Headlines for Manchester November 30: Train driver strikes for a week in December, Manchester City Council calls for peace in Gaza & Britain’s oldest nurse retires from Greater Manchester hospitals at 80.
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00:00 Hello, I'm Emma Higgins with your Manchester Headlines.
00:05 Members of train drivers union Aslev will take strike action across a week in December
00:09 as part of an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions.
00:13 From Saturday the 2nd of December to Friday the 8th of December, at least two train companies
00:18 will have drivers on strike.
00:21 Manchester has called for peace in Gaza and condemned the deaths of innocent lives caught
00:25 up in the conflict.
00:27 In the town hall, council leader Bev Craig read a joint statement on behalf of all political
00:31 parties, which condemned violence as well as any acts of anti-Semitism or Islamophobia.
00:38 And finally, Britain's oldest nurse has finally retired after a 65-year career.
00:43 Grandmother Norma Newcombe worked with Ritington, Wigan and Leigh teaching hospitals for 40
00:48 years, and has now retired at the age of 80.
00:52 That's your local headlines for now.