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		<title>Local Nature Reserve Status for two new sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two green sites in Manchester have been designated as Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) by Manchester City Council’s Executive Committee. Boggart Hole Clough in Charlestown and Highfield Country Park in Levenshulme are the fifth and sixth LNRs for the city, joining Chorlton Water Park, Blackley Forest, Clayton Vale and Chorlton Ees and Ivy Green. Declaring the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=51&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greater Manchester Councils are Good Guys</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manchester City Council is joining forces with other councils in Greater Manchester to combat firework danger in the run up to bonfire night. The council&#8217;s Trading Standards Service has signed up for the Good Guy Scheme &#8211; an initiative aimed at encouraging retailers to be responsible in the run-up to 5 November. The scheme involves [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=50&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manchester City Council seeks views on revised licensing policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manchester City Council is seeking the public&#8217;s views on its revised draft licensing policy covering pubs, clubs, off licences and other outlets.The new policy promises to focus efforts on tackling irresponsibly managed premises which allow drunkenness, underage drinking, public nuisance or which compromise public safety. The leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese, underlines [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=49&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big Lottery Funding for Manchester Healthy Living Centres</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The North West Network for Healthy Living Partnerships has been successful in obtaining £7m of funding from the Big Lottery’s Wellbeing fund. Debra Person Co-ordinator for ZEST in North Manchester and Val Little Health Improvement Manager for South Manchester Healthy Living Network have been working with a small planning group lead by Stockport Resource Consultancy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=48&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>North West at the heart of strategy for rail growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has announced a capacity increase of 41 per cent for peak hour commuter trains serving Manchester to meet the expected demand for rail travel. Extra carriages will be provided to lengthen many trains through Manchester and Liverpool operated by Trans Pennine Express, with a 30 per cent increase in capacity on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=47&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CN4M Grants panel members needed</title>
		<link>http://webconnect.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/cn4m-grants-panel-members-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CN4M are looking for panel members who maybe interested in joining a pool of people working with Community Network 4 Manchester&#8217;s new grants program CN4M Grants. They are particularly keen to get representation from the different communities of interest as well as from different geographical areas within the City of Manchester reflecting the diversity within [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=46&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unique Manchester parking scheme gets green light</title>
		<link>http://webconnect.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/unique-manchester-parking-scheme-gets-green-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manchester City Council and NCP Manchester Limited (NML) are launching the UK’s first ‘Green Badge Parking’ (GBP) scheme that offers a substantial discount in parking fees to drivers who use more environmentally friendly vehicles. From Tuesday 10 July commuters who run low emission cars will be able to take advantage of a special offer giving [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=45&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Driver backing hard shoulder video</title>
		<link>http://webconnect.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/driver-backing-hard-shoulder-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 10:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A driver from the North West who says Highways Agency Traffic Officers saved his life last week is backing a new video giving hard shoulder safety advice. Peter Baker, 27, from Didsbury in Manchester, was travelling along the M56 at Junction 3a near Wythenshawe on Wednesday (May 16), when his car broke down in heavy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=44&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sci-fi attraction for Queens Awards</title>
		<link>http://webconnect.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/sci-fi-attraction-for-queens-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 14:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Who and the Daleks will be a major added attraction at this year&#8217;s Queen&#8217;s Awards awareness event at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. The event &#8211; on Tuesday 19 June &#8211; coincides with the museum&#8217;s Dr Who exhibition and provides a chance for those interested in receiving a Queen&#8217;s Award for Enterprise to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=43&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salford scheme to cut alcohol fuelled crime</title>
		<link>http://webconnect.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/salford-scheme-to-cut-alcohol-fuelled-crime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 09:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new initiative to prevent alcohol-fuelled criminals from re-offending by enrolling them in treatment has been launched in Salford. The Bail Conditions Scheme, which is being overseen by Salford Drugs and Action Team (DAAT), is the first of its kind anywhere in Greater Manchester and is being unveiled as Alcohol Awareness Week starts on 7 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webconnect.wordpress.com&amp;blog=345074&amp;post=42&amp;subd=webconnect&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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