The doorstep clown from Wigan who kept delighting kids against all the odds during lockdown
When it was clear lockdown wasn’t being lifted anytime soon, Lucy Wilkinson and her Giggle Bus took the show on the road
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Lucy Wilkinson dressed up in character as her alter ego Louby Lou (Image: Louby Lou)
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Oldham College gets keys to £9m Construction Centre – five weeks early Date published: 01 April 2021
Alun Francis, Oldham College s Chief Executive and Principal, seen with some of his team outside the new building
Oldham College has been given the keys to its new £9million Construction Centre by Willmott Dixon – five weeks ahead of schedule.
This landmark project is a state-of-the-art venue that will offer elite technical education facilities to address the skills gap in the sector.
The Construction Centre will be the best place to learn the building, construction and trade skills of the future.
Students will be taught technical trades and higher professional skills right through to degree level – including new T Level qualifications – and access a range of exciting career routes including architecture and surveying, electrical, plumbing and plastering.
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Budget 2021: Updates and reaction as Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces corporation tax hike, new UK freeports and Treasury s Darlington move
It s one of the most highly-anticipated Budget speeches in years
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has laid out the Government s spending and taxation plans in his crucial Budget speech, announcing a raft of measures including a corporation tax hike, new freeport locations and the Treasury s move north.
All eyes were on Mr Sunak at lunchtime as he took to the despatch box following Prime Minister s Questions in the House of Commons for the second Budget of his tenure.