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Monday September 25, 2006

This gave me great joy

This gave me great joy. It features several Morris Marinas....

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Sunday September 17, 2006

Pat's battle

ONE of the great things about this job is that I get to go out and chat to some interesting people. Pat Morris is one of them. She’s 65 and retired from full-time nursing, although she still works occasionally as a bank nurse at Wythenshawe Hospital.

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Repenting at Her Majesty's pleasure

A MAN who blew up a speed camera is currently in jail. He destroyed it a year ago in Hyde after he was snapped breaking the law. I went into the town to find out what people there thought.

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Tuesday September 12, 2006

A part of the community

I WENT to Moss Side today to do an update on the Jessie Jones murder case. Jessie was 15 and shot dead at 2.40am on Saturday. It's fair to say that the Channel M News jeep and I were not welcomed by everyone there with open arms.

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Tuesday September 05, 2006

Data Protection jobsworth

I filmed outside Mothercare in Ancoats today for a feature about child seats. Booster seats are going to be compulsory for children under 4ft 5ins tall who are younger than 12. The landlord of the eyesore shopping centre on Great Ancoats Street sent out a security man to stop us. He was talking about the Data Protection Act. So he was speaking out of his hat.

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How proud?

ONE thing struck me as strange about the Pride event this year. OK, maybe more than one, but I’ll concentrate on just one here.

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Bang out of order

THE B of the Bang sculpture near Manchester City’s new ground should be fantastic. Normally, I’m all for public art. What would Paris be without the Eiffel Tower? Look how the Angel of the North has put Gateshead on the map. But Manchester’s daring sculpture has been dogged with problems.

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We'll miss Professor Ashton

PROFESSOR John Ashton never bit his lip when it came to speaking out for what he believed in. In his 13 years as the North West’s director of public health, he hit the headlines a number of times – and he didn’t go quietly when he quit his job last week. I met him on his last day at work last week, as he was clearing out his office in City Tower, Piccadilly.

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Hitler's cross. So's everyone else.

ONE of the most amazing stories I read last week was about the opening of a restaurant in Mumbai. It was called Hitler’s Cross. If he was cross, a lot of other people were livid – and understandably. It was even adorned with a swastika.

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