Every year we get a heatwave. And every year the authorities issue the same message: Swimming is dangerous! Children should avoid lakes, ponds, canals and reservoirs and use designated pools. Swimming in outdoor stretches of water is strictly forbidden!
But it’s the authorities who need to get the message: Children are risking getting drowned […]

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Eye On Manchester has been contacted by BBC Radio Manchester. They are looking for expat Mancunians to join their expat club.
Every night, Monday to Friday, Phil Wood and Gail Sullivan chat on the phone to people from the Greater Manchester area, who now live in all kinds of far flung places.
They want […]

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The Hollings Building, more commonly known as ‘The Toast Rack’ is one of Manchester’s most striking buildings.
It was designed by architect L C Howitt, and completed in 1960. It is actually intended to look like a toast rack, a visual pun arising from its use as a college of catering.
Artist and architecture critic […]

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