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Manchester's Metrolink got the go-ahead and four decades later its bright yellow trams and 65-mile network are synonymous with public transport on the other side of the Pennines.

The birds have also visited the North Pennines and the Lake District, even travelling as far as the Forest of Boland in Lancashire and Nidderdale in Yorkshire.

Concerns about the pace of change are not limited to those born and bred in this part of the Pennines.

Work to electrify railway lines running across the Pennines was given the go-ahead in 2022, more than 10 years after the scheme was first mooted by the then-Chancellor, George Osborne.

It covers parts of northern England over Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, especially for the Pennines and Peak District.