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• This inspiring man was down and out with drugs and alcohol but bounced back to help others

  05-02-2017 22:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  He now works as a substance misuse worker
  
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• Warning after pasta, make-up and toy are recalled by Asda, Boots and Poundland

  05-02-2017 21:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Customers are being urged to return three products to the shops after safety concerns were raised
  
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• Man taken to hospital after stabbing in Clifton

  05-02-2017 21:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A GMP spokesman said there have been no arrests so far and an investigation is ongoing
  
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• 'Proud to be there' to #VisitMyMosque

  05-02-2017 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Over 150 mosques across the UK have held open days to welcome people of all faiths, or none.
  
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• This is how Manchester City remembered a former ballboy who tragically died of cancer

  05-02-2017 20:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Elliott Fernandez-Sanz spent years on the touchline - now the players he worshipped have honoured him
  
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• Your Dairy Milk, Kit Kat and Mars bar could be about to shrink - by up to 20 per cent

  05-02-2017 20:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Choc horror!
  
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• Sergio Aguero expects decision on Manchester City future at end of season

  05-02-2017 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sergio Aguero wants to stay at Manchester City but will "see what the club wants to do" with him at the end of the season.
  
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• Leicester City 0-3 Manchester United

  05-02-2017 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United ease to victory at Leicester to leave the defending champions just one point above the relegation zone.
  
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• Sir Bradley Wiggins injured ahead of The Jump

  05-02-2017 19:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The retired Olympic cycling champ is the second on the Channel 4 winter sports show to have injury
  
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• The areas in Greater Manchester that you say are best for families to live

  05-02-2017 19:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The M.E.N. hounded estate agents and sifted through house price data to bring you our top five places to live in Greater Manchester - but you didn’t entirely agree. Here are where our readers recommended instead...
  
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• The scandal of vulnerable families being charged £80 a week to live in slum conditions in garden sheds

  05-02-2017 19:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Salford council say the families were being charged hundreds of pounds to live in the ‘rooms’, each less than 10m sq each
  
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• Locked up in January: A love-struck sperm smuggler and a fraudster who targeted football stars

  05-02-2017 18:37 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  These are some of the people locked up in Greater Manchester in January
  
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• Green Day at Manchester Arena - stage times and setlist

  05-02-2017 18:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Californian trio arrive in Manchester on February 6
  
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• Katie McGlynn reaches "another level of fit" as she enjoys a girls' night out

  05-02-2017 18:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "Poor Chesney" - stunning Katie looked a far cry from her frumpy Coronation Street character Sinead Tinker
  
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• Ed Sheeran fan accidentally pays £1300 for three tickets to see him

  05-02-2017 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old criticises Viagogo for not making the total cost clear enough.
  
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• Shocking video shows man hitting woman in the face with a mop during bizarre McDonald's brawl

  05-02-2017 17:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Two groups began fighting in the McDonald’s branch  - with their brawl spilling out into the kitchen area
  
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• Kady McDermott and Emma McVey turn heads in racy and lacy ensembles

  05-02-2017 17:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The striking pair put on a stylish display in scanty outfits as they enjoyed a girls' night out
  
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• Mark Wright celebrates his 30th birthday in Manchester without Michelle Keegan

  05-02-2017 15:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It was a boys' night out for former TOWIE star Mark
  
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• Could Ken Barlow be killed off in shocking new Coronation Street storyline?

  05-02-2017 15:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It sounds like there's more trouble ahead for Corrie favourite Ken after he suffered a stroke last year
  
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• Coronation Street spoiler: Ken Barlow's life left hanging in the balance in shock new storyline

  05-02-2017 15:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It sounds like there's more trouble ahead for Corrie favourite Ken after he suffered a stroke last year
  
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• The hundreds of children waiting for adoption in Greater Manchester

  05-02-2017 15:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Kids have to wait well over a YEAR on average before finding a permanent home in Manchester
  
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• Singer Linda Nolan undergoes facelift to make herself look younger than sister Coleen

  05-02-2017 14:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Linda, 57, admits she considered suicide because she looked tired and haunted after ten years of mourning her husband, and beating breast cancer only for it to take her sister Bernie in 2013
  
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• Man arrested after racist abuse hurled at bus passenger

  05-02-2017 14:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  GMP launched an investigation after shocking videos captured a man shouting at another man sat two seats away for nearly three minutes on a Salford bus
  
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• Gemma Atkinson shows off her bouncy tresses after confessing she only washes her hair once a week

  05-02-2017 14:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  New Key 103 breakfast presenter Gemma turned heads as she went out on the town with her girl pals
  
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• The best romantic hotels near Manchester for a Valentine's Day escape

  05-02-2017 14:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Whether it's city centre or country retreat - these boutique hotels in and around Manchester are perfect for Valentine's Day
  
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• Mum diagnosed with terminal cancer - after she is picked at random for screening trial

  05-02-2017 13:50 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Fitness fanatic  Sandra Dickinson received a letter asking her to take part in an NHS trial which offered breast screening to women under 50
  
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• Man arrested and firearm recovered after shots fired at wake

  05-02-2017 13:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A number of shots were fired near the fire exit of St Alphonsus Parish Centre on Wednesday after the wake descended into a mass brawl
  
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• Kym Marsh looks like a screen siren as she heads out with Coronation Street co-star Simon Gregson

  05-02-2017 13:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Corrie favourite looked ultra-glam as she stepped out with Simon and her children to attend a charity ball
  
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• Leicester 0-3 Manchester United live reaction and results as Juan Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic goals secure win

  05-02-2017 12:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Man Utd capitalised on Arsenal and Liverpool dropping points in their Premier League fixture vs Leicester.
  
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• Paedophile with 'unhealthy predatory sexual appetite' abused young boys at holiday park

  05-02-2017 12:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Stephen Harding, 59, of Northenden Road, Sale, has now been jailed after a trial found him guilty of indecently assaulting two boys between November 1995 and October 2001 at the site in Gwynedd, Wales
  
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• Boss of Northern Rail quits to head ScotRail Alliance

  05-02-2017 11:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Alex Hynes, the current managing director of Northern, will take over running the Scottish network
  
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• Residents' anger after being told they will have to drag bins to end of street for collection

  05-02-2017 11:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Council bosses have told households on Cambridge Avenue, Lynwood Avenue and Granville Avenue in Whalley Range they will no longer be allowed to leave their bins in front of their houses and will have to lug them to the end of their streets
  
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• Danny Boyle: "People wouldn't stop asking me about Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie on the Tube"

  05-02-2017 11:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Bury born director talks exclusively to the M.E.N. about the T2: Trainspotting sequel
  
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• Dozens of cyclists have been involved in collisions while undertaking, new figures show

  05-02-2017 10:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  One accident hotspot in the city was the junction between Wilmslow Road and Moseley Road in Fallowfield, where cyclists have been hurt three times trying to go past on the inside
  
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• The joy of solitude: Why it's okay to go to the cinema - or anywhere - on your own

  05-02-2017 10:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  From going out to dinner to watching a theatre show, Denise Evans makes the case for going it alone
  
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• New council houses are set to be built in Manchester for the first time in five years

  05-02-2017 09:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Town hall chiefs have vowed to tackle the housing crisis, insisting pricey private homes are out of reach of thousands of Mancunians
  
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• Live: Manchester breaking news - Sunday, February 5

  05-02-2017 09:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News' breaking news service
  
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