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Manchester Town Hall’s newly restored clock tower has been revealed, showing some of the progress made in restoring, repairing and safeguarding the Grade I-listed building.
At over 85 metres (280ft) tall, the clock tower is only slightly shorter than the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament which houses Big Ben. Manchester’s eight-tonne hour bell is known as Great Abel.
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The joint venture partnership behind MIX MANCHESTER, formerly Airport City Manchester, is taking its plans for the UK’s first airport-based science, innovation, and manufacturing campus to public consultation.
This follows approval in principle of the draft Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF) by Manchester City Council’s (MCC) executive committee.
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The average distance to the nearest defibrillator has more than halved in Wythenshawe, thanks to a new scheme from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Oliver Cookson Foundation, Resuscitation Council UK and St John Ambulance.
Image shows defibrillator installed at the Forum Centre, Wythenshawe
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National placemaker, Muse has been named as the delivery and investment partner that will work with the Manchester City Council (MCC) to deliver the transformation of Wythenshawe town centre.
The procurement exercise began in October 2023 to find a private sector partner that could invest and develop Wythenshawe Civic at scale to meet the ambitions set out in the Strategic Regeneration Framework.
The appointment will help accelerate the long-term programme that will see a new public square, retail, net zero carbon commercial space, community and cultural space. And more than 1,750 new homes – including significant affordable housing - over the next 10 years.
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Manchester City Council chief executive Joanne Roney CBE is to return to her native Birmingham to take up the newly-created post of managing director of its council.
Joanne Roney has been chief executive of Manchester City Council (MCC) since April 2017 when she became the first woman to serve as the council’s top officer.
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Expressions of interest are being sought by Colliers, on behalf of Historic England, for acquisition of the freehold or long leasehold of Baguley Hall to an occupier who will ‘restore and operate the building in a sympathetic way’.
Set in two acres of grounds, the 600 year old hall is one of Manchester's four most historic buildings – Grade I Listed and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The current hall may be on the site of an earlier hall, dating possibly from the 11th or 12th century.
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Forum Leisure in Wythenshawe offers free memberships to those living with Parkinson’s disease and is urging people to sign up this World Parkinson’s Day on 11 April 2024.
A collaboration with charity Parkinson’s UK in 2022 created the initiative, which has seen almost 50 residents take up the free memberships so far.
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Manchester Libraries has partnered with BBC Television’s Blue Peter programme and The Reading Agency on a new initiative called The Blue Peter Book Club Live.
The project aims to inspire a love of reading and creativity in primary school-aged children and will engage young readers through a multi-faceted approach involving free activities and events both in and outside of traditional reading spaces.
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