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Members of the 236 (Manchester) Squadron at Broughton House's VE Day celebrations. Photo Credit: Broughton House Veteran Care Home Village

“Our brilliant staff team helped to make VE Day extra-special for our residents” – Broughton House celebrates VE Day in style

Residents in Broughton House Veterans Care Home Village celebrated the 76th anniversary of VE Day in style, as well as […]

Volunteers at Little Woolden Moss translocating common cotton grass (credit - Lancashire Wildlife Trust)

‘A huge black desiccated dry wasteland’ – Little Woolden Moss brought back to life by Wildlife Trust volunteers

A Wildlife Trust organisation aims to restore a degraded Salford peatland that has been used as a commercial peat extraction […]

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“We want to work with people who really care about what they’re making” – Monton couple on the opening of their new shop, Wandering Palate

Will and Emma Evans, a couple from Monton, have started building their own unique shop in Monton called ‘The Wandering Palate’. […]

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“It’s such a great feeling to know that people enjoy my content” – Swinton baker takes over TikTok and Instagram

After starting her business in the first lockdown, the owner of Lizzie Patizzerie has racked up millions of views on […]

Tara Collette - artist at Islington Mill.
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“Within a few months, I had a whole extra workbench in the studio just for glass making” – ‘lockdown hobby’ becomes full-time job for Islington Mill stained glass artist

Islington Mill stained glass artist, Tara Collette, explains how her ‘lockdown hobby’ became a full-time job and how she honed her craft.