
James Holt
Senior Reporter and Breaking News Reporter at Manchester Evening News
Senior reporter @MENnewsdesk | Press Awards 30 under 30 2024 | Young Journalist of the Year 2025 | Bylines: Mirror, Express, Star & more | Opinions own.
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msn.com | Jamie Brassington |James Holt |Lotti OBrien
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msn.com | James Holt |Faye Preston
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk | James Holt
In an unjust and unethical practice, shoppers are being stitched up by China-based fashion websites branded a 'complete scam'. James Holt investigates. A luxury pair of 'premium' leather shoes and an authentic classic linen polo shirt. Shoppers who bought from online websites thought were nabbing a good deal on legitimate and quality boutique items from UK-based stores. But instead, they took weeks to come and arrived in vastly different condition to how they were described online.
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk | James Holt
They say you should never meet your idols. Maybe it's out of fear of disappointment and spending years idolising someone, or a group, only to then feel let down or realise they weren't quite as you expected. But arriving at Cheshire Oaks' 30th anniversary bash, I did just that. When I heard hit pop group the Sugababes were due to perform a headline set, and was then offered a sit-down interview, I jumped at the chance.
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk | James Holt
It was a huge celebration to mark 30 years since the work first began on Cheshire OaksIt first began its journey as a large greenfield site just off the M53 in the 1980s. The vast area was originally intended for commercial use, to attract a boom in businesses to the region and boost employment. Drivers passing on the motorway would have once looked out onto open green space. Chatter had long been brewing about a vision to create a shopping complex conveniently off the busy route.
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