Charlotte Hall
Local Democracy Reporter at Manchester Evening News
Freelance Writer and Journalist at Freelance
LDR for Oldham | M.E.N. | BBC | Geographical | The Local (Germany) | BusinessGreen | ManchesterWorld | Byline Times | NowThen Sheffield
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1 week ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Charlotte Hall
A new soup kitchen has started in Oldham town centre in light of the growing number of people struggling with homelessness. It’s a stark image: rough sleepers lined up outside a vacant Oldham council building. Stationed by Oldham’s central bus terminus, thousands of commuters pass by the row of tents every day. And most look away. But for Stefanie Mizera, who lives in Oldham but had been volunteering with Homeless Aid soup kitchen in Bolton for several weeks, it was a jolt of realisation.
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1 week ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Charlotte Hall
The government will need to discuss with the council how to proceedA local inquiry into child exploitation in Oldham may have to be paused as the government and council work out how to ‘avoid duplication’ with a newly-announced national investigation, the Local Democracy Reporting Service understands. The Home Secretary set out details of the UK-wide inquiry in Parliament yesterday (June 16) alongside a series of other measures, including a new nationwide operation into historic cases.
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Charlotte Hall
One survivor tells of her ordeal following the publication of a damning new reporting into child grooming gangs and the announcement of a national inquiryThis week, the Home Secretary apologised to survivors of child grooming. Yvette Cooper told the House of Commons scores of vulnerable victims had been 'disgracefully let down by the authorities who were meant to keep them safe'.
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1 week ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Gee |Ethan Davies |Nick Jackson |George Lythgoe |Charlotte Hall
An expansion of Manchester’s Co-op Live arena is one of the marquee planning developments across the city-region recently. The UK's largest indoor arena wants to capitalise on its success with a new canal side terrace featuring a bar, café and merchandise stalls. The idea behind the proposal is to provide an extra food and drinks venue with ‘attractive views’ over the canal.
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1 week ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Charlotte Hall
For 15 nail-biting minutes, the thousands in the Heaton Park crowd were worried they were going to be stood up. It’s hardly rare for stars to be late. But after a flurry of speculation online, two cancelled tours and a gig in Dublin that fell through minutes before it was due to start last year, Catfish and the Bottlemen fans watched the clock tick past the Welsh band’s start time with bated breath. Murmurs went through the audience. Someone started a nervous chant.
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