Councillor Keith Cunliffe, deputy leader of Wigan Council said: “Leigh is a brilliant place full of young people who have so much to offer and so much potential”.
The Lottery Winners are set to play Leigh Sports Village on 30 May – the first time…
Category: 5. Entertainment
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Kendrick Lamar pauses Australia show to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to 9-year-old fan
The rapper was headlining the Spilt Milk festival in Canberra on Saturday when he noticed Kalina in the crowd
Kendrick Lamar paused his live performance…
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Liverpool’s oldest cinema Woolton Picture House temporarily reopens
Kevin Fearon, who runs Liverpool’s Royal Court theatre with his wife Gillian Miller, is trying to raise £700,000 the buy the venue and secure its future. They have raised £150,000 to date.
“I think this should be funded by people who want this…
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Liverpool’s oldest cinema Woolton Picture House temporarily reopens
Liverpool’s oldest surviving cinema has temporarily opened its doors for the first time in five years.
Woolton Picture House, which first opened in 1927, closed in 2020 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Following a campaign to see it…
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Rare microscope uncovered at Cotswolds house sells for £18k
A miniature microscope hidden in a Cotswolds house has sold for more than £18,000 at auction.
The rare scientific instrument, dating from the 18th Century, was sold by auctioneers at Kinghams Auctioneers in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
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House martin nest cups offered in Hampshire to combat decline
Each April and May, house martins return from Africa to spend the summer in the UK.
They catch flying insects on the wing and build cup-shaped nests with mud under the eaves of houses and other buildings.
The birds often form colonies with…
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House martin nest cups offered in Hampshire to combat decline
Homeowners, schools and businesses are being offered the chance to install artificial nests to help reverse the decline in house martin numbers.
The distinctive dark blue and white birds, which migrate from Africa each spring, are on the UK’s Red…
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Redditch teenager donates hair after sister’s chemotherapy
A teenager who watched her younger sister go through chemotherapy and lose her hair has donated her own locks to help others.
Ellie, 13, from Redditch, loved having long hair but wanted to do something to help other children, so she cut hers for…
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Bootcamps ‘game-changer’ for working class artists
Irina MackieAward-winning artist Tara Harris said her confidence received “a massive boost” A bootcamp to help artists get their careers off the ground has seen participants get their work into galleries and magazines.
The 10-week programme to…
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Haslemere man Carl Dolmetsch sparked a recorder revival in the UK
In a BBC recording from the 1980s, before his death in 1997, Carl recalled how he first got his hands on a recorder when he was given it by his father while boarding a train – before promptly leaving it on the platform.
He said: “My father said if…
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