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Manchester Science Festival called on to end its Shell sponsorship

MANCHESTER Science Festival organisers were urged today to drop Shell’s sponsorship after three of the event partners pulled out over the controversial oil firm’s involvement.

Organisation Carbon Coop ended its involvement in an exhibition hosted by the Science and Industry Museum after being informed of the sponsorship.

Several partners of the festival had also raised concerns about the sponsorship of the festival’s exhibition Electricity: the spark of life that will open on October 18, campaign group Culture Unstained revealed today.

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