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Here's the Mancunian Way for today: Hello From the catastrophic cock-up of its 'risk averse' response to the 2017 Manchester Arena bomb, to a damning inspection that four years later found it was still unprepared to deal with a terrorist attack, the failings of Greater Manchester's Fire and Rescue Service are by now been well-documented.
But there are encouraging signs the brigade is turning things around. In today's newsletter we'll hear from GMFRS county fire officer, the refreshingly candid Dave Russel, as he looks back at what went wrong and outlines how he plans to transform the service.
Elsewhere we'll pay a visit to the 'Oxford Road chicken triangle'. You won't find it on Google maps, but if you're a fried chicken fan chances are you'll know exactly what we're talking about.
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