North west radio presenter Michelle Mullane has died
Former Key 103, XFM and BBC Radio Manchester presenter Michelle Mullane has died following her battle with bowel cancer.
Michelle, who was just 50 years old, passed away on Christmas Eve after battling stage 4 bowel cancer for 18 months.
Michelle’s daughter Liv announced the sad news online: “With immense sadness unfortunately I am announcing the passing of my amazing mum. She went peacefully and gracefully at the East Cheshire Hospice on December 24 at around 9.30pm.
“My mum made it her mission to fight cancer with a positive attitude filled with faith and strength publicly sharing her story in the hope to help others around the world.
Cheshire East Council has taken delivery of lateral flow testing kits
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Firefighters, school pupils and hospice staff are being given rapid turnaround tests to help reduce coronavirus rates.
People carry out asymptomatic testing using a lateral flow test. Image: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire A RAPID testing scheme is being piloted in Cheshire East this week – with 10,000 kits available to test specific groups across the borough. The scheme uses lateral flow testing for people without Covid symptoms, which takes 30 minutes to produce a result that is then sent by email or text within an hour. Cheshire East Council volunteered to take part in the pilot programme and has chosen vulnerable groups and willing volunteers to take part. Dr Matt Tyrer, director of public health for CEC, said: “These pilots are invaluable to our learning about Covid-19, the testing process and how we roll out bigger scale tests to best serve our residents in Cheshire East.