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• Adorable moment CBeebies star surprises ENTIRE nursery class with tickets to Geronimo festival

  26-05-2017 23:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  He thanked the youngsters for raising money for the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
  
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• Super League: Salford Red Devils 50-12 Catalans Dragons

  26-05-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Salford Red Devils thrash Catalans by scoring nine tries on an emotional night at AJ Bell Stadium.
  
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• Watch: Hundreds of Muslim children and their families marched to the Manchester Arena

  26-05-2017 22:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Families and children marched from Cheetham Hill to lay flowers and say prayers for those killed in attack
  
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• Manchester attack: 'Immense progress' made by police

  26-05-2017 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say they have "got hold of a large part" of a Manchester terror network.
  
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• People on Facebook are calling for 22 minutes of silence from social media to remember those lost on Monday night

  26-05-2017 22:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Facebook users are asking for the service to go silent for 22 minutes on Friday evening in remembrance of those who were killed on Monday
  
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• The Manchester Bee: A symbol of hope - and the many tattoos to show #WeStandTogether 

  26-05-2017 22:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Here's where they've been seen around the city... and some of the pictures of tattoos you've been sharing with us
  
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• Who pushed Ken Barlow? The attacker is finally revealed on Coronation Street

  26-05-2017 22:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  After a tense whodunnit viewers found out who put Ken in hospital on Corrie
  
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• Great City Games Manchester: Greg Rutherford claims long jump victory

  26-05-2017 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greg Rutherford claims a resounding long jump victory at the Great City Games in front of a big crowd in Manchester.
  
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• Martin Rowson on the cost of UK foreign policy – cartoon

  26-05-2017 21:31
  
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• Defiant crowds turn out for Manchester's annual Great City Games

  26-05-2017 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds lined the streets of Manchester for a celebrated athletics event amid a heavy police presence.
  
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• Hate crime doubled in Greater Manchester in days following terror attack

  26-05-2017 21:03 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police say reports of hate crime rose from 28 on Monday to 56 on Wednesday
  
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• It’s a delusion to think that the terror attacks are just about foreign policy | Jonathan Freedland

  26-05-2017 20:49
  
  When it comes to violent jihadism, the motives are many – American and British military intervention is just one of themFor most people, in most places, something like normality resumes. This weekend Britons might be planning a barbecue, watching the FA Cup Final or just hoping to soak up some sun. In Manchester, in a show of almost comic defiance, the Great CityGames are going ahead, so that today, Deansgate will be converted into a sprint track and there’ll be pole vaulting in Albe
  
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• Ariana Grande says she'll be back in 'incredibly brave' Manchester to play a benefit show for victims of the Arena attack

  26-05-2017 20:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old shared a moving post with her 46 million Twitter followers
  
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• Manchester attack: 'Large part' of terror network has now been arrested, police say – live

  26-05-2017 20:42
  
  Police arrest man in Moss Side overnight; eight now in custodyKatie Hopkins leaves LBC radio show after ‘final solution’ tweetUK police end suspension of intelligence sharing with USAll 22 victims of Manchester Arena bombing named
  Jeremy Corbyn: ‘war on terror is simply not working’ 7.42pm BSTFesl Reza Khan, a council worker who helped to organise a Muslim vigil in Manchester’s St Ann’s Square on Friday night, addressed part of his speech to the non-Muslims pr
  
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• Dramatic Coronation Street storylines coming up this summer

  26-05-2017 20:42 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Producer Kate Oates reveals turbulent times ahead for some Corrie favourites - and says we're about to meet some new characters
  
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• Bernardo Silva: Manchester City complete £43m deal for Monaco midfielder

  26-05-2017 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City complete a £43m deal to sign Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva from French champions Monaco.
  
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• Ariana Grande to hold benefit concert for Manchester victims

  26-05-2017 20:39
  
  US pop singer whose show ended with a terrorist attack that killed 22 people says she plans to hold fundraiser in city
  Ariana Grande will hold a benefit concert to raise funds for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack.
  The US singer said her “heart, prayers and deepest condolences” were with those affected by the bombing. Related: Manchester attack: 'Large part' of terror network has now been arrested, police say – live pic.twitter.com/c03xrX3iIv Continue reading...
  
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• We need a war on conflict, not terror | Deborah Orr

  26-05-2017 20:30
  
  A recognition that division has scarred our democracy for too long would be a fitting legacy to the victims of ManchesterWhat tribute to the people killed in Manchester would be fitting? How could we, as individuals, be part of such a tribute? Maybe a start could be made by stating as simply as possible the cause of that attack. The cause is political conflict, at its most global and ideologically crazed. At its least amenable to reason. At its ugliest and most crude. At its wildest and most rut
  
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• Abedi mosque leaders offer themselves for police questioning

  26-05-2017 20:30
  
  Senior figures at Didsbury Mosque attended by Manchester bomber condemn attack and say they have nothing to hide
  Senior figures from a mosque attended by the Manchester Arena bomber, Salman Abedi, have voluntarily gone to the police to offer themselves for questioning. Related: Manchester attack: 'Large part' of terror network has now been arrested, police say – liveContinue reading...
  
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• More than £2,000 raised for charity in memory of police officer killed in Manchester terror attack

  26-05-2017 20:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Elaine McIver's mum has urged people to donate to Cancer Research UK in her memory
  
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• Salman Abedi: from hot-headed party lover to suicide bomber

  26-05-2017 20:19
  
  Vodka-drinking teenager was an unlikely jihadi, but his drift towards extremism was clear before he attacked Manchester ArenaSalman Abedi seemed, on the face of it, an unlikely jihadi: a quiet lad from a well-known family, a “fun guy”, according to friends at school, who loved football and was good at it, supported Manchester United and enjoyed a game of cricket.Other said he was a bit of a party animal, who drank vodka and smoked weed daily, was popular with girls and “always
  
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• Heroic humour or Katie Hopkins? This was a week to choose British values | Marina Hyde

  26-05-2017 20:04
  
  In its brave stewardship of his memory the tribute offered by his brother to Martyn Hett, one of the Manchester victims, gives us all something to aspire toFrom all I have read about the luminous-sounding Martyn Hett since he was murdered at the Manchester Arena on Monday night, he sounds like he would have relished his brother’s jaw-droppingly brave stewardship of his memory in the days since. When Martyn’s name began trending on Twitter, Dan Hett’s re
  
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• Supermarket opening hours for 29 May Bank Holiday Monday 2017 at Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury's and everywhere else

  26-05-2017 20:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  What hours is Tesco open during the May Bank Holiday weekend? Will Lidl be open on Monday 29 May? Everything you need to know
  
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• Terrorism, Manchester and the west’s foreign policy | Letters

  26-05-2017 19:46
  
  David Lowry and John Cummings question the UK’s sales of arm to Saudi Arabia, Randhir Singh Bains claims radical Islamism predates the ‘west’s war on terror’ and Peter McKenna examines the implications of the west’s role in the overthrow of Colonel GaddafiOn 19 May 2015, as home secretary, Theresa May, was openly criticised at the Police Federation conference by a former Manchester police officer, Inspector Damian O’Reilly, who had been named community officer
  
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• Breaking down can be the best way to deal with despair | Letters

  26-05-2017 19:44
  
  Hollie Brader wonders if ‘this will not break us’ is the right way to respond to the Manchester attackMorrissey managed to articulate a feeling that I’ve often struggled to express (Suzanne Moore, G2, 25 May). I’ve always found it deeply troubling when politicians use rhetoric following a horrifying attack such as “this will not break us”. In my mind, the phrase “not breaking” is associated with remaining the same, sticking to the same principles a
  
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• Manchester attack: Martyn Hett's mother calls son 'iconic diva'

  26-05-2017 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Martyn Hett was one of 22 people killed in the bomb attack at the Manchester Arena.
  
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• Large part of Manchester attack network detained, police say

  26-05-2017 19:37
  
  Top counter-terrorism officer says police have made significant arrests and finds, and tells public to continue with bank holiday plans
  Manchester attack – latest updatesDetectives investigating the Manchester Arena bombing say they have “got hold of a large part of the network” and made “immense” progress in arresting people suspected of assisting Salman Abedi, who killed 22 concertgoers on Monday night.Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer, Mark Rowley, sa
  
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• Martyn Hett's mother: 'He's touched so many lives'

  26-05-2017 19:33
  
  Family speaks of outpouring of support from social media followers of Deidre Barlow ‘superfan’ killed in Manchester
  The mother of Martyn Hett, a victim of the Manchester bomb attack, has said she is only now realising how her son “touched … so many lives” with his articles, videos and social media posts. Related: ‘Go sing with the angels’: families pay tribute to Manchester victimsContinue reading...
  
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• M.E.N. editor Rob Irvine: We are proud of our city and the way it has met hate with love

  26-05-2017 19:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  When the history of this awful, awful week is written, the spirit of Great Mancunians and the way they have met hate with love, will be part of the story.
  
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• Victoria Station to remain closed after it was structurally damaged in Manchester Arena terror attack

  26-05-2017 19:12 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The station was damaged in the bomb at Manchester Arena on Monday night
  
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• Manchester will recover, but some victims will not. Don't forget them

  26-05-2017 18:43
  
  The message we hear is of cleaning up, carrying on, rebuilding – but for a few people life will never return to normalIt was an unusually beautiful day in Manchester, not a cloud in a deep blue sky, when that huge IRA bomb blasted the heart of the city 21 years ago; and this week when terror struck it turned out eerily sunny again. But as the devastating news of so many deaths and injuries hit on Tuesday, and people made their way quietly along Cross Street to the evening vigil held in Alb
  
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• Manchester attack surgeon: 'The impact for patients is likely to be lifelong'

  26-05-2017 18:35
  
  Adam Reid describes treating the injuries of the Manchester bombing victims, using techniques developed on the battlefieldManchester attack: latest updatesAdam Reid is a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon at University Hospital of South ManchesterI didn’t know about the attack until 6.30am on Tuesday. I was blissfully unaware until I checked my email first thing in the morning and had a message from a colleague who had been working through the night.I am trained to deal with the
  
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• Five Bank Holiday events raising money for the families of the Manchester attack

  26-05-2017 18:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Events at Soup Kitchen, Hidden and more will be raising money for the families of those affected by Monday night's attack at the Manchester Arena
  
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• Brother's tribute to sister Lisa Lees who was killed in Manchester terror attack

  26-05-2017 18:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lisa was looking forward to becoming a grandmother for the second time
  
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• Rex Tillerson: US takes 'full responsibility' for Manchester leaks – video

  26-05-2017 17:46
  
  The US secretary of state says the Trump administration takes full responsibility for intelligence leaks of the police investigation into the Manchester bombing. Tillerson, who met the British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, in London on Friday, reiterated America’s ‘special relationship’ with BritainUS secretary of state flies to Britain to say sorry for Manchester leaks
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• The astonishing sea of flowers in St Ann's Square is still growing

  26-05-2017 17:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  More than 4,000 touching tributes have been laid at the Manchester terror attack memorial in the centre of the city
  
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• Things to do with the kids in Manchester this May half term 2017

  26-05-2017 17:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  If you're looking to have some fun with your kids over the break there are plenty of events to choose from
  
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• Flat 'rented off Gumtree was used by Salman Abedi to prepare Manchester attack'

  26-05-2017 17:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It's been claimed that the tower block property was rented by Abedi - and he paid £700 in cash for it
  
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• Police raid barbershop rented by the cousin of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi

  26-05-2017 17:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Armed police raided Fade'Away barbershop in Moss side during the early hours of Friday morning
  
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• Take That rescheduled Manchester Arena dates will move to Etihad Stadium

  26-05-2017 17:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Take That have announced their three remaining Manchester Arena gigs that were postponed after the terror attack will be rescheduled as one HUGE gig at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium
  
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• Stockport restaurant Where The Light Gets In gets glowing review from top London critic

  26-05-2017 16:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Guardian writer Marina O'Loughlin said she'd 'cross continents' to visit the Stockport restaurant, which served her 'the most exciting food I've had in years'
  
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• Katie Hopkins sacked by LBC radio station after Manchester attack comments

  26-05-2017 16:31 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  She caused outrage again this week when calling for a 'final solution' in wake of Manchester terror attack
  
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• The story behind the fake Manchester attack victims

  26-05-2017 16:21
  
  After the bombing, several posts of fake victims went viral. We look at the disturbing trend that keeps fooling social media
  The tweets usually go something like this.“My son was in the Manchester Arena today he’s not picking up my call”...find my bro/sis" but with a pic of minor celeb or athlete or random person. Preying on goodwill & tragedy for laughs. Such is webz 2/2As "anti-feminazi" trolls report me missing in #Manchester, a misogynist radio host in #Mexico is harass
  
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• The surreal 48 hours after my brother Martyn Hett was killed in the Manchester Arena attack

  26-05-2017 15:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Martyn Hett was one of the 22 people killed in the Manchester Arena terror attack. His brother Dan wants to thank every person who has offered support since the tragedy.
  
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• Callum Reilly: Bury sign Burton Albion midfielder

  26-05-2017 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League One side Bury sign Burton Albion midfielder Callum Reilly on a two-year deal.
  
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• Manchester United: Guillermo Varela's new tattoo costs him Eintracht future

  26-05-2017 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Guillermo Varela will return to Manchester United after he was suspended by loan club Eintracht Frankfurt for getting a tattoo.
  
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• Manchester Terror Attack: A timeline and map of events

  26-05-2017 15:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  22 people were killed in the attack. We will never forget them.
  
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• Manchester attack: Hundreds queue for bee tattoos

  26-05-2017 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many people see a bee tattoo, a symbol of Manchester, is a show of solidarity after the bomb attack.
  
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• The powerful quotes that show how the world is showing solidarity with Manchester

  26-05-2017 15:15 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  These are the quotes that sum up the sadness and shock, but mostly the fantastic support, shown across the globe
  
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• Theresa May wants to tackle online extremism. Here’s how to do it | Charles Arthur

  26-05-2017 15:08
  
  After the Manchester attack, there are fresh calls for regulation of Facebook and Google. But what’s needed, specifically, is a rethink of profit-seeking algorithmsSomething must be done. Particularly, something must be done about Facebook and YouTube (and to a lesser extent Twitter). That has become the reflexive rallying cry of UK ministers whenever there is a terrorist attack, or when one is thwarted. Theresa May will tell G7 leaders as much at a summit in Sicily today.On the same day,
  
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