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Expert Taskforce recommends locations for new towns The New Towns Taskforce has recommended locations for the next generation of new towns.

Well, there goes my favourite planning question… “why are there no new towns in Yorkshire?”

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Més que un club #nufc

I’m sure it was no sweat

What about the Old Trafford waterfall?

On so many levels

New independent Design Review Forum confirms appointment of members to champion design excellence news.salford.gov.uk/news/new-ind...

Pleased to be appointed to this panel - even if I did miss the photo opportunity today!

Another where ‘personal terms won’t be a problem’. I know you said on @podonthetyne.bsky.social that it’s just how things done now @georgecaulkin.bsky.social but with run around #nufc have had surely it was better when people agreed fees with clubs before bothering to waste time with player & agent?

Ditto for GCSEs. College here we come 👍

Just been called the ‘Jan Gehl of the North’ in a meeting.
Completely embarrassed but of course secretly totally chuffed

A-level results day and we have a happy (maybe relieved!) household. Hope everyone out there got what they needed

Is it a failure of public realm strategy or execution?

So after a spell visiting various cities in northern Spain I’m left asking eternal question ‘why can’t we just do that?’…
Generous well maintained public space
Seating & public toilets
Play in every public square
Underground car parks
Public lifts & escalators
Street cafes not all about booze

Never sure anyone is out there on Bluesky but checking your profile I see you are keeping the content up @samuelstafford.bsky.social 👍
Just to say I’m enjoying new town episode & (no slight on 50 shades) I yearn for a more formal northern forum where these things can be discussed & influence policy

Pamplona

YouTube video by Project Babb Being John Carver (if he managed a convenience store) | by FitbaThatba

For context…

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#nufc

San Sebastián

Regardless of where people stand on Mitchell’s impact isn’t it poor for a key individual to be able to quit with a months notice & especially at such a pivotal time of year? Surely should be tied in to ensure things are managed on club’s terms. Feels like he exploited it to maximum effect too #nufc

I’ve been lucky enough to play a part in some of it and worked in and around it to witness the changes. It felt slow progress at times (as regeneration can) but in reality has been a dramatic transformation

A CD revival in our house led me to rediscover my MA design project on New Islington/Ancoats (while studying in London). The illustrations not quite up to current standards but I’m sure the thinking was sound!
Basically all of this area has been redeveloped in the intervening years

In a cafe and noticing a bit of an Isak resemblance here.
Never too much? #nufc

Interesting canter though new Manchester. Huge changes in c25yrs I’ve lived here. Lots for good & some not. Comparison daft - feels more like London I left 20yrs ago but that’s somewhere else now too. Cities change & reflect wider economy/society. None of its working for everyone anywhere is it..?

Red Riding trilogy on Netflix. Powerful performances and captures a grim world brilliantly.
From this to Spiderman for Andrew Garfield - where did it all go wrong?!

A life in construction! Here’s my first foray into building the homes we need - laying foundations for my Aunty’s new house in Whitley Bay with my Grandad, Dad and Uncles

GM is growing fast.

We will expand @BeeNetwork over the next decade to meet the needs of our bigger economy.

BUT

There’s a limit to what we can do on a congested surface.

It’s why I am asking TfGM to start planning for an underground for GM around a remodelled Piccadilly.

Youngest turns 16 today. A 16 year old me would have wanted exactly the same presents I think

New towns, if they are to be successful, will need to be shaped and developed with the relationship to and needs of existing places firmly in mind. To put any potential barrier between local authority involvement and support makes no sense to me

Massively satisfying to visit an old project - Oughtibridge, Sheffield. Building’s & trees originally planned for removal still bringing bags of character & enhanced riverside creating a nice habitat for people & wildlife. Great to speak to residents & hear what works & what could be better

Fascinating evening exploring issues and solutions to the building inclusion emergency with

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