Headlines for Manchester October 23: Tributes at Old Traffords for Sir Bobby Charlton, Petition to save Oldham Coliseum backed by big names such as Sir Ian McKellen, Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake & Manchester Christmas markets arriving in a few short weeks.
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00:00 Hello, I'm Emma Higgins with your Manchester Headlines.
00:05 Tributes have flooded in following the death of Manchester United and England legend Sir
00:09 Bobby Charlton.
00:11 Hundreds of tributes have been left at Old Trafford since the news broke that he died
00:15 peacefully on the 21st of October.
00:19 A campaign group to save Oldham's Coliseum Theatre has received the backing of huge names
00:24 such as Sir Ian McKellen, Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake.
00:28 The venue has been closed since the 31st of March following the loss of all of its Arts
00:33 Council England funding.
00:36 And finally, Manchester's famous Christmas markets will be returning for their 25th year
00:41 in just a few short weeks.
00:43 The markets will be taking over locations across the city centre from the 10th of November
00:48 and there will be 225 stalls.
00:51 That's your local headlines for now.
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