Angela Ferguson
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Journalist at BBC News North West and BBC Wales News | angela.ferguson@bbc.co.uk
“Afro hair care workshops are about more than styling, they're about belonging” I went along to one of these workshops in Wrexham to meet the team behind them and some of those who have attended.
Afro hair care and hairdressing workshops 'about belonging'
Natalie Edwards says
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I spoke to Amanda Grant about this “magical moment” she and her family experienced on a rainy visit to see the River of Light installation in Liverpool. She said the video she captured just shows “you can't dampen a Scouser's spirit"
Moment crowds at River of Light sing Don't Stop Me Now in the rain
Amanda Grant says her family were soaked and wanted to go home until they saw this
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It was so good to return to one of my favourite places with my daughter today 🏴 ♥️ 🌳
Oh my, do you think I’d be able to go on placement with the BBC concert orchestra for next year’s proms. I could maybe play triangle for the John Williams movie music night, which I am absolutely loving right now. Pretty please 😆
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It was such a privilege to talk to young DJ AJ Murphy about being invited to join Chris Martin on stage at Coldplay’s Wembley Stadium concert last night
Liverpool: Teen in tears after going on stage with Coldplay
AJ Murphy says he will
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Thank you to Emma Miller for talking to me about her brother’s disappearance nearly five years ago. She said her family “holds on to hope” that they will see him again.
'My brother walked out the door and vanished'
The family of James Miller say the last sighting of him was on CCTV more than four years ago.
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“I have always wanted to bring him since he was little and I just never had the opportunity.” A family speak about the difference a sensory room at @evertonfc.com’s new stadium has made to them.
'It's amazing to finally go to an Everton game with my son'
Thanks to a sensory suite at Everton's new stadium, Joe Thompson can attend matches with his family.
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Shop owners should greet customers as soon as they enter a store in a bid to deter shoplifters, police have advised
Lancashire Police advises greeting customers deters shoplifters
Lancashire Police issues advice for shop owners as shoplifting levels have
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"It all started off with stuff I'd heard that he hadn't that I knew he was going to love.” The sister of Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has told how his love of music was inspired by mix tapes she made for him, beginning in the 1980s.
Sister's mix tape left Elbow's Guy Garvey in tears - BBC News
Guy Garvey cried in a Manchester canteen after hearing the mix tape over lunch in the late 1990s.
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“We've had to expand Friday's clinic to put in some extra slots as we have had so many children referred in.”
Alder Hey opens clinic for children's ketamine abuse
It is believed to be the first of its kind in the country, an Alder Hey paediatric consultant said.
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Reform UK councillor Amanda Clare has been charged with assault and criminal damage after an incident at a Pride event.
Reform's Amanda Clare charged with assault and criminal damage
The councillor has been charged in connection with an incident at a Pride event, police said.
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“When you take it out of the ground and you are the first person to touch it in 2,500 years then it does give you a bit of a jolt."
Manchester: Researchers help uncover ancient Egyptian city
A cooking pot containing the remains of a 4th century BC fish stew are among the artefacts found.
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“I wish dad was still here but doing this makes me feel like he's always going to be here with me and you have always got your memories.”
'Dad's ashes are in the neck of my guitar'
Mark Wood's friend, Sam Orr, worked some of his dad's ashes into the neck of his Fender Telecaster.
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“Life happened and my mum never got a chance to travel” ❤️
Oldham mum's ashes put in bottle in sea to 'travel the world'
Cara Melia says she wants her mum to be able to travel the globe, which she never got to do.
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Two Labour MPs have called for Reform UK to suspend one of its newly elected councillors after a photo of Adolf Hitler was shared on his official Facebook page.
Calls for Reform UK councillor's suspension over 'Hitler' post
Two Lancashire Labour MPs condemn a post on a newly elected councillor's Facebook page.
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“I'm so grateful that I found it that day because we got it quickly before it had a chance to spread”
Cheshire woman found a lump in her breast while watching Bake Off
Vicky Green says she is
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Premier League champions Liverpool will parade through the city on an open-top bus, it has been announced
Liverpool Premier League parade: route, transport and times
The what, where and when of the Reds' Premier League trophy parade and celebrations.
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“It just bumps up the power and prestige of these tribal groups in North Yorkshire and it makes them even more glamorous”
Melsonby Hoard: Iron Age 'bling' shows wealth of northern tribes
The Melsonby Hoard shows tribes had
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“If I can stop one family from going through what we went through then I have done a good thing.”
Liverpool: 'I lost my son to gambling-related suicide'
John Myers says he wants to stop other families from
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Azar Nazir, who has earned over 900,000 followers on Tik Tok, told me that running the shop had affected his mental health and he felt it was "time to move on" from Wakey Wines
Viral 'Wakey Wines' Tik Tok off-licence goes up for sale
Azar Nazir, the owner of
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David’s Day! 🌼 🏴 🌼
Four financially struggling councils in the north-west of England are to receive millions of pounds in additional funding from the government.
Four north-west of England councils to get extra government support
Cheshire East, Halton, Trafford and Wirral councils are deemed to require additional financial help.
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“My neurologist, when he diagnosed me, they worked out I had over 100,000 sub-concussive hits in my brain” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Alix Popham: 'I can't remember most rugby games I played in'
Former Welsh rugby international Alix Popham speaks about the impact of head injuries on players.
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A council has rejected calls to raise the default 20mph speed limit on a number of roads in Monmouthshire, Wales
Monmouthshire: No 20mph roads to return to 30mph, council says
The authority says its
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The mother of a student killed in the Nottingham attacks said she had spoken with the family of one of the three young girls murdered in Southport last summer
Southport attack family 'reached out to me', says Nottingham mum
Families who lost loved ones in Southport and Nottingham are in
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Energy firm Cuadrilla has announced it will start work on plugging the UK's only two shale gas wells in February - around two months after the deadline for doing so passed.
Blackpool: Energy firm to begin work on closing fracking site
Cuadrilla says work will start in February - around two months after the deadline set by the council.
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Cardiff University has confirmed plans to cut 400 full-time jobs amid a funding shortfall
Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs
Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says
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Patrick Hurley said the removal of harmful content "needs to happen now" and online platforms should not wait until the Online Safety Act comes into force in March
Southport knife attack: MP wants harmful online content removed
Southport MP says urgent action is needed following the knife attacks so
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