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Behind the scenes of Andy Burnham's dramatic Labour conference speech (opens the original)
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A couple of weeks ago the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham shut himself away at his home near his Makerfield constituency on a Friday. He was determined to concentrate on preparing for the biggest speech of his political life. Parts of the speech, which some are saying is the best made by a Labour leader in a generation, had been written on trains and planes - but now the PM wanted to give it his full attention. The draft address was shown to others and Mr Burnham took on board small suggestions
Andy Burnham just gave the most consequential Labour leader speech in 20 years (opens the original)
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Two major criticisms of Andy Burnham regularly circulated in the early days of his tenure as Prime Minister. Firstly, that he was unable to make unpopular decisions and was addicted to getting the approval of his peers and the public. Secondly, nobody really knew what he stood for. His conference speech today was an emphatic answer to both. Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter This was a speech heavy on emotion and weighted with big, and potentiall
The extraordinary zoo where you can sleep next to wolves and noisy gibbons (opens the original)
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The lar gibbon, also known as the white-handed gibbon, is an endangered primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. So the internet says. What the internet doesn’t tell you, however, which I now know from experience, is that they are also noisy buggers. I’m no David Attenborough, this much is clear, walking around the fabulous expanse of the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, my observations were limited to noticing how massive Polar Bears are and what a funny noise the sea lions make. We h
The remarkable Edinburgh hotel that is much more than a place to sleep (opens the original)
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Ten Hill Place Hotel in Edinburgh is an excellent hotel. Even if that was all it did, I'd recommend it. But it turns out it does rather more. The rooms are large and exceptionally clean. The food is excellent, the service is first-rate and there is the considerable bonus of designated parking behind the building, something that becomes particularly valuable when Edinburgh is being overrun by the Fringe. It is also brilliantly located, close enough to the Old Town and the Royal Mile to make explo
Greater Manchester to get new mental health hubs (opens the original)
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Two new NHS mental health centres are set to open in Greater Manchester as part of a major expansion of services aimed at helping people get support earlier and reducing pressure on hospitals. The community hubs in Manchester are among 100 new neighbourhood mental health centres being created across England, with the first sites expected to open from this autumn. The expansion is part of a £343m investment described by the Government as the biggest redesign of mental health services in a generat
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