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• Fashion retailer Boohoo nearly doubles profit after celebrity Instagram tie-ups

  26-04-2017 23:47
  
  Pre-tax profits rise 97% to £31m thanks in part to paying social media stars to promote clothes to 16- to 24-year-old fansBoohoo, the online fashion retailer with an army of 16 to 24-year-old fans, has nearly doubled its profits, helped by paying celebrities and other “influencers” to promote its products on Instagram.The Manchester-based company, which has turned its founders into multimillionaires, reported on Wednesday that sales had risen by 51% to £295m in the year t
  
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• Man City v Man Utd: Michael Carrick 'one of best I've seen' - Pep Guardiola

  26-04-2017 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola calls Manchester United's Michael Carrick "one of the best midfielders I've ever seen".
  
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• Esther McVey selected to contest Tatton for Conservatives

  26-04-2017 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  George Osborne held the seat with a majority of more than 18,000 at the last general election.
  
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• Crime gangs targeting Audi and BMW cars could be linked to the murder of Michael Samwell

  26-04-2017 23:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  According to GMP insiders, officers are dealing with an estimated 20 to 30 incidents a day
  
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• Thousands of cars are being clamped in Manchester since road tax went paperless

  26-04-2017 23:03 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Ten cars a day are being clamped in the region - but last year it was just five. Is scrapping tax discs to blame?
  
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• Amid a sea of filth, a cardboard box in the shape of a person that hints at a tragic way of life and death

  26-04-2017 22:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  That human beings can be living in such conditions may seem obscene in a first world country
  
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• Wigan council leader Lord Peter Smith attacks Jeremy Corbyn over possible Leigh seat selection

  26-04-2017 21:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lord Peter Smith, chair of the local constituency party, said Labour’s leadership was treating members with ‘contempt’
  
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• This Primark scam on Facebook sounds too good to be true because it is - Here’s how to avoid it

  26-04-2017 20:41 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A scam regarding a £100 voucher at Primark is currently circulating on Facebook, here's what you need to know about it
  
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• Christie Hospital fire: Images from the sky capture the true scale of the blaze

  26-04-2017 20:22 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The images were taken by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service's aerial drone
  
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• Two men arrested on suspicion of murder of popular Italian restaurant boss Giuseppe Roncari

  26-04-2017 20:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  GMP confirmed on Wednesday, April 26, that two arrests had been made in connection with the death
  
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• Mike Samwell car theft death: Police arrest second man on suspicion of murder

  26-04-2017 19:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man from South Manchester has been arrested and remains in police custody for questioning
  
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• Armed robbers trigger security smoke alarm at Barclays bank during daylight raid in Oldham

  26-04-2017 19:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The men escaped in a white Ford Transit van, which was found alight on Sumner Street a short time later
  
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• I was jailed for five years...but turned my life around thanks to embroidery

  26-04-2017 19:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Javed Ali, 22, was handed a five year prison sentence which he now credits was the reason for his new company
  
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• Man found dead in a pile of junk and rubbish...where he could have been lying for days

  26-04-2017 19:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police officers made the tragic discovery in an alleyway as they investigated a nearby bank robbery
  
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• Celebrity tie-ups help online fashion retailer Boohoo double its profit

  26-04-2017 19:31
  
  Pre-tax profits rise 97% to £31m thanks in part to paying Instagram icons to promote the brand’s clothes to 16 to 24-year-old fansBoohoo, the online fashion retailer with an army of 16 to 24-year-old fans, has nearly doubled its profits, helped by paying celebrities and other “influencers” to promote its products on Instagram.The Manchester-based company, which has turned its founders into multimillionaires, reported on Wednesday that sales had risen by 51% to £295m
  
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• Salford Red Devils: Jake Bibby, Josh Wood and Lee Mossop agree new contracts

  26-04-2017 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Salford Red Devils trio Jake Bibby, Josh Wood and Lee Mossop sign new contracts with the Super League club.
  
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• Fire at Manchester cancer hospital declared 'major incident'

  26-04-2017 19:05
  
  Fire service says blaze is contained but it will maintain a significant presence at the scene for at least a further 24 hoursFirefighters have declared a blaze at a leading cancer research hospital in Manchester to be a “major incident”, warning that it would leave the fire service less able to attend other incidents until it was put out.Crews were called to the cancer centre at 10.36am on Wednesday after fire broke out in a three-storey building housing offices and laboratories at t
  
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• Manchester's craft beer heavyweights collaborate for new summer festival

  26-04-2017 18:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Pilcrow's Summer Beer Thing is the biggest new date for every beer fan's calendar
  
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• Video shows a mouse scuttling across the floor of Subway in Piccadilly Gardens

  26-04-2017 18:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The creature was seen in the seating area of the Subway branch in the city centre
  
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• Why are David and Shona at Kylie Platt's grave on Coronation Street?

  26-04-2017 18:05 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The characters were spotted having an angry showdown in Corrie spoiler photos
  
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• 'Super college' merger plans collapse due to a number of 'issues and complexities'

  26-04-2017 18:05 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  University bosses blamed a number of ‘issues and complexities’ for their withdrawal from the project
  
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• Wilmslow Road closed after Christie Hospital fire

  26-04-2017 17:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Transport bosses warn three bus services are being diverted and local access will be hit as Wilmslow Road is closed
  
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• Things to do in Manchester this May Day bank holiday weekend

  26-04-2017 17:15 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  What's on in Manchester from April 28 to May 1? Our pick of the best events from music festivals to street food fairs
  
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• The huge new £70m 'twin towers' being built in Salford

  26-04-2017 17:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The enormous tower blocks will come complete with 300 swanky flats, a gym, and shops
  
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• How Manchester's Northern Quarter has been transformed for film and TV

  26-04-2017 17:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  From Peaky Blinders to Captain America - here are the hit shows filmed in the hip Manchester area
  
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• Mum says she'll stand by partner who tried to burn down their house while the children were sleeping upstairs

  26-04-2017 16:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Four children were asleep upstairs when Dan Dolan doused the home in petrol
  
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• Dawn Ward speaks of her fears ahead of hysterectomy operation

  26-04-2017 16:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Real Housewives of Cheshire star reaches out to fans and says she's "dreading" the operation
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic's fitness takes priority over his future, says Jose Mourinho

  26-04-2017 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic's fitness is more important than resolving his Manchester United future, says boss Jose Mourinho.
  
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• Super League: St Helens v Leigh Centurions

  26-04-2017 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Team news as St Helens host Leigh Centurions in Friday's Super League match at the Totally Wicked Stadium (20:00 BST).
  
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• Denise Van Outen hosts FREE family Golf Show coming to Event City, Manchester this weekend

  26-04-2017 15:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Kids can try their hand at the sport and have fun in the dedicated Kids' Zone
  
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• Britain's Got Talent 2008 winner George Sampson has had a hair transplant

  26-04-2017 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The dancer says head spinning is partly behind his hair loss.
  
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• Why schools are banning fidget spinners - and angering parents of kids with special needs

  26-04-2017 15:22 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Schools argue they are causing a distraction but some parents say an outright ban is unfair
  
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• Coronation Street star Jane Danson on her real-life miscarriage heartbreak

  26-04-2017 15:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Jane and her co-stars Kym Marsh and Simon Gregson had all been through baby heartache before harrowing Corrie storyline
  
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• Hay fever sufferers set for nightmare summer as 'super pollen' sweeps across Greater Manchester

  26-04-2017 15:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Created when pollen mixes with diesel fumes, it could lead to an allergy epidemic
  
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• Joey Barton banned from football for 18 months after breaking rules on betting

  26-04-2017 14:56 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The former Manchester City midfielder said the decision "effectively forces me into an early retirement from playing football"
  
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• Christie Hospital fire: What do they actually do in the Paterson Building?

  26-04-2017 14:05 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It's one of the world’s leading cancer research institutions
  
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• Noel Gallagher donates controversial (but still sold out) Adidas trainers to a jumble sale

  26-04-2017 14:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The former Oasis man, Kate Moss and...Roy Cropper have also donated items to the Rumble in the Jumble charity shop
  
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• Maria is back to her bunny boiler best on Coronation Street

  26-04-2017 13:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Maria angers her ex lover Aidan with some strange behaviour on Corrie
  
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• Will McDonald's finally start delivering food to your home in June?

  26-04-2017 13:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  McDonald's home delivery could become a reality this summer, with plans to roll out a small service first
  
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• Mum will be jailed after husband has served his time - so someone can look after the kids

  26-04-2017 13:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Syed Zaidi and Rizwana Kamal scammed £40k a year in benefits, despite having £250k stashed away in the bank
  
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• Watch Cillian Murphy shoot dramatic Peaky Blinders gun scene in Manchester's Northern Quarter

  26-04-2017 13:31 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  What's being filmed in the Northern Quarter today?
  
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• Fire breaks out at Manchester cancer hospital

  26-04-2017 13:23
  
  No patients or operations thought to have been affected in blaze at Christie hospital laboratory buildingFirefighters are tackling a blaze at a leading cancer research hospital in Manchester.Crews were called to the Christie hospital at 10.36am after fire broke out in a three-storey building housing offices and laboratories at the front of the hospital complex on Wilmslow Road in the south of the city. Continue reading...
  
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• Is the Christie Hospital still open after today's fire?

  26-04-2017 13:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  There's been a huge fire at the Cancer Research UK Paterson Building on the Christie site in Withington - here's what the hospital has said about how appointments and services are affected
  
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• Nathan PROPOSES to Bethany on Coronation Street - and there's another nasty shock in store

  26-04-2017 12:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Bethany's sinister groomer steps up his evil plan by asking her to be his wife on Corrie
  
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• Katie Price shocks This Morning viewers and Philip Schofield by using the N-word TWICE live on air

  26-04-2017 12:41 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Phillip Schofield urged Katie not to repeat the word after she blasted online trolls targeting her son Harvey
  
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• LIVE: Cancer Research UK building at The Christie Hospital on fire

  26-04-2017 12:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Fire breaks out in Withington at Christie's
  
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• Get free family entry to LEGOLAND Discovery Centre and SEALIFE Manchester for a whole year

  26-04-2017 11:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The pass gives you 12 month unlimited access to LEGOLAND Discovery Centre and SEA LIFE Manchester
  
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• Northern Rail strike timetable this Friday: which trains are running from Manchester this bank holiday weekend?

  26-04-2017 11:25 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Less than half services to run on Friday April 28 - and many replaced by buses - on first day of Tour de Yorkshire
  
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• Toyota Prius Plug-in Business Edition Plus

  26-04-2017 11:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Revised Prius gets quite a lot more but it comes at a price
  
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• Buy Art Fair moves to Manchester Central for 2017 show

  26-04-2017 11:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The fair has sold millions of pounds of contemporary art, including works by Damian Hirst, Tracy Emin and Grayson Perry
  
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