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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Stephen Topping

'No extra money' to fix primary school where classrooms were flooded with sewage

A school where classrooms were flooded with sewage and children were left with playing fields that 'resemble the Somme' will not be prioritised for funding.

Russell Scott Primary School, in Denton, was given a £2.7 million overhaul by Carillion from 2013 to 2015 - two years before the company went bust.

But the major project was botched, with a string of issues blighting the Tameside primary school, and experts say it would take £5 million to fix the building's problems.

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