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“Driving home on wide roads lined by illuminated Glenfiddich signs and overflowing shisha bars is a scene so alive it feels strange when we slow to pass a checkpoint guarded by armed peshmerga - reminders of this region’s troubled recent history,” she writes. In reality, Erbil is now entirely different. She says her formative years are littered with memories of newsreels mentioning the country in the context of war and conflict. She travelled to Kurdish Iraq with Manchester-based charity Mines Advisory Group to report on the impact of landmines on communities there. Twenty years on from the British invasion, there is a side of Iraq few are familiar with, writes reporter Nicole Wootton-Cane. ‘Women are capable of doing anything that men do’ In today’s edition, we’ll be discussing the Hollywood filmmaker taking on a colossal heritage project here in Greater Manchester, the deminer who is saving lives and the moment that ‘radicalised’ Andy Burnham. At least it gives you a chance to settle down to read this newsletter with a brew. Yep, they’re forecast for tomorrow so I’m afraid it’s not exactly barbecue weather for the next few days at least. It’s finally August, which can mean only one thing - thunderstorms.
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