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Best of luck to everyone getting their GCSE results today. Our reporters have been out and about chatting to students about their results. But remember, it’s not the be all and end all if you don’t get exactly what you’d hoped for. Take heart - there are plenty of brilliant people who left school without qualifications, or did worse than they had hoped, but still went on to have great successes in life including Fred Done, Sacha Lord and Steve Bartlett. Whether you’re celebrating or having more of a low key day, there are plenty of freebies available for students today. You can find them here.
On to the news. We’ll be talking about a septuagenarian transatlantic rower, a new neighbourhood and how the Eton of the North squares with the socialist council leader's views in today’s newsletter.
But first, how long would you be willing to spend on the bus in order to meet up with Andy Burnham? Half an hour? Two hours? Joseph Timan certainly had an epic journey to meet the mayor this morning…
In a month’s time Greater Manchester will begin to bring buses under public control for the first time in 40 years. It’s an exciting moment for the mayor, who has been pushing for this for years. This morning he told reporters cheaper fares, new electric buses, earlier and later running services and improved customer information means ‘people really will be better off with the Bee Network’.
It also means passengers will have a simplified experience, tapping in and tapping out on trams, buses and eventually local commuter trains with a daily
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Megan Thee Stallion is looking sleek and gorgeous at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday night (September 12) at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Doja Cat is leaving little to the imagination!
New York Post.Based on records of in-patient and out-patient procedures obtained from two national surgery databases, around 4,550 Americans sought transition-related surgical procedures in 2016, with that number more than tripling to 13,000 by 2019, according to the study, published in JAMA Network Open.The study’s authors attribute the rise in surgical procedures to federal and state laws approved during the Obama administration requiring coverage for medically necessary care, including treatments for gender dysphoria. The study only looked at surgical procedures in the years prior to 2020, and not hormonal interventions intended to assist in a gender transition.In total, about 48,00 individuals underwent surgical procedures from 2016 to 2020, while the overall number of “health system encounters for gender identity disorder” tripled during that same time.“The rapid rise [in gender dysphoria diagnoses] suggests that there will be a greater need for clinicians knowledgeable in the care of transgender individuals and with the requisite expertise to perform [gender confirmation surgery] procedures,” the report says.Following an 11th U.S.
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A new publicly-funded podcast series has launched as part of a campaign to tackle gender-based violence. The #IsThisOkay? podcast features men from Greater Manchester talking about unacceptable behaviours faced by women.
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. One PETA supporter was nude apart from the body paint that covered her in tendon and muscle-inspired flourishes from head to toe for a “skinned” animal effect. On her chest, a message to the brand read: “Coach: Leather Kills." A second, clothed protester marched down the catwalk carrying a sign emblazoned with the same sentiment.The demonstrators were quickly removed from the catwalk by security guards, who lifted the women off the ground and carried them out of the event.“Today’s conscientious consumers know that the future of fashion lies in innovative vegan materials, not in cows’ sliced-off skin,” said PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman in a .
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EXCLUSIVE: The Veterans is launching international sales on upcoming UK period comedy Fackham Hall at Toronto and has unveiled first members of the ensemble cast.
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The busiest road in Manchester city centre will be closed this weekend. Transport bosses have announced that the Mancunian Way will be shut in both directions from 5am on Saturday, September 9 to 7pm on Sunday, September 10.
Andy Burnham and four other Mayors across England have vowed to continue the fight to stop plans to close 1,000 train ticket offices. In July the Greater Manchester Mayor said he was preparing to launch a legal action against the train operators' plans to try and halt the proposal.
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Carlos Alcaraz made history when he won the US Open in 2022, and he celebrated the special occasion with a tattoo.
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Driving wasn't an option for me on Thursday.
Rojek, writer-director Zaynê Akyol’s documentary that attempts to trace the beginning, rise and fall of the Islamic State through the personal stories of its members and their wives incarcerated in prison camps, was selected Thursday by Canada to represent the country in the 2024 Oscar Best International Feature Film race.