Donna Petch

Owner and creator of The North East and West HUB. Loves live music, science, sport and meeting new people!!! Find me on

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Lancashire schools drama contest highlights road safety

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Drama students from six Lancashire schools have battled it out in the finals of a competition aimed at delivering vital road safety messages. Secondary schools from Preston, South Ribble and Longridge created their own hard-hitting productions to bring to life issues relevant to young drivers and passengers. The Beats is a multi-agency drama-based education programme, …

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Coronation Street star launches Manchester Irish Festival

The Manchester Irish Festival, the biggest of its kind in Europe outside of Dublin, is celebrating its twentieth year with the backing of Coronation Street’s newest resident bad boy. Manchester Irish lad Sean Ward aka Callum Logan can currently be seen as the fierce rival of long time Street resident David Platt in the Manchester-based …

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Just how fab are ‘The Beatles’ for Liverpool?

A NEW study is being carried out to find out definitively what the legacy of the Beatles is worth to Liverpool. There will be in-depth research into the current Beatles offer, its value in monetary terms to the city, any gaps in the tourism offer and what the potential value of the Beatles could be …

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