scrapyard blaze that became an raging inferno on January 2 - perhaps we should have taken that as a sign of things to come in the coming months.
But, right from the off, the community showed its strength for the first of many times this year.While the embers of the fire were still smouldering, emergency service workers in Bury worked round the clock to make the area safe.A year living with the impact of coronavirus is difficult to put into words.Since February - when we all learned of the virus that would quickly dominate our everyday thoughts, interactions and lives - more than 4,000 people have been lost to the disease in Greater Manchester.
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