Helena Vesty

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Lovely news from the last week 🏆 Thrilled to be named on the @PressAwardsuk list of 30 journalists under the age of 30 to watch.
Such a joy to be recognised for the work I'm so passionate about, and a huge honour to be alongside such fantastic company @MENnewsdesk

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@journo_paige @PopBase What is that??

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There’s two separate cordons, one around the front of the house where the majority of activity from CSI officers is happening. Then the back street to the rear of the houses is also blocked off @MENnewsdesk

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It’s tough to say an exact number, but it looks like there’s at least 7/8 bullet holes in one window, and the window pane next to it is completely smashed though @MENnewsdesk

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I’m here in Oldham this morning at the scene of a shooting, where big bullet holes appear in the windows of one home @MENnewsdesk

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‘I’m Angeliki - and I’m angry’, she says very powerfully over Matthew Goodwin ‘coming to this community in a minivan with tinted windows and telling us he has the solutions’ - lots of applause in the room @MENnewsdesk

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‘The whole world is watching’ says Lucy Powell, of the Gorton and Denton by-election @MENnewsdesk

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Andy’s turn to speak now @MENnewsdesk

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Ed Miliband hits out at Jim Ratcliffe after comments made this week that the ‘UK is colonised by immigrants’ @MENnewsdesk

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‘You can’t be British if you’re not born here. How dare Matthew Goodwin say this?’ says Ed Miliband, on the Reform candidate’s rhetoric. He cites his own father who came the UK fleeing the Nazis, fought in the Royal Navy, and ‘loved this country’ @MENnewsdesk

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Here this morning in Denton where Andy Burnham, Lucy Powell and Ed Miliband are out in force to support Labour candidate Angeliki Stogia as she campaigns ahead of the hotly contested Gorton and Denton by-election @MENnewsdesk

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Shaun Clancy, whose property sits on a hill above the site now crawling with emergency responders, said he agreed that those in the plane may not have known how windy these hills can get when they set off @MENnewsdesk

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Shaun Clancy, whose home overlooks the crash site, said: “You can tell yourselves, it gets extremely cold and windy out here.” @MENnewsdesk

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Neighbours overlooking the area where the plane came down have said the area is a busy flight path for both jets heading to and from Manchester Airport, as well as light aircraft @MENnewsdesk

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Some emergency services remain at the scene, but the response has slimmed on the road by the scene. Further emergency services remain closer to the crash site @MENnewsdesk

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Weather is getting increasingly worse, as fog and mist descends over the hills @MENnewsdesk

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There’s still activity on the hill, but the emergency response is scaling back, crime scene investigation is still here @MENnewsdesk

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One neighbour, Shaun Clancy @MENnewsdesk said his wife saw the plane come down, he said: “As you can see from the conditions, why would anyone go out in this?”

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One resident has told me that he doesn’t know of anyone in the area who has a light aircraft, as ‘there’s nowhere to land around here’ @MENnewsdesk

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Extremely windy here at the scene of a light aircraft crash Hollinworth Lake @MENnewsdesk

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Greater Manchester’s NHS has issued an update that the cancellation of surgeries amid ‘financial pressures’ will last for another two months - report by @HelenaVesty https://t.co/RYDtcG7alM