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If you shop at smile.amazon.co.uk, they'll donate to your favourite charitable organisation, at no cost to you Let's have a look at some ace local charities that you can raise money for. The easiest way of doing this is via Amazon Smile. On your first visit to smile.amazon.co.uk you need to select charitable organisation before you begin shopping. The Christie Back in 2018, they announced: "Good News! The Christie is now set up to receive donations through AmazonSmile. Please use the link below to select The Christie as your charity, shop as usual then Amazon will donate 0.5% of the amount you spend."  Follow the instructions in the embedded post below. Forever Manchester Forever Manchester is the only charity that raises money to fund and support community activity across Greater Manchester. They believe that believe that connected communities make stronger, happier communities. You can support their efforts by following the instructions on the link below. They

Anthony Howard Wilson (known by many as Tony Wilson) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager and a journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. Tony Wilson was behind some of our most successful bands. He was one of the five co-founders of Factory Records and the founder and manager of the Haçienda nightclub. Wilson put in some immense work in promoting the culture of Manchester throughout his career His involvement in popular music stemmed from hosting Granada's culture and music programme 'So It Goes'. Wilson disliked the music scene of the mid-1970s.  A version of this article was originally posted here.  Icons of Greater Manchester: Tony Wilson (gmanchesternews.blogspot.com)   Over his time, he became the manager of many bands, including A Certain Ratio and The Durutti Column. His Factory Records was the home of Happy Mondays, Joy Division and New Order.  Other interests  He was fan of Manchester United. Not long aft

Chief Constable Stephen Watson was answering this questions this morning in the BBC Radio Manchester 'hotseat'. He was asked questions on a range of subjects including anti-social behaviour, local policing, violent crime, policing of the roads and transport links, and iOPS. Here are some of the answers given Impact of COVID on staffing levels, he said: "They are holding up. We've a bit of nip-and-tuck here and there but for the most part, mercifully, we're in reasonably good shape and our plans are good in terms of where we stand." When asked about violent crime, CC Watson said: "I think there's too much violent crime; I think there're too few people committing violent crime who've been brought to book and that's why we're committed to improving our outcomes and certainly increasing the number of people arrested." CC Watson also spoke about recruitment: "We are embarked at the moment on probably the biggest recruitment driv