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• Joetta Shumba's mother explains the heartache of telling her grandson that his mummy was gone

  25-02-2017 23:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "Zane was waiting for his mummy to come home and I had to tell him she was never coming back"
  
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• The Royal Mint was going to put an English breakfast on the new one pound coin - this is why they didn't

  25-02-2017 22:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The competition was instead won by 15-year-old David Pearce, from Walsall, whose design featured a rose, leek, thistle and shamrock emerging from a Royal Coronet
  
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• EFL: Rotherham realists & bad blood at Crewe - five things you may have missed

  25-02-2017 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An unwanted away record and two penalty saves in a game are among things you may have missed from Saturday's EFL action.
  
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• Protesters brave miserable weather to demonstrate against government cuts with torch light march

  25-02-2017 21:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Cuts across the region will top £160m this year, with nearly £2bn wiped from budgets since 2010
  
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• Dad pays tribute to daughter who died of meningitis and reveals she gave the gift of life to others

  25-02-2017 19:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Joanna Yates passed away on Wednesday after contracting the bacterial infection
  
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• How to get tickets for Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

  25-02-2017 19:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  How can you get tickets for Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway? Are they free? You could be on the show next week
  
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• Oldham Athletic 0-0 Millwall

  25-02-2017 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oldham goalkeeper Connor Ripley saves two stoppage-time penalties to rescue Oldham in a goalless draw with Millwall.
  
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• Peterborough United 3-1 Rochdale

  25-02-2017 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Referee Chris Sarginson issues three red cards as Peterborough beat nine-man Rochdale in League One.
  
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• Apartment block evacuated and person rescued after fire in Salford flat

  25-02-2017 18:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Crews were called to Sycamore Court in Pendleton at 12.20pm on Saturday afternoon
  
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• 'Can you hear me?': Is a devious phone scam from the US about to hit Britain, and should you be worried?

  25-02-2017 18:34 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The web has been awash this week with warnings about the so-called 'can you hear me' scam - but is it even real?
  
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• Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

  25-02-2017 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Billy Sharp scores twice as Sheffield United beat Bolton Wanderers to move clear at the top of League One.
  
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• Homeless friends facing life on the streets are 'amazed' by generous offers of help

  25-02-2017 18:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Liam McCloughlin, Matthew Nuttall and Nathan McCarthy all have ambitions to go to university
  
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• Charlton Athletic 0-1 Bury

  25-02-2017 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ryan Lowe scores the only goal as Bury's survival hopes receive another major boost with victory at Charlton.
  
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• Students could get two-year fast track courses

  25-02-2017 18:25 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Learning will be packed into two years and students will have to work more intensely
  
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• Hospital chiefs insist A&E departments rumoured to be at risk are safe

  25-02-2017 18:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Claims a raft of emergency units, including those at Tameside and Fairfield hospitals, were in line to be closed or downgraded have caused a stir
  
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• Premiership: Saracens 29-18 Sale Sharks

  25-02-2017 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saracens show resilience to pick up their first Premiership win in four against Sale to move within two points of leaders Wasps.
  
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• Horror accident at trampoline park leaves nurse with shattered spine after attempting 'tower jump'

  25-02-2017 17:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Cardiac nurse feared she'd be left paralysed after the accident
  
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• Passenger tells of terror as Taser police rush onto plane to remove drunken man after stormy flight

  25-02-2017 17:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The man had stumbled up the aisle as the flight tried to land having been diverted from Manchester to Liverpool during Storm Doris
  
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• Taxi driver in hospital after being hit by suspected drink driver in Wythenshawe

  25-02-2017 15:34 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The driver of an Audi that hit the taxi reportedly tried to flee on foot after the collision
  
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• How Sir Ian McKellen totally owned The Graham Norton Show last night

  25-02-2017 15:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Wigan-born actor told a host of hilarious stories on the popular TV chat show
  
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• Paul Caddis: Bury sign ex-Birmingham City defender on short-term deal

  25-02-2017 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League One side Bury sign former Birmingham City utility player Paul Caddis on a deal until the end of the season.
  
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• Steam train which was 'left for dead' hauls passengers for 1st time in 50 years

  25-02-2017 15:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Standard Four 76084 - dubbed the Lancashire Lazarus - thundered across Greater Manchester on Saturday following its transformation.
  
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• Look inside The Mounting Stone in Stockport - the tiny pub you voted the region's best

  25-02-2017 14:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  We popped in for a pint at the Bramhall micropub to find out its winning formula
  
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• New Netflix UK releases that you can watch this weekend

  25-02-2017 14:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Fifty Shades of Grey and Annie are among the new releases on Netflix this week
  
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• Phil Neville celebrates 40th birthday in style - with David Beckham in Paris

  25-02-2017 14:16 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Oui Oui! Former Manchester United star Phil Neville was reunited with former team-mate David Beckham and brother Gary for Paris boys' night out
  
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• WAG Georgina Cleverley juggles mum life in Alderley Edge

  25-02-2017 13:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Glamorous former TOWIE star Georgina, wife of Premier League footballer Tom Cleverley, spotted with her two young children
  
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• Georgina Cleverley looks like she's enjoying 'the best job in the world'

  25-02-2017 13:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Glamorous former TOWIE star Georgina, wife of Premier League footballer Tom Cleverley, spotted with her two young children
  
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• Pub customers and bouncers use chairs to fight off man armed with machete

  25-02-2017 13:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police were called when the man tried to attack people at the pub in Stockport last night
  
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• Three things you can do in Manchester TONIGHT

  25-02-2017 12:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  From food and drink to music and nightlife to theatre, Manchester has the lot - so here are three top things for a great Saturday night out
  
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• Love Island's Kady McDermott checks in to Dawn Ward's beauty clinic

  25-02-2017 12:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Reality TV star Kady McDermott headed to Skulpt, the clinic in the grounds of Real Housewives star Dawn's Cheshire mansion, before heading on a sunshine break with her boyfriend Scott Thomas
  
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• Appeal to help trace missing girl, 15, from Bury

  25-02-2017 12:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Shannon Devlin speaks with a Newcastle accent and hasn't been seen since Thursday night
  
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• Teenager stabbed in the street in north Manchester

  25-02-2017 12:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police were called to Scotland Hall Road in Newton Heath at around 9.45pm on Friday night
  
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• Charlton Athletic v Bury

  25-02-2017 11:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Live coverage of Saturday's League One game between Charlton Athletic and Bury.
  
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• Review: Brewski in Chorlton bring chips cheese and gravy to South Manchester

  25-02-2017 11:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lucy Lovell is not surprised to find that Manchester loves poutine
  
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• Kodi boxes - how authorities are trying to crack down on illegal use of streaming media boxes

  25-02-2017 11:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester Police are among those involved in the crackdown - but who and what are they targeting?
  
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• Why Manchester is a great place to be vegan

  25-02-2017 10:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  There's never been a better time to go meat and dairy free - especially in Manchester, says resident M.E.N. vegan Emma Mountford
  
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• Using your mobile phone while driving - what you need to know as the penalties DOUBLE

  25-02-2017 10:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  As of next week, the current punishment of a £100 fine and three points will double to £200 and six points
  
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• Using your mobile phone while driving - what you need to know as the law changes

  25-02-2017 10:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  As of next week, the current punishment of a £100 fine and three points will double to £200 and six points
  
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• Why is there a nasty smell on the M60 by Stockport?

  25-02-2017 09:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  This is what's causing the pong...
  
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• Small part of Manchester that has been home to 16 jihadis

  25-02-2017 08:00
  
  Area around Moss Side formerly known for gang culture has produced at least 16 Isis recruits now convicted or dead In the small pocket of Manchester where the suicide bomber who killed himself in Iraq this week grew up, many before him had trodden the same path. Related: Isis suicide bomber ‘was Briton freed from Guantánamo’Related: The roots of radicalisation? It’s identity, stupid | Shiraz MaherContinue reading...
  
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• Former friend of Manchester suicide bomber tells how bubbly schoolboy became a radicalised terrorist

  25-02-2017 08:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Jamal al-Harith - who was born Ronald Fiddler and raised in Moss Side - detonated a car bomb at an army base near Mosul
  
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• Live: Manchester breaking news - Search for missing girl, teen stabbed in north Manchester

  25-02-2017 07:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News' breaking news service
  
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• Live: Manchester breaking news - Saturday, February 25

  25-02-2017 07:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News' breaking news service
  
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• Maps reveal schizophrenia 'hotspots' in England

  25-02-2017 02:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study of GP prescriptions reveals patterns of the mental illness in England.
  
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• Watch: Michelle has a shocking ultimatum for Steve on Coronation Street

  25-02-2017 01:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Steve is left dumbstruck by a raging Michelle who takes drastic action after finding out that hefathered baby Oliver on Corrie
  
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• Super League: Leeds Rhinos 20-14 Salford Red Devils

  25-02-2017 00:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liam Sutcliffe scores a late try to help Leeds Rhinos beat Salford Red Devils in a tense game at Headingley.
  
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