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• Masked men armed with sledgehammers raid Thomas Cook at Manchester Fort retail park

  15-06-2017 23:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Two men wearing balaclavas were seen storming into the Thomas Cook shop on Manchester Fort, just off Cheetham Hill Road, on Thursday evening.
  
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• Salford into Challenge Cup semi-finals

  15-06-2017 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Salford ease into the Challenge Cup semi-finals with a convincing victory over Super League rivals Wakefield.
  
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• Grenfell Tower fire: Man City winger Raheem Sterling to make donation

  15-06-2017 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City and England winger Raheem Sterling is to make a substantial donation to those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
  
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• Queens of the Stone Age announce Manchester Arena gig

  15-06-2017 22:16 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The venue has been closed ever since the bomb which claimed the lives of 22 innocent people last month
  
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• Stepping Hill has highest rate of written complaints per staff member in Greater Manchester

  15-06-2017 22:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The latest figures from the NHS reveal that in 2016-17 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, received 678 complaints from patients in writing – which works out as one per every six members of full-time equivalent staff
  
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• Salford Lads Club celebrates famous visitors with cheeky blue plaques

  15-06-2017 21:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The exhibition will feature about 20 plaques and has been devised by club worker Leslie Holmes and designed by artist Amber Sanchez
  
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• Best man 'went berserk' at wedding reception and stamped on female guest's face

  15-06-2017 21:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Christopher Deegan launched a frenzied and unprovoked attack on a male guest at the wedding reception at the Midland Hotel in Manchester - before then kicking a female guest who tried to defend the victim
  
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• Tesco fined £8m after polluting River Irwell with thousands of litres petrol

  15-06-2017 20:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The incident, which occurred in July 2014 and killed fish in the river, saw a major leak from a filling tank at a store in Haslingden
  
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• Apartment blocks in Manchester need much stricter safety regulations following London fire, MP warns

  15-06-2017 20:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lucy Powell says she deals with a mountain of casework from residents with safety concerns about the way their blocks are managed - and believes legislation is far too weak
  
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• Police search of landfill site may have caused a fly infestation in Heywood

  15-06-2017 19:22 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Thousands of flies have invaded Heywood - and residents fear the GMP operation at Pilsworth landfill site, as part of the investigation into the Manchester Arena bomb, may have caused it
  
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• How one property firm is stopping flats being bought by overseas investors

  15-06-2017 19:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Competition for flats in Manchester city centre has never been higher with buyers from around the world seeking to reap the benefits of the boom
  
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• How one property firm is stopping all its flats being bought by overseas investors

  15-06-2017 19:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Competition for flats in Manchester city centre has never been higher with buyers from around the world seeking to reap the benefits of the boom
  
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• The 1996 Manchester bomb: A day that changed our city forever

  15-06-2017 18:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It was the biggest ever bomb the IRA exploded on the British mainland
  
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• Anyone who would like to celebrate Martyn Hett's life is invited to his funeral

  15-06-2017 18:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Martyn was among the 22 people killed in the bombing at Manchester Arena on May 22
  
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• Fred Talbot jailed for four years for sex offences on school trips to Scotland

  15-06-2017 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former TV weatherman was convicted of seven charges of indecent assault in the 1970s and 1980s.
  
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• Brave youngster pays tribute to those who lost their lives in the Manchester bombing at Bridgewater Hall concert

  15-06-2017 17:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Freya White from Stockport was at the Ariana Grande concert with her mum and missed the explosion by minutes
  
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• Six men arrested after mass brawl in Radcliffe

  15-06-2017 17:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police say group of at least nine men armed with poles, bats and bottles began trading blows after violence erupted on the streets of Radcliffe in the middle of the afternoon
  
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• Family pays tribute to ‘incredible, adorable and beautiful’ Corinne Hayes who was found dead in Oldham

  15-06-2017 17:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The body of Corinne Nicole Hayes was discovered at an address on Cherry Avenue in the early hours of Saturday morning
  
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• Fred Talbot jailed for four years over sexual abuse in Scotland

  15-06-2017 17:16
  
  Former TV weatherman is already serving five-year sentence imposed in Manchester in 2015 for similar offencesThe former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been jailed for four years for a string of sexual offences against schoolboys on trips to Scotland more than 30 years ago.Talbot indecently assaulted seven teenage boys in his care during camping and boating trips in the 1970s and 1980s while working as a biology teacher at a school in the Manchester area. Continue reading...
  
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• Couple accused of leaving shopper covered in blood in brawl sparked by supermarket trolley crash

  15-06-2017 17:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Chi Teung Tai, 38, is alleged to have punched Xue Jun Chen and kicked him in the head following a row in the freezer section of Wing Fat in Openshaw
  
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• Family cover coffin in beautiful photographs as 'true gentleman' John Atkinson is laid to rest

  15-06-2017 17:03 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A horse drawn carriage led mourners as hundreds gathered to pay tribute to John Atkinson, 28, who was killed in the Manchester Arena attack
  
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• Thousands to celebrate Jo Cox's life with street parties and picnics

  15-06-2017 16:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The mum-of-two and Labour MP was murdered by a right-wing extremist a year ago this week
  
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• Manchester gigs and shows with tickets on sale this week: Nelly, Run The Jewels, The Sherlocks, Lorde, Ibeyi, Wolf Alice, Good Charlotte and more

  15-06-2017 16:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Nelly, Run The Jewels, The Sherlocks, Lorde, Ibeyi, Wolf Alice, Good Charlotte and Marika Hackman all have tickets on sale this week
  
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• Funerals held for four Manchester bombing victims

  15-06-2017 16:39
  
  Services pay tribute to Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry in South Shields, John Atkinson in Bury, and Georgina Callander in Tarleton, LancashireA young couple killed in the Manchester bombing in May were “inseparable in life, inseparable in death”, the vicar leading their joint funeral service said. Mourners were asked to wear pink or blue for the service for Liam Curry, 19, and Chloe Rutherford, 17, at St Hilda’s church in their home town of South Shields, South Tyneside, on Th
  
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• The best immersive theatre productions in Manchester

  15-06-2017 16:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Get out of your seat and into the action with these immersive shows in and around Greater Manchester
  
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• Seven brilliant shows you absolutely have to see at Manchester International Festival 2017

  15-06-2017 16:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Outside of the big headline shows, MIF 2017 is teeming with world class stuff that you won't be able to see again - and some tickets are as little as £12
  
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• Manchester attack: 'True gentleman' John Atkinson's funeral held

  15-06-2017 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Atkinson's relatives said he was the "life and soul of his family".
  
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• Brendan Moore: Rochdale sign Torquay United goalkeeper

  15-06-2017 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rochdale sign American goalkeeper Brendan Moore on a two-year deal after he turns down a contract from Torquay United.
  
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• Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot jailed for four years for sexual abuse of children

  15-06-2017 16:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  He was convicted for a string of sex offences against schoolboys on trips to Scotland during his time as a teacher more than three decades ago
  
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• Andy Burnham says he will 'lead by example’ and use public transport at least once a week

  15-06-2017 15:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester's mayor made the pledge during the UK’s first Clean Air Day but said he won't 'punish' the public by hiking parking fees
  
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• Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn visited Grenfell Tower but only one of them met survivors

  15-06-2017 15:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "Theresa May was here but she didn't speak to any of us. She was s**t."
  
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• Manchester bar and restaurant Don Giovanni is giving away free cocktails tonight

  15-06-2017 15:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Peter Street venue is giving 200 free cocktails away at 5pm today
  
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• Officials were trying to establish age of seven Vietnamese people at the time of their disappearance

  15-06-2017 15:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The group were placed in a care home in Rochdale after being discovered in immigration raid
  
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• Manchester attack: Funeral held for Georgina Callander, 18

  15-06-2017 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mourners wear yellow at a "celebration of life" in memory of 18-year-old Georgina Callander.
  
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• Firefighter's wife praises Grenfell Tower rescuers as she describes what it's like 'waiting for their hero to come home'

  15-06-2017 15:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  New mum Tracey Wilkinson said 'I have to forget he’s a firefighter and just think he’s going to work to do the job he loves'
  
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• A beautiful yellow coffin and a Disney carriage at funeral of 18-year-old Ariana Grande superfan Georgina Callander

  15-06-2017 15:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "Georgina was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside, with a smile that was never ending. She always had big hugs for everyone and her life was blooming like the flowers she loved."
  
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• Listen as Shaun Ryder becomes the voice of Metrolink for a day...

  15-06-2017 14:31 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  'It's coming up, it's coming up, it's....Anchorage'
  
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• Challenge Cup quarter-final: Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors

  15-06-2017 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Team news as Warrington Wolves host Wigan Warriors in Saturday's Challenge Cup quarter-final match at Halliwell Jones Stadium (15:00 BST).
  
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• The show goes on for Nashville - with even more love for Manchester

  15-06-2017 14:16 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  “It was never a consideration for me or by anyone else to not come to Manchester.”
  
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• Police investigate double stabbing on Rochdale street

  15-06-2017 14:05 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Two men, aged 26 and 31, were injured in the incident
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn says 'the truth has got to come out' as he visits people affected by the Grenfell Tower blaze

  15-06-2017 14:05 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  His comments came shortly before Prime Minister Theresa May ordered a full public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster.
  
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• Chicken from Lidl four times more likely to give you food poisoning than M&S, figures show

  15-06-2017 13:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Food Standards Agency has released the latest wave of results in its ongoing survey of fresh chickens for campylobacter - the leading cause of food poisoning in the UK
  
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• Manchester attack: Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry's funeral held

  15-06-2017 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry were described as "perfect in every way for each other".
  
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• Victor Lindelof: Manchester United sign £31m Benfica defender

  15-06-2017 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United complete the signing of Sweden defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica for £31m.
  
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• Difficult, disturbing, challenging - and one of the most gripping pieces of theatre you'll ever see

  15-06-2017 13:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Operation Black Antler takes you on a top secret mission around Manchester - but can you handle the choices it gives you?
  
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• Number of confirmed dead from Grenfell Tower blaze rises to 17 - with reports of 'dozens' still missing

  15-06-2017 12:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The flats were home to between 400 and 600 people, community leaders said.
  
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• Aaron Mooy: Huddersfield Town agree club-record £10m fee with Man City

  15-06-2017 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newly promoted Huddersfield Town agree a club-record £10m fee for Manchester City midfielder Aaron Mooy.
  
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• At least 17 confirmed dead in Grenfell Tower blaze as search dogs brought in

  15-06-2017 12:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Met Police 'believe that number will sadly increase"
  
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• Farnworth murder inquiry: Arrest after mill attack

  15-06-2017 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 43-year-old victim died four days after being returned home with serious injuries.
  
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• Young couple killed in the Manchester Arena bombing were the 'image of love' says vicar at joint funeral

  15-06-2017 12:19 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The church in South Shields was packed, and hundreds of people were stood outside, as Rev Fr Chris Fuller told mourners they were "inseparable in life, inseparable in death, inseparable now with the angels of heaven."
  
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