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MBE Insignia Photo courtesy of Elaine Edwards

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Bolton mum’s MBE journey: how Families and Babies grew from one woman’s struggle into a national charity

If someone had told Elaine Edwards back in 2004 — during the sleepless nights and uncertainty of new motherhood — that one day she would receive an MBE at Windsor Castle from HRH The Prince of Wales and see her story featured in a best-selling book...

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(L-R) Matt Freeman, Al Dunn, Nick Bunt in Oh Zeus! (Le Navet Bete) - photo credit Mark Senior Photography

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Le Navet Bete’s Nick Bunt on bringing the Greek gods down to earth

Carmel Thomason

Le Navet Bete is back with another larger-than-life comedy, this time taking on the wildly dysfunctional world of Greek mythology. When the stability of Olympus is threatened by the marriage of Zeus’ daughter Hebe to a mere mortal, the King of the...

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Christine Mackie in IRON Pic credit James Mackie

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Christine and Lois Mackie on bringing IRON’s powerful mother-daughter story to life

Carmel Thomason

For the first time, real-life mother and daughter Christine and Lois Mackie will share the stage in Rona Munro’s intense psychological prison drama ‘IRON’. Touring the North West with Best Girl Productions, the play explores the...

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