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Granada Reports has been awarded a BAFTA for our news coverage. It's the second time that the team has received the accolade. This time, it's for our programme following the independent report into the Hillsborough Disaster, 'Hillsborough: The Truth at Last.

Members of the team were at the ceremony in London last night to accept the award. Head of News, Lucy West, dedicated the win to Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams. Anne who lost her son Kevin in the disaster, died after a long illness last month.

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Granada Reports has been nominated for a BAFTA.

The programme, Hillsborough – The Truth at Last, has been shortlisted in the Best News Coverage category.

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It's not often that the worlds of Hollywood and Cheshire collide but they did today. Frankenweenie is the latest animated film by the American director Tim Burton and it's been nominated for a Bafta Award.

The puppets were made right here in the North West - and the company from Altrincham who made them even had a hand in one of the rival nominations too. Victoria Grimes reports:

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A team of puppet makers and animators from Cheshire are celebrating their BAFTA nomination.

MacKinnon and Saunders, based in Altrincham, are nominated for their work on Frankenweenie. The team created puppets and sets for director Tim Burton.

See the rest of the nominations here.

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