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• Council tax set to rise by five per cent in Trafford to prop up social care services

  05-01-2017 23:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Councillors’ have been concerned about a £2m hole in budget plans less than two months before swingeing cuts of £22m have to be finalised
  
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• Calum and Angie Best accused of being "biggest game players" in Celebrity Big Brother

  05-01-2017 22:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mum and son Calum and Angie Best have been identified as a "big threat" by Spencer and Heidi Pratt in Celebrity Big Brother
  
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• Police investigating road accident on Charlestown Road in Blackley

  05-01-2017 21:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Large police and ambulance presence in the area after incident 'involving car and pedestrian'
  
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• Manchester's first 'food waste' restaurant The Real Junk Food Project reaches Crowdfunder target

  05-01-2017 21:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  ... and there's still eight days to go
  
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• Severe delays on two Metrolink lines after trams vandalised and a medical emergency

  05-01-2017 20:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Vandals have attacked two trams on the East Didsbury line, and a passenger became ill on the Airport line
  
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• Salford woman donates kidney to NHS for saving husband's life

  05-01-2017 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman is donating a kidney to a stranger to repay the NHS for saving her husband's life.
  
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• Man who died in Dover cliffs fall is Radcliffe veteran who campaigned against racial abuse in Army

  05-01-2017 19:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Scott Enion, from Radcliffe, was one of three people to have died at the cliffs over the weekend
  
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• Coronation Street stars left shivering in the cold after location blooper

  05-01-2017 19:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Corrie girls Faye Brookes, Sair Khan and Bhavna Limbachia feel the chill after getting locked out of location van in Manchester
  
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• We found a dead mouse in TOPS Buffet on Portland Street... and staff just brushed it away

  05-01-2017 18:41 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Bosses blame demolition work nearby and say the issue has been dealt with
  
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• The best European music festivals you can fly to from Manchester Airport in 2017

  05-01-2017 18:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Not fond of Glastonbury? Coachella too expensive? European festivals like Exit, Bilbao BBK Live and Outlook all offer sun, sea and sounds. Better yet, you can fly to many of them from right here in Manchester
  
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• Here's how to get free Krispy Kreme doughnuts in January

  05-01-2017 18:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Krispy Kreme has also revealed TWO new flavours...
  
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• Swimming pool's new rules mean my son will have to get changed alone with strangers

  05-01-2017 18:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mums hit out after leisure centre bans eight-year-olds from going into opposite gender changing rooms
  
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• Manchester's most Instagrammed restaurants and bars

  05-01-2017 18:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Some of them might surprise you
  
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• easyJet passenger slams airline after suitcase is 'ransacked' on skiing trip to Geneva

  05-01-2017 18:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  When Rochelle Hunt reached her destination, she realised cosmetics, chargers and an electric toothbrush had been taken
  
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• British Airways flights from Manchester to London back on sale after suspension over strike action

  05-01-2017 18:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Unite, the union representing the airline’s cabin crew, says cabin crew will strike for two days next week after rejecting a pay offer
  
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• Coleen Nolan's son Shane Richie Jr changes name to NOLAN to support mum in Celebrity Big Brother

  05-01-2017 17:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Wilmslow-based singer Shane Richie Jr announced on Loose Women he's becoming a Nolan to support mum Coleen on her CBB journey
  
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• Gin Festival Manchester is coming back to Victoria Baths for TWO weekends

  05-01-2017 17:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  More than 100 gins will be flowing as the event returns for its first double weekend
  
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• One of the last undeveloped Salford Quays sites could be filled with these copper skyscrapers

  05-01-2017 17:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Developers say the increased "cultural, entertainment and leisure offer" has made the area around MediaCity a property hotspot
  
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• Is it REALLY acceptable to wear your pyjamas to the supermarket? This is what M.E.N readers think

  05-01-2017 17:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It's been the big talking point of the day - hundreds of M.E.N. readers have had their say and voted on whether cosy pyjamas, onesies or other attire were socially acceptable
  
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• All five Land Rover Discovery models reviewed

  05-01-2017 17:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  With the fifth generation upon us, we look back in comfort
  
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• Manchester's first Pug Festival is coming to MediaCityUK - here's how to get tickets

  05-01-2017 16:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The TV and film themed event will welcome hundreds of dogs in their finest fancy dress
  
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• Greater Manchester's first Pug Festival is coming to MediaCityUK - here's how to get tickets

  05-01-2017 16:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The TV and film themed event will welcome hundreds of dogs in their finest fancy dress
  
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• Barrister's new crime thriller features gangsters, cops, lawyers - and the M.E.N

  05-01-2017 16:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  ‘Cut-Throat Defence’ is the latest novel by writer Olly Jarvis, 49, a Manchester barrister whose fiction is coloured by his years of experience in the city’s crime and punishment.
  
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• The MEN Big Night Out: an exclusive four course deal at Manchester restaurant Australasia for a fraction of the price

  05-01-2017 16:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Australasia doesn't discount in January - except for the MEN Big Night Out and our one night only deal
  
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• A customer said women shopping in pyjamas were 'disgusting' and Tesco responded

  05-01-2017 15:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A Tesco in Wales was the first in Britain to ban people from shopping in their pyjamas
  
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• Watch moment motorist drives the wrong way down one-way system

  05-01-2017 15:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The dashcam footage was posted on Facebook - and apparently it happens quite a lot
  
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• Parent and child exercise classes in Manchester to help you get fit in 2017

  05-01-2017 14:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  If you don't have time to exercise on your own, here's where the kids can join in too
  
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• Drunk foul-mouthed yob put plane passengers at risk after shouting abuse at cabin crew

  05-01-2017 14:50 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lance Wheelwright, 33, launched tirade against crew on the FlyBe flight to Amsterdam when they refused to serve him EIGHT Stellas
  
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• Woof justice as police stop man walking dog on motorway hard shoulder

  05-01-2017 14:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Officers found the man "and his faithful dog" on a busy raised section of the M5 in the West Midlands
  
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• Former mayor of Rochdale Norman Smith MBE dies

  05-01-2017 14:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Norman, the brother of the late MP Sir Cyril Smith, died on Wednesday night following a long battle against Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia
  
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• Company boss gave his staff £13,000 to go shopping - for an amazing reason

  05-01-2017 14:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The CEO at Godel Technology in Manchester handed over the cash asking his staff to buy toys for poorly children
  
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• Real Housewives Leanne Brown and Lauren Simon all smiles in Cheshire after new series confirmed

  05-01-2017 14:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Leanne Brown spotted at the gym and Lauren Simon wrapping up against the cold after new series of Real Housewives of Cheshire confirmed
  
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• A massive UFO convention is coming to Bowlers in Manchester

  05-01-2017 14:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The event is Europe's biggest convention about UFOs and conscious life
  
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• Specsavers eye test finds two brain tumours which GPs had missed

  05-01-2017 14:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  GPs had told optician Jayne Collard she was just suffering from migraines - but an eye test by a colleague revealed swelling behind her retina
  
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• When do I take my Christmas tree down? Disposal, collection and recycling in Manchester

  05-01-2017 13:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  What date do you have to take your Christmas tree down? When will the council collect your Christmas tree in Manchester? Here's everything you need to know
  
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• New escape room opens in Bolton with half price launch offer

  05-01-2017 13:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  No Exit launches later this month and you could benefit from the 50 per cent opening offer
  
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• Lidl reveals plans for major distribution centre in Bolton, creating 500 jobs

  05-01-2017 13:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lidl will work closely with Bolton council to develop its plans for the site, with a planning application likely to be put forward later this year.
  
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• Semi-pro footballer 'could have killed someone' in attack outside Club Liv

  05-01-2017 12:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Promising player Boris Bouabre, 19, attacked two people outside fashionable Club Liv, on Peter Street in the city centre
  
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• Footballer 'could have killed someone' in attack outside Club Liv

  05-01-2017 12:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Promising player Boris Bouabre, 19, attacked two people outside fashionable Club Liv, on Peter Street in the city centre
  
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• Dad of man shot dead by police on M62 compares incident to death of Mark Duggan

  05-01-2017 11:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Yaqub claimed his son Yassar was unlawfully executed and said the incident was similar to an ‘American-style’ police slaying
  
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• Salford pub The Mark Addy will reopen - but we could have a long wait

  05-01-2017 11:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Owners Elle R Leisure say the landmark site will need a "complete redevelopment" before it can be used again
  
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• Man charged with murder over Preston street death

  05-01-2017 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old is charged with murder after a man was found fatally wounded in a street.
  
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• Metrolink services disrupted after car drives onto tracks near Baguley

  05-01-2017 11:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The vehicle drove onto the tracks between Baguley and Roundthorn tram stops just after 9.15am on Thursday morning
  
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• Man from Bolton charged with murder of pensioner in Preston on New Year's Day

  05-01-2017 11:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Nathan Richardson, aged 19, of Bury Road, is due to appear in court this morning
  
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• Watch: Robbers armed with machete and crowbar threaten shop worker

  05-01-2017 11:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  In a CCTV clip, released by police, the two men can be seen walking into the convenience store in Butler Green, Chadderton, carrying weapons
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017 line-up REVEALED

  05-01-2017 11:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Emma Willis and Rylan Clark will be returning to Celeb BB 2017. Stacy Francis, Nicola McLean Coleen Nolan of Loose Women, James Cosmo, Austin Armacost, Angie Best and Jasmine Waltz entered the new Celebrity Big Brother house on Channel 5.
  
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• CCTV shows robber threatening tanning shop worker with knife and stealing cash

  05-01-2017 10:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The robber entered the tanning salon, on Bradshawgate, Leigh, on December 17 at around 4.30pm
  
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• Travellers warned to take conditions into account as temperatures plummet

  05-01-2017 10:37 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Temperatures plunged overnight to the lowest of the winter so far in England
  
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• 'It’s lazy, disgusting and slobbish behaviour' - readers react to story of women shopping in their pyjamas

  05-01-2017 10:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The image of the pair in Salford was posted on social media after a fellow shopper snapped them and demanded Tesco bosses impose a ban on nightwear at their stores
  
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• Vandals smash tram windows causing disruption on Metrolink network

  05-01-2017 09:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  There were severe delays following the vandalism at Shadowmoss tram station, in Heald Green, just after 10pm on Wednesday night
  
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