in jaw following unprovoked Chorlton weapon attack on chippy trip
Man was assaulted with either metal bar or plank of wood
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Police hunt masked gunman who robbed Oldham petrol station
Robber appeared payment window of the petrol kiosk in Milne Street, Chadderton
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Coronation Street’s Ken Barlow actor Bill Roache ‘vigorously protests innocence’ at five child sex charges
Roache’s lawyer spoke outside Preston Magistrates’ Court
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Inspirational Manchester mum raises £40,000 to fight heart disease – after undergoing FOUR surgeries
Michelle White hosted a fund-raising ball last week