The nominations are in and the response has been phenomenal. After receiving almost 500 nominations for this year's Greater Manchester Health and Care Champion Awards, the shortlist has been announced.

36 individuals from organizations such as the NHS, various local authorities, charities, care homes and many other sectors have been shortlisted across 12 categories.

These are: Volunteer champion, wellbeing champion, returning champion, student of the year, leadership champion, key worker champion, innovation champion, inclusion champion, community champion, collaborative champion, apprentice of the year and adaptable champion.

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Unique £40k Lanarkshire train station art project commissioned to support mental health

A unique interactive art project is coming to Hamilton Central Station to support mental health.

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Pumpkin problems: ‘Challenging year’ for some farmers amid extreme weather

Halloween up ahead, pumpkin season is in full swing in Canada.For farmers across the country who start planting end of May, it’s an important time of the year. Harvest typically starts around Labour Day weekend in mid-September.

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Video captures close encounter with orcas at Vancouver seaplane dock

Endangered southern resident killer whale presumed dead: expert Harbour Air worker Rob Johnson managed to capture part of the experience on video, describing it as “surreal.”“I have never seen an orca, let alone two, in Coal Harbour in the three years I’ve been employed at Harbour Air,” he said.“I knew whales were great big creatures, but one seemed to span the length of our seaplanes.”The pod of orcas was spotted about two hours earlier near the Lions Gate Bridge, thrilling viewers in Stanley Park.

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NJ school considers banning fans from high school football games due to rise in fights

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. - A New Jersey high school is considering new security measures at football games after a spate of fights among fans in the stands caused a recent game to be suspended at halftime. "Some of the options are no fans, which isn't a good option," Pennsauken High School Athletic Director Billy Snyder said. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESSeveral fights reportedly broke out at Pennsauken High School's Friday night home game against Camden High School and forced the game to be canceled at halftime.Pennsauken High is the latest school forced to alter plans for football games due to violence or threats of violence.

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Loose COVID rules in Canadian Prairies prompt Thanksgiving concerns

As families and friends spend another Thanksgiving weekend in a pandemic, experts say indoor gatherings are an elevated level of risk, especially as cases surge in the Prairie provinces. Marney Blunt looks at the varying restrictions between provinces, as concerns remain high the holiday could alter Canada’s COVID trajectory.

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Comedian Rob Beckett believed ‘it would be better if I was dead’ as he reveals secret mental health battle

ROB BECKETT is famous for his megawatt toothy smile and being the happiest bloke on telly. But behind the contagious grin, the South East Londoner has been hiding a heart-rending secret.

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Ryan Gosling reveals how the pandemic impacted his two children

Ryan Gosling has revealed how the pandemic impacted his two children and the symbolic gift his partner of 10 years, Eva Mendes, got him for his very first Father's Day in 2014.'Our kids are young, so it was a tough time for them to be separated from other kids and not being able to see family and whatnot,' Gosling, 40, said in an interview with GQ.He continued to say: 'Wedid our best to entertain them.

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As care homes across Manchester witnessed tragedy, these humble heroes battled a pandemic to keep residents alive

Looking back on the last 18 months, many care home staff stand and marvel at how 'normal' working through a pandemic has become.

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Atlantic City Police investigating fatal shooting of 35-year-old man

PHILADELPHIA - Police in Atlantic City are actively investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Sunday morning, authorities say. At 4:04 a.m., Atlantic City Police received a 911 call to respond to 28 South Georgia Avenue.When police arrived, they found a 35-year-old man who had been fatally shot. The extent of his injuries were not listed.

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Food banks pivot to pandemic-friendly donation events to stock up at Thanksgiving

COVID-friendly donation events to keep the non-perishables rolling in at a time of year that’s pivotal to their operations.The pandemic’s fourth wave has put the kibosh on large-scale, in-person food drives typically held at Thanksgiving, which are needed to keep the doors open year-round, said Neil Hetherington, CEO of the Toronto-based Daily Bread Food Bank.“Demand doesn’t increase over Thanksgiving, but between Thanksgiving and the holiday season is when our supply changes and allows us to plan out for the next year,” Hetherington said.

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Fauci OKs trick-or-treating this Halloween

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Police: 22-year-old man shot to death in Tioga

PHILADELPHIA - A man has died after he was shot to death in the Tioga section of the city. The shooting happened on Saturday at approximately 10:19 p.m. on the 3700 block of Germantown Avenue. Police say a 22-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach.

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Thousands participate in the Broad Street Run for 2021

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia favorite returns after the pandemic put it on hold last year. The race began at 8 a.m.

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23-year-old man critical after being shot multiple times, police say

PHILADELPHIA - A young man is fighting for his life after he was shot multiple times in Northeast Philadelphia.The shooting happened around 1:15 a.m. at Knorr Street near Castor Avenue.Police say the 23-year-old victim was shot multiple times throughout his body. He is currently listed in critical condition.

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Hollyoaks’ James Sutton filmed an entire relationship without touching during Covid

Hollyoaks star James Sutton has opened up about how “problematic” filming was during a pandemic as the Channel 4 soap continues to enforce social distancing on set.The 38-year-old actor discussed the complexities of filming the long-standing show during the peak of the pandemic especially when shooting more intimate scenes.James, who plays the role of John Paul McQueen on the soap, started his long-term abusive relationship with PC George Kiss back in January 2020.And throughout the year and a half the pair were together, the cast and crew had to come up with new and inventive ways to show their blossoming relationship on screen.While attending Boxstar celebrity boxing match in Manchester on October 2, the brunette hunk explained how the

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McConnell warns Biden he won’t help vote to raise debt ceiling in December

WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sent President Joe Biden a scathing letter on Friday saying Democrats would have to find their own solution without his help next time the debt ceiling has been reached. McConnell highlighted that enough Republican votes were provided to extend the government’s borrowing authority, claiming he "stepped up" when both sides were "pleading for leadership." "I write to inform you that I will not provide such assistance again if your all-Democrat government drifts into another avoidable crisis," McConnell wrote. The minority leader continued to claim that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer "had three months’ notice to handle one of his most basic governing duties.

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Hundreds of children referred to experts during pandemic over fears of criminal, sexual and labour exploitation

Hundreds of children across Greater Manchester have been referred to experts during the pandemic over fears they are being exploited as victims of trafficking or modern slavery.

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People with chronic conditions to share in £2m mental health fund

People with long-term health conditions are being given a share of a £2 million Mental Health Foundation scheme to support people worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

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'I'm a paraplegic': Bodycam video shows Dayton officers drag man from car

DAYTON, Ohio - The arrest of an Ohio man is under investigation by the Dayton police department’s Professional Standards Bureau.Clifford Owensby, who is a paraplegic, was forcibly dragged out of his car during a traffic stop on Sept. 30.

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USPS, FedEx release 2021 holiday shipping deadlines

Decorations at the post office during Operation Santa in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017.

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Costco, other retailers impacted by fewer Christmas trees this year because of drought, supply chain shortage

Costco and other retailers may be selling fewer Christmas trees this Holiday season. The American Christmas Tree Association told Fox Business the shortage is industry-wide."Costco, and all retailers, will be impacted by the reduced tree supply this season," ACTA said in a statement. "We anticipate that most retailers that typically sell both live and artificial trees will continue to do so, although they will have limited supply compared to past years."RELATED: Hottest toys to grab in 2021 and how much they costACTA said the reduced supply can be attributed to extreme weather events in the Pacific Northwest and Midwest and supply chain congestion brought by the COVID-19 pandemic."These challenges are real.

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Fraudster faked his own death in bid to get out of paying back £400k Covid loan

falsely claimed almost £400,000 in government pandemic handouts faked his own suicide in a bid to evade justice.Massachusetts businessman David Adler Staveley, 54, was the first person in the US to be prosecuted for claiming pandemic small business loans under false pretences.Staveley and his partner David Andrew Butziger, 53, filed documents with the US CARES Act Paycheck Protection Programme claiming that they owned an electronics company; Dock Wireless, and three restaurants, Top of the Bay and Remington House Inn in Rhode Island and On The Trax in Massachusetts.In fact, the pair owned none of these businesses.The total of Covid relief loans paid out to the two men, ostensibly to cover “large monthly payrolls”, amounted to $543,000

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Covid-19 pandemic causes steep rise in anxiety, depression cases: Lancet

Covid-19 outbreaks all all these factors led to substantially affect the mental health of the population.

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Candace Cameron Bure rails against jabs amid deadly pandemic

Candace Cameron Bure tried to clear up her stance on Covid-19 vaccines in an Instagram post shared on Thursday.The 45-year-old Fuller House star claimed in images reposted from the account @thegirlnamedblake that she wasn't 'anti-vax,' but was 'pro-medical freedom.'The Hallmark Channel actress wrote that she was 'holding the line and standing up for freedom' after previously blasting vaccine mandates and refusing to share if she was vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, even as more than 708K Americans have died from Covid-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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11-year-old with Rapunzel syndrome has over 6 pounds of hair removed from stomach

FILE - Freeze frame of the video showing a mass of hair removed from an 11-year-old girl’s stomach.

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a statement released on Thursday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. "Specifically, the administrative complaint alleges that USPS’ current piecemeal approach to introducing sweeping changes to national delivery standards violates federal law, failing to provide the U.S.

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Evening cheers for health care workers have faded as the pandemic drags on. Lately, health care workers across Canada have been subjected to abuse from patients and protesters.

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Kingston’s Dawn House going public with Homelessness Does Not Discriminate appeal

COVID-19 pandemic has meant different things to different organizations and that includes Kingston’s Dawn House, located in the city’s west end.Dawn House supports and empowers homeless, vulnerably housed and marginalized women and now it’s also stretched to capacity. And with overcrowding and the onset of cooler weather meaning greater demand for a place to stay, that may be a problem.“We have a waiting list and we have calls every single day from individuals who want to put in an application and want to know how soon can they get in” said executive director Maggie McLaren.“And it’s like, geez, we’re taking people from two years ago that applied two years ago.”COVID continues to add to those numbers.

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Londoners enjoy looser rules for second Thanksgiving amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Thanksgiving arrived amid a surge in COVID-19 cases throughout Ontario.While the pandemic is still around and things are far from what they used to be, the 2021 edition of the annual holiday offers a reason to feel more at ease around the dinner table.

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Gabby Petito & Brian Laundrie Decided To Go On Road Trip After Their Wedding Got Delayed By COVID

The coronavirus has killed over 700k people in the US. But did the pandemic also lead, in a roundabout way, to the ultimate fate suffered by Gabby Petito?

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Young mum's devastating terminal cancer diagnosis after surgery cancelled due to Covid-19

A beloved mum-of-two has been diagnosed with terminal cancer after an operation to remove a supposedly "harmless" growth in her womb was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Organizational responses needed to address Ontario hospital worker burnout, science table says

Nurses working during COVID-19 pandemic ‘beyond the point of burnout’ The group says burnout was a significant problem in health-care before the pandemic but it has since reached levels that “pose a threat to maintaining a functioning health-care workforce.”Research shows that nurses, those in intensive care and emergency departments, women, recent graduates and trainees are most at risk of burnout, which can lead to people leaving their jobs and contributing further to burnout risk among remaining staff.The science advisers say organizational approaches are more effective at reducing burnout than responding to individual cases.

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4th wave of COVID-19 no longer growing, cases could decline in coming weeks: PHAC

COVID-19 pandemic appears to have levelled off across Canada, according to officials from the Public Health Agency of Canada, though they warn that public health measures need to be maintained in order to keep COVID-19 cases at bay.New modelling presented by PHAC on Friday suggests that if current transmission levels are maintained, the number of new daily cases could decline in the coming weeks.Progress hasn’t been even across Canada, officials say, but overall, numbers give “reason for optimism” said Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer of Canada.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

The nominations are in and its time to vote for your pandemic hero in the Health and Care Champion Awards

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