ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE is mourning the loss of one of its most familiar faces following the death of actor John Savident. Familiar to millions as butcher Fred…
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Strictly star becomes Willow Wood’s Youngest Patron
WILLOW Wood is delighted to announce that Ellie Leach has agreed to become the Hospice’s youngest ever patron. The 22-year-old local actress is already a…
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Mossley’s Coronation Street star running for MND cause
A MOSSLEY-BASED actor familiar to millions as a star of Coronation Street is going on the run for a cause inspired by his current storyline.…
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Dukinfield lunch club provides feast with new cookbook
A DUKINFIELD lunch club is being funded by a tasty new community cookbook, which has had help from a Coronation Street star. The Peoples Community…
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Strictly Dance – Hospices join forces to raise funds for patient care
Willow Wood and Dr Kershaw’s Hospices have partnered up to bring their very own version of the popular BBC programme Strictly Come Dancing to the…
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Julie Goodyear becomes patron of Willow Wood hospice
TELEVISION legend Julie Goodyear MBE has become a patron of Willow Wood Hospice. Fondly remembered by many as Coronation Street’s Bet Lynch, the archetypal brassy…
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Coronation Street 60th Anniversary special: Sally Ann Matthews reflects on her time on the world-famous cobbles
LOCAL actor Sally Ann Matthews admitted Coronation Street, which has just celebrated its 60th birthday, helped shape her life. “What would life have been like…
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Coronation Street 60th Anniversary special: Bowton’s Yard in Stalybridge was inspiration for soap
By Mike Pavasovic IN another world, the original resident of No 1 Coronation Street might have been a schoolmistress granny rather than Albert Tatlock. The…
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Corrie star adopts dog from Denton and campaigns to stop smuggling
CORONATION Street star Daniel Brocklebank has added another dog adopted from a Denton charity to his growing clan.Now the star – perhaps better known as…
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Celebrity treatment for the opening of CREATE centre
CORONATION Street came to Denton as actress Cherylee Houston performed the official opening of The CREATE Centre, where we CONNECT.It was a momentous day for…
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