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• Worker stole more than £40,000 from firms to buy holidays and ‘luxury items'

  16-02-2017 23:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Emily Watson, 25, admitted three counts of theft at Manchester magistrates court
  
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• Super League: Huddersfield Giants 20-30 Salford Red Devils

  16-02-2017 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gareth O'Brien scores 22 points to help Salford beat Huddersfield for their first Super League win of the season.
  
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• Huge flame at oil refinery sparks alert - but fire chiefs say it was a controlled 'burn-off'

  16-02-2017 22:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Dozens of 999 calls were made after fire was seen coming from the stack at the Stanlow Refinery
  
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• Car enthusiasts hit back at plans for council ban on Max Power meet-ups

  16-02-2017 21:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Nearly 700 people have backed calls for the meet-ups to get a permanent home - and have denied claims that they are a noisy nuisance
  
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• Mum tells of heartbreaking moment she gave birth to stillborn twins on hard shoulder of M6

  16-02-2017 20:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Brave mum, Becky Allan, has shared her story in a bid to raise awareness of TTTS - and raise money for Cuddle Cots
  
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• Community of LGBT pensioners could be set up in Manchester

  16-02-2017 19:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Council chiefs are planning to create the first LGBT-majority ‘extra care’ affordable housing scheme in the country
  
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• This dog was disowned by a family for being too 'boisterous' - but her new owner says she's an 'angel'

  16-02-2017 19:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Bella’s former owners found out dog trader Janos Racz had lied when he claimed she was an English bulldog
  
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• Man hid body of dead girlfriend in airing cupboard for 15 months

  16-02-2017 18:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Neighbours say Andrew Reade told them his girlfriend had left him - and even invited them round for tea while her body decomposed in the cupboard
  
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• Danny Boyle to help launch £30m film and media school in Manchester

  16-02-2017 18:42 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Oscar-winning film guru from Bury will spearhead the creation of an International Screen School to help home-grown talent break into the creative industry
  
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• Sarah Platt demands to know if Bethany has slept with creepy Nathan on Coronation Street

  16-02-2017 18:25 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Sarah rows with schoolgirl Bethany over her new sinister boyfriend
  
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• New book tells the stories of people and places in Manchester during World War One

  16-02-2017 18:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Historian and author Andrew Simpson examines the many stories of success and pride, loss and family grief as he details the city’s often overlooked contribution towards the war effort
  
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• A blow up doll and a parasol - just some of the bizarre rubbish found at the bottom of the canal at Deansgate Locks

  16-02-2017 18:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It was thought that the water had been drained from the city centre canal for an annual clean - but in fact the Canal and River Trust told the M.E.N. it believes someone deliberately drained the water by opening the gates
  
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• The hidden homelessness exhibition that tackles the problem Manchester 'cannot ignore'

  16-02-2017 18:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Urbexhibition is displayed in a derelict building next to luxury apartments
  
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• How young people are 'fronting' to save money on their car insurance

  16-02-2017 18:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Research reveals the illegal practice is popular with more than half of young drivers
  
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• Arran Coghlan tells inquest he shot Stephen ‘Aki’ Akinyemi - who was armed with gun and knife - during bathroom fight

  16-02-2017 17:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mr Coghlan said he was stabbed during the fight with ‘Aki’ at his Alderley Edge home in February 2010
  
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• How much will your council tax rise by in 2017? Use our payments calculator to find out

  16-02-2017 17:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Residents in six of the region’s boroughs face forking out more from April, with councils planning 4.99 per cent rise. Find out if you face a council tax increase
  
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• Manchester City fined £35,000 for breaching FA anti-doping rules

  16-02-2017 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City fined £35,000 after admitting a breach of the Football Association's anti-doping rules.
  
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• Domenyk Noonan's 'hopeless' appeal gets him extra month in jail

  16-02-2017 17:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Noonan, who changed his surname to Lattlay-Fottfoy, was locked up last year for trying to pervert the course of justice but appealed against his conviction
  
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• Woman cut from car after crash involving HGV in Shaw

  16-02-2017 17:25 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to Church Road near the Big Lamp roundabout at 2.20pm
  
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• Take a look inside the abandoned hotel which sold for three times its guide price at auction

  16-02-2017 17:19 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Trafford Park Hotel was snapped up for three times the guide price after frantic bidding
  
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• Take a look inside the abandoned hotel which has been empty for eight years

  16-02-2017 17:19 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Trafford Park Hotel was snapped up for three times the guide price after frantic bidding
  
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• Zombie fans demand refunds as Rundead Manchester event postponed AGAIN

  16-02-2017 17:12 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The event was supposedly due to take place in Manchester this weekend but organisers have pulled the plug for a second time
  
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• I'll get 'gap year' students working as community volunteers says Tory mayor hopeful

  16-02-2017 17:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Sean Anstee said: “This is about making a generational change, creating a workforce for the future"
  
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• When Manchester United's Paul Pogba met Real Housewives of Cheshire at a Drake concert

  16-02-2017 16:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The United midfielder was among the VIP guests invited backstage by Drake
  
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• Plans to rebuild a primary school on a popular common have been scrapped

  16-02-2017 16:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Stockport Council has made a U turn on plans to use popular green space and will rebuild on current school site
  
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• A pop up cinema is coming to a listed Manchester mill

  16-02-2017 16:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Rogue Studios is hosting a month of film screenings in their historic Northern Quarter home
  
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• Boxing dentist promises to fix any teeth he damages

  16-02-2017 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arthif 'Doctor Hitman' Daniel feels a "moral obligation" to fix his opponents' teeth.
  
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• Taking this vitamin could stop you getting a cold or flu

  16-02-2017 16:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A new study, published in the British Medical Journal, has found that vitamin D can give your immune system a boost - helping you stay infection free
  
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• Ferrero Rocher inspired BEER is coming to Manchester

  16-02-2017 16:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Oh Alphabet Brewing Co! With this chocolate hazelnut beer you are really spoiling us...
  
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• When do the clocks change in the UK for British Summer Time?

  16-02-2017 16:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  When is British Summer Time? When do the clocks change in the UK? Do the clocks go forward or back? Everything you need to know
  
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• Prisoners given leaflets explaining how to take Spice 'safely'

  16-02-2017 15:41 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Advice includes ‘chopping up’ powders finely before snorting, not sharing needles, only using one drug at a time and details of how to look after fellow prisoners who have overdosed
  
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• An Andy Warhol supper club is coming to Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery

  16-02-2017 15:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The dishes are inspired by Little Italy and will be accompanied by a Warhol-esque soundtrack including The Velvet Underground and Patti Smith
  
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• Stephen Akinyemi: Arran Coghlan shot 'gangster' in bathroom tussle

  16-02-2017 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man tells an inquest how he wrestled in a bathroom with a suspected gangster who was shot in the temple during a fight.
  
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• Work starts on thrilling tree-top adventure playground at Heaton Park - including mid-air trampolines

  16-02-2017 15:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Treetop Trek and Nets are due to open this year and will include giant treetop trampolines
  
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• BBC star Becky Want reveals engagement - after Guy Garvey quizzes her live on air

  16-02-2017 14:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  BBC Radio Manchester stalwart Becky Want has revealed her happy engagement news - thanks to a bit of digging from Elbow frontman Guy
  
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• The amazing giant map of Manchester drawn by hand - and from memory

  16-02-2017 14:34 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Artist Sketch, aka Carl Lavia, survived a life-threatening condition to create his masterpiece
  
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• Meet the king of the pies... from Wigan. Obviously

  16-02-2017 14:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Think you know your pies? You know NOTHING! We have found the master.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after being hit by tram

  16-02-2017 14:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The pedestrian, aged in his 50s, was struck by the Metrolink tram at Barlow Moor Road, at the junction of Hardy Lane - leading to part of the airport line to become temporarily suspended
  
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• Coronation Street viewers baffled when the soap appeared to forget Mike Baldwin is dead

  16-02-2017 13:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Fans confused to hear Adam Barlow was looking for his dad who died 11 years ago - but there is an explanation
  
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• Police to close roads in city centre and Salford during rush hour to march St Etienne fans to Old Trafford

  16-02-2017 13:41 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Thousands of French fans will be escorted to the ground this afternoon for the AS St Etienne’s Europa League clash with Manchester United
  
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• Watch June Brown star in Corrie long before she was ever on Eastenders

  16-02-2017 13:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Soap star is celebrating her 90th birthday
  
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• You can get free prosecco and beer at Common in the Northern Quarter tomorrow

  16-02-2017 13:25 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Friday just got even better
  
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• You can get free prosecco and beer at Common in the Northern Quarter TODAY

  16-02-2017 13:25 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Friday just got even better
  
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• Live: Arran Coghlan gives evidence to the inquest into death of man found shot at his home

  16-02-2017 13:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Cheshire businessman told a previous inquest that Mr Akinyemi had pulled a gun on him and it went off in a struggle
  
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• Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 'invests £30m' after safety concerns

  16-02-2017 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The trust will spend £30m on doctors, nurses, midwives, equipment, training, building work and IT systems.
  
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• Murderer who left bloody footprints at victim's flat jailed for life

  16-02-2017 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bloody footprints belonging to Glynn Williams were found at the flat of a woman stabbed to death.
  
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• Women plan 'Lass War' protest at northern powerhouse conference

  16-02-2017 12:41
  
  Demonstrators will dress up in hard hats and men’s suits to highlight under-representation of women at eventWomen from the north of England will don hard hats, hi-vis jackets and men’s suits to picket delegates at the male-dominated northern powerhouse conference next week in a protest about female under-representation.The conference in Manchester has caused controversy after all 15 main speakers highlighted in a press release were men. Only 13 out of the 98 speakers over the two day
  
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• Hunt for scarred fraudster who 'charged 72-year-old man £100,000 to fix his roof'

  16-02-2017 12:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Felix Rooney, 36, is believed to have changed his appearance since police last issued an appeal
  
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• United legend Paddy Crerand says he would donate his brain to science over football heading health fears

  16-02-2017 12:31 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A study has revealed links between heading a football and dementia
  
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• Oasis and The 1975 scoop prizes at the NME Awards 2017 - but The Stone Roses miss out

  16-02-2017 12:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The annual gongs took place at O2 Brixton Academy on February 15
  
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