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‘You’re on your own’: the misery of being out of work with back pain

Almost a million people in the UK cannot do their jobs because of back or neck issues, and that leads to other problems

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‘Nobody can disturb us here’: Refugees start afresh in Manchester thanks to charity’s support

Boaz Trust, a member of one of the Guardian and Observer 2023 charity appeal partners, gets people back on their feet

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‘It can only be good’: Elvis tribute acts embrace the hologram Presley

Acts gathering in Birmingham for Elvis championships welcome forthcoming hi-tech concert experience

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‘Nobody wants to be here’: cheers and sadness on junior doctors’ picket line

Hospital staff in Newcastle begin six-day industrial action as colleagues strike across England

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North-west goes darts mad for Luke Littler – the boy with world at his fingers

Sixteen-year-old WDC finalist has already inspired local awe and adulation – from his Warrington school to the St Helens darts club he joined aged nine

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Sheffield family plead for help after drug trial for boy, 11, is abruptly stopped

Harley Bond’s treatment for a form of childhood dementia ends after deal to buy drug company fell through

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‘Gates left open and crops destroyed’: the risks and benefits of right to roam

Some farmers are concerned campaigners do not fully understand how the countryside works

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My mum fought for the underdog all her life – and I was one of her biggest missions

From 1920s Salford to teaching disabled children, my mother Marje gave so many people hope, says Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone

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‘I can dance, I can shout’: the charity bringing some joy to asylum seekers’ lives

Nzuzi Musungu says it’s ‘like therapy’ singing in the choir at Asylum Link, one of the charities our appeal helps support

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‘It’s chaos’: ruined plans, lost hours at UK’s worst station for cancelled trains

Huddersfield’s travellers are used to poor service. But many fear for the economic damage a dysfunctional rail system causes

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‘Good for Chanel and good for Manchester’: Fashion show delights city’s luminaries

Catwalk in the city’s fashionable Northern Quarter celebrated its musical, cultural and sporting prowess

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‘Stripped to the bone’: Lancashire courts in chaos as Raac adds to crisis

A day at Blackburn magistrates court highlights the confusion after closures in Blackpool and Preston

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‘It’s weird’: mixed reactions as top secret Chanel show heads to Manchester

Local people express confusion and joy as French fashion house turns ‘dingy’ street in Northern Quarter into a catwalk

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A new start after 60: I lost my sight, fell in a canal - and became the writer I’d always wanted to be

When his vision failed, Roger Cowell knew he needed to find a different way to live. So he put pen to paper, and the words poured out of him

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‘What he said is disgusting’: Stockton seethes over minister’s alleged jibe

People in Teesside town say comment attributed to James Cleverly was rude, wrong and revealing of Tory attitudes

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‘Doesn’t go to fundamentals’: autumn statement misses mark in Southport

Jeremy Hunt’s measures fail to impress small traders in Merseyside town where key tourist sector has been struggling

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‘Levelling up is a gimmick’: life in the northern town with the lowest life expectancy

Stockton in north-east England harbours an unenviable statistic – but its older community haven’t given up yet

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Durham transforms into ‘living art gallery’ as Lumiere festival begins

Four-day event presents works by artists including Javier Riera and Ai Weiwei at the cathedral, bridges and other spaces

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Goodbye Sir Bobby: Manchester unites to honour old-fashioned sort of hero

Even as Storm Debi battered Manchester, thousands turned out to line the route as the cortege wound past Old Trafford

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Rats, rotten cupboards and collapsed ceilings in a north-east England rental flat

Housing officers say Peter Thompson’s flat, where the walls are wet with damp, is one of the worst they’ve ever seen

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‘I don’t sleep’: how a mould crisis torments Blackpool renters

All 18,000 private rentals have a damp and mould problem – but some tenants fear being forced out if they complain

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Babies, battle ropes and Billy Joel: how Doncaster Rovers reach out

Doncaster Rovers’ award-winning foundation has turned the Eco-Power Stadium into a vital community hub

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Dining across the divide: ‘We do not need more cycle lanes! The only people using them are champagne socialists’

Their different backgrounds led to animated discussions about organised religion and secular systems – and ended with a heads-on collision about cyclists

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Leeds art installation helps children grapple with fourth spatial dimension

Sprawling work at Victorian house features 4D climbing frame and is part of city’s year of culture

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‘Demand interestingness’: Thomas Heatherwick rails against boring buildings

Designer says soulless structures make people stressed and lonely as he launches book and campaign

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