Kevin Fitzpatrick
@kevfitz21
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BBC reporter in the North West covering politics for @BBCRadiomanc and @BBCNWT, speaker, MC, rugby league fan.
Oldham
Joined October 2010
We'll be asking him about this tomorrow on @BBCRadioManc when he's in the Hotseat 10-11am
Truly terrible treatment of Tom by @waitrose. 1. We will support him to find another placement that works. 👍🏻 2. We would encourage all employers, including Waitrose, to sign up our brand new Bee Neuroinclusive Code of Practice.👇🏻 https://t.co/tAcef8Sy10
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The mother of an autistic man who was told he had to stop stacking shelves at a Waitrose store where he had worked as a volunteer for years has said he "deserved better". Frances Boyd said her son Tom began work experience in 2021 as it gave him 'a sense of purpose' but when she
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Rochdale grooming gang leader felt 'untouchable'
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Day two of a three-day sentencing hearing is told the market stallholder became brazen in his actions.
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Listen to @bbcmerseyside now to hear these two powerful voices speaking truth to power at the Labour Party conference. Margaret and Charlottes lives were changed forever by the Hillsborough disaster - they hope the legacy of their terrible loss will be a law that helps others
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Standing ovation for Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall who addresses @UKLabour conference in Liverpool ahead of @Keir_Starmer speech “It’s been a long journey” she says “I want to die knowing we��ve changed a part of history” she says, referencing the Hillsborough Law
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“Don't be cheeky...” Health Secretary Wes Streeting responds to @nicholaswatt when asked about Andy Burnham’s leadership ambitions. #Newsnight
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“I can’t control you lot can I…” Andy Burnham responds as @nicholaswatt asks whether speculation about his leadership ambitions has “got a little bit out of control" following interviews he gave in the run up to Labour Party Conference. #Newsnight
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Family releases Ricky Hatton funeral route
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Mourners will be able to join a procession route through the boxing legend's hometown before his funeral.
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Starmer defends Northern Powerhouse Rail delay
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The BBC understands concerns over the long-term costs of the proposed line are behind the delay.
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Burnham has 'no plan to abandon Greater Manchester'
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The mayor say he "will not abandon" the region amid speculation about his political future.
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Burnham tells BBC Labour leadership 'up to the party' as he's asked about Starmer challenge
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It comes after he said MPs have privately called on him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer to become Labour leader and PM.
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Former Co-op Bank boss ordered to pay back ÂŁ184k
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Paul Flowers, 75, swindled an elderly friend and spent the cash on drugs, holidays and luxury items.
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Five more held in Oldham sex abuse investigation
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Police say five men aged between 38 and 51 were arrested in dawn raids across Oldham on Wednesday.
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Grooming gang victim killed herself, says coroner
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Charlotte Tetley, 33, was hit by a train in Macclesfield last year, after 'multiple previous overdoses'.
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Bus services 'badly affected' as strike begins
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About 2,000 drivers on the Bee Network will go on strike until Monday.
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Ex-Labour MP Zarah Sultana accuses Jeremy Corbyn of overseeing "sexist boys' club" locking women out of founding of new left-wing party https://t.co/uQBbQkr4or
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MP Zarah Sultana says she is a victim of a "sexist boys' club" in row over setting up new left wing party.
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Overgrown motorway roundabout a 'complete eyesore'
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A Middleton residents rages over the state of the intersection as councils promise to take action.
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