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Austria to go ahead with Eurovision despite financial impact of boycott

Host broadcaster says show will not suffer after four countries withdraw from 2026 contest

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Austria to go ahead with Eurovision despite financial impact of boycott
Host broadcaster says show will not suffer after four countries withdraw from 2026 contest over Israel and Gaza
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December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Community Radio listening figures – Is RAMS the answer we’ve been waiting for?

The perennial question to community radio broadcasters in the UK (and no doubt elsewhere as well) How many listeners do you have?

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Community Radio listening figures – Is RAMS the answer we’ve been waiting for?
The perennial question to community radio broadcasters. How many listeners do you have? “RAMS” offers a solution, with some catches. Can we learn from the Podcast industry?
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December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Regulators open inquiry into University of Greater Manchester amid fraud claims

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With reference to extensive reporting by @manchestermill.bsky.social
Regulators open inquiry into University of Greater Manchester amid fraud claims
University is already being investigated by police over ‘allegations of financial irregularities’ and has suspended three of its senior staff
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December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
London’s Smithfield and Billingsgate markets find new home in Docklands

City of London corporation names Albert Island near City airport in Docklands for meat and fish markets

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London’s Smithfield and Billingsgate markets find new home in Docklands
City of London corporation names Albert Island near City airport in Docklands for meat and fish markets
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December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision

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Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision
Avanti service was to have been axed from mid-December but would have still run because of needs out of Euston
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December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
How did Piccadilly change the UK radio landscape? One morning in April 1974, Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys was faded up and with it - the birth of Manchester's newest radio station. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How did Manchester's Piccadilly change the UK's radio landscape?
Broadcasters gather to remember what life was like at Manchester's first independent radio station.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The War Between The Land And The Sea | Trailer - BBC youtu.be/RLZ7SV4fLNc?...
The War Between The Land And The Sea | Trailer - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
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November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Remember this iconic handset? (Picture credit Neil Carpenter)
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Farewell regular flat white. 'Functional' coffees are hitting the high street
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Do mushroom and protein 'functional' coffees have health benefits?
Coffees made with extra ingredients like mushrooms, protein and collagen are known as "functional coffees".
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November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The £5.30 orange juice that tells the story of why supermarket prices are sky high www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why supermarket prices really became sky high in the UK
Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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'We could have no phone signal for a whole year'
'We could have no phone signal for a whole year'
A town's residents are facing the issue after a mast run by EE was taken down.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A charity that breeds and trains guide dogs has welcomed its largest litter for three years - 13 puppies affectionately known as "the baker's dozen". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warwickshire guide dog charity welcomes largest litter in years
Guide Dogs says the 13 puppies, named
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October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Do we need Imax? 70mm? VistaVision? All I need to watch movies at the cinema is darkness and quiet
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Do we need Imax? 70mm? VistaVision? All I need to watch movies at the cinema is darkness and quiet | Larry Ryan
Cinema used to be an accessible and affordable mass pursuit. This debate about the ‘purest’ format to view certain films only risks putting off movie-goers, says freelance writer and editor Larry Ryan
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October 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Diamonds, designers and doormen: The renaissance of 'Manchester's Mayfair' www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/dia...
Diamonds, designers and doormen: The renaissance of 'Manchester's Mayfair'
Only three years ago we reported on the amount of empty shop units there, but today the street is near paved with gold
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September 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Inside UK's 'quirkiest' Airbnb you can stay in for £125 per night www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/propert...
Inside UK’s ‘quirkiest’ Airbnb you can stay in for £125 per night
The unique accommodation, which is based on a 'crashed plane', is set in the woods
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September 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM