Headlines for Manchester August 24: Pay rise offered to First Bus drivers in Oldham, First trees planted on rooftop park in Stockport & From summer 2024 you will be able to get married in Northern Quarter’s Afflecks.
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00:00 Hello, I'm Emma Higgins with your Manchester headlines.
00:06 First Bus Manchester has announced it will be offering an inflation-busting pay rise
00:11 to bus drivers in Oldham. This increase would see drivers earn over £5,000 more a year
00:17 if accepted by the union.
00:20 A rooftop park in Stockport has reached a new milestone as the first trees have now
00:25 been planted. The park on the site of the old Stockport bus station is part of a £1
00:30 billion development of the borough.
00:33 And finally, as of summer 2024, you will be able to get married at the quirky Northern
00:38 Quarter Emporium, Afflecks, home of Manchester's counterculture. The Aladdin's Cave of independent
00:44 shops and businesses has been granted a marriage licence, which means it is open for wedding
00:50 bookings.
00:51 That's your local headlines for now.
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