One of Manchester’s leading dog rescue centres has been awarded a decommissioned yellow school bus from TfGM to transform into something of their own.
Back in May, the transport group encouraged individuals, schools, societies, sports teams, and volunteer organisations from across Greater Manchester to submit their ideas for a chance to win an old yellow school bus and create something new.
All entries were to be judged on several criteria – including originality, creativity and benefit to the community.
And one of those lucky winners in 2021 is Dogs 4 Rescue.
A semi-rural independent dog sanctuary based on Barton Moss Road, Dogs 4 Rescue is known for its unique “cage free” approach to animal welfare, carrying out vital work across the region to ensure all rescued dogs socialise in a healthy, relaxed and happy foster home environment while waiting for their forever families.
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The centre has completely changed the lives of countless canines over the years, with plenty of success stories to its name – and the addition of the old school bus is only set to create more.
Dogs 4 Rescue posted a video of their school bus being delivered on social media today (July 29).
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Sharing news of the win, in a post that has racked up thousands of interactions and comments in just a few short hours on Facebook, Dogs 4 Rescue said: “We’ve won a bus – a big yellow school bus.
“Huge thanks to Transport for Greater Manchester for choosing our little rescue, and to Antony from Broadheath Recovery Services Ltd for his amazing bus manoeuvring skills.”
While Dogs 4 Rescue’s owner Emma Billington has dropped teasers about the bus transformation, the rescue centre is yet to reveal its overall plan in full, adding: “Watch this space for when the dogs get on board.”
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“[It’s] all part of our plan for rescue dogs rescuing people,” they added.
Yellow School Buses are a service provided by TfGM for secondary school children in Greater Manchester, and are said to be “easy to spot” as a way of alerting road users that children will be getting on and off.
The scheme of passing along decommissioned buses proved a success in both 2018 and 2019, and Dogs 4 Rescue was awarded a vehicle this time around – the second significant win for the charity in 2021 after it secured a new 46-acre farm back in March.
With the numbers of unwanted dogs rising alarmingly – particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic – the charity launched a fundraiser for the much-needed second site.
It’s expected the bus will be transformed for similar future endeavours.
Featured Image – TfGM | Rhi Scotchbrook
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The player celebrations from Stockport County’s League Two trophy presentation are glorious
Danny Jones
If you’re a Stockport County fan, you’ve had a very good year as the Hatters have just been crowned League Two champions and will be back in the English third tier next season – safe to say they’ve been making most of the trophy celebrations.
Players and staff very much included.
Edgeley was filled with flares and even people climbing on rooftops when they officially secured promotion back to League One for the first time in 12 years – the second time they’ve managed to go up in three seasons – and there was a great attendance in Stockport town centre for the bus parade.
But it was last week’s trophy presentation back at the stadium that produced some of the most memorable scenes, with County topping off a season of impressive and often high-scoring performances on the pitch with plenty more pageantry. Cue the music.
We still haven’t stopped laughing at Kyle Knoyle.
From bringing Isaac Olaofe’s ‘Tanto’s on fire!’ chant to life to hammering home puns on names like Fraser Horsfall, no matter how obvious, these are the kind of deeply unserious celebrations we expect from a trophy presentation.
County fan or not, you’ve got to admit it looks like a good party.
It’s moments like these that players, fans and staff work hard all season for; to prat around like muppets in front of their adoring supporters. They even got assistant coach, Clint Hill, in the mix and, as it turns out, he proved to be one of the biggest ring-leaders.
We sincerely hope the Hatters keep trickling out more of these party scenes as we know there’s plenty more that fans would love to watch back.
We’re still yet to see captain Paddy Madden, who won Player of the Month for April, and the gaffer himself, Dave Challinor, who has comfortably secured his legacy as one of the club’s all-time greats.
Challinor and the club have made no secret of seriously eyeing up the Championship and who knows what else at County’s momentum continues to build, especially with a huge stadium redevelopment kicking off soon.
What do you reckon, Hatters – do you reckon a third promotion could be on the cards?
Liam Gallagher says he’ll ‘gig in Lidl’ if Co-op Live still isn’t ready – and they sound pretty game for it
Danny Jones
Following the ongoing palaver with Co-op Live, Liam Gallagher has joked that he’d happily play his scheduled gigs in a Lidl if the arena still isn’t ready – at least we think he’s joking…
With Liam Gallagher having been named as one of the first acts booked to play Co-op Live last year, many are now wondering whether the venue will even by June, with the former Oasis frontman set to play four Definitely Maybe 30th-anniversary sets. That being said, he’s come up with a solution if not.
Vintage LG, we’ll give him that.
Obviously a bit of a tongue-in-cheek quip at the venue being sponsored by a supermarket and convenience store chain, it could have been any other competitor that the ever-witty youngest Gallagher brother picked but it somehow made it extra funny that he chose a budget brand like Lidl.
However, with the 51-year-old already having fun with stunts like voicing the tannoys on the Metrolink last year, for instance, we wouldn’t put it past him to take this joke a little further.
Better still, not that we’re getting carried away or anything but Lidl themselves seem pretty keen on the idea too; they even spent the time to build an entire setlist for the fictional show. Fair play.
Can you imagine? Liam Gallagher swapping the occasional tambourine shake for beeps from a barcode scanner as he moves back and forth on the conveyor belt. We know it’s absolute nonsense and we definitely shouldn’t be even remotely considering it… BUT it’s the stuff of dreams and strange things have happened.
A lot of stranger things have happened this week alone. As for the latest with Co-op Live, the Chairman and CEO of key-backers Oak View Group, Tim Leiweke, issued a full statement sharing his “sincere apologies”and insisting that they understand “there is work to be done to rebuild your trust in us.”
With the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Peter Kay, The Black Keys and more having their gigs pulled by the venue due to numerous issues, including an air conditioning unit falling from the ceiling, fans are understandably fearful that other upcoming events could face delays or general misfortune.
Much like the venue itself, we imagine we’ll be playing catch-up on this whole saga for the foreseeable, but here’s a recap of the story so far: