Sadly Martin passed away last Friday. His funeral is next Friday at 10am. Web cast details are below.

My verdict on Boris Johnson: he must destroy because he’s incapable of creating,
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via Bloomberg Opinion

BREAKING Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested.

Tickets for our away game at Widnes on 25 June will be available from the Supporters Trust table tomorrow. Swinton earns commission on sales.

Prices
Adults £22
Concessions £17
Junior ages 12-18 £10
Junior ages 5-11 £5

#OriginalLions #COYL

Sam Freedman Well...
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So to mark the anniversary of Brexit, BBC Question time is... going to exclude anyone who didn't vote for it

A bloc of Republican hardliners have joined forces with Democrats to hold the House of Representatives in a deadlock over the debt ceiling
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Impossible to ignore how much construction is (still) happening in Manchester city centre. Super impressive.

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary can't believe it is 13 years since I joined Twitter!

We've awarded a £125M contract to Ascent Flight Training to cover rear crew training until 2026.
✈️ Supporting 50 jobs.
✈️ Upgrades to training equipment & modifications to Avenger aircraft.
✈️ Personnel trained to operate Wildcat, Merlin, Poseidon & Rivet Joint.

des.mod.uk/125-million-re…

The Conservative Government's decision to cut investment in walking and cycling is a double blow to our fight against the climate emergency and air pollution.

They are undermining their own promises and putting our health at risk.

The govt seems very wobbly here indeed. They seem certain to lose their judicial review and the Sunak/Johnson argument gets worse if Johnson says he's for being open

Fitch sticks with negative outlook on UK's 'AA' sovereign credit rating.

'Strengths are set against high public and external debt, and remaining uncertainty regarding the final form of the UK-EU economic relationship post-Brexit,' it says.

The mayors of both London and Manchester are calling on the government to rethink plans for HS2.

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I won’t get into housing again here, but the cost of office space in Birmingham is 44% higher than it is in Manhattan.

London has 90,000 square feet of available lab space, and Manchester 360,000sq ft, whereas New York has 1.36 million sq ft, and Boston 14.6 million sq ft.

⭐ #OnThisDay in 1943 ⭐

John Barbirolli arrived in Manchester! At that time, there were only 39 players in the Hallé, and Barbirolli had just one month to recruit and train an orchestra of 70! The rest is history...

Potentially positive news but what about grid reinforcement?

#LevellingUp
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I went to this. The Pope drove really close to where we were stood. Given I was very young, the 2am start to get to Heaton Park was challenging

Surely this was a major failing & is based on political ideology rather than the interests of public health.