Headlines in Manchester March 11: New town to be created in Manchester, Andy Burnham launches plan to ‘breathe new life’ into Ashton & Flat Iron opening new site in Deansgate.
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00:00 Hello, I'm Emma Higgins with your Manchester headlines.
00:06 A new town is to be created in Manchester with up to 4,500 new homes.
00:11 The council hopes to transform Holt Town's post-industrial land, redundant infrastructure
00:16 and green space into a digitally driven new town.
00:20 Andy Burnham has launched an ambitious plan to breathe new life into Ashton.
00:24 The Greater Manchester Mayor joined Hameside Council bosses to spark the start of the Ashton
00:29 Mayoral development, which includes works to the Town Hall and the area around Market
00:34 Square.
00:36 And finally, a London steakhouse chain is opening its first Manchester restaurant in
00:40 Deansgate.
00:41 Flatiron, the restaurant known for selling affordable steaks and its own brand of wine,
00:47 has announced it will be opening a new site this summer.
00:50 That's your local headlines for now.
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