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• Tense stand-off at house in Shaw ends after 25 hours - latest updates

  25-07-2017 22:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill and false imprisonment
  
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• Tense stand-off at house in Shaw ends after 25 hours as police enter property and release hostage

  25-07-2017 22:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Tense stand-off at house in Shaw ends after 25 hours
  
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• Siege continues at house in Shaw as 'man with a gun' holds woman hostage

  25-07-2017 22:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The ongoing situation began at 3.15am at a house in Shaw, Oldham - the man at the centre of it has been named locally as Marc Schofield
  
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• Justice finally catches up with vicious sexual predator who abused young girls for 30 years

  25-07-2017 21:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Warren Kirkby has been caged for 12 years after one of his victims came forward
  
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• Burnham accused of 'political mischief making' after attacking Tories for 'broken promises' over transport

  25-07-2017 21:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Transport secretary accuses mayor of grabbing headlines by comparing cash spent in Manchester and London
  
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• Take a virtual tour of the huge £2m JD Gym in Salford

  25-07-2017 20:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Spread over 30,000 square foot, JD Gym Salford is packed with top workout equipment
  
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• Breast surgeon locked up for unnecessary operations is struck off because he's a 'serious risk to patients'

  25-07-2017 20:31 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The tribunal heard he did not oppose the proceedings and had expressed a wish to be erased without the need for a hearing
  
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• Filthy, unsafe care home with mould on the kitchen walls and no locks on toilet doors is slated by inspectors

  25-07-2017 20:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Marland Court in Rochdale has been put in special measures after a damning inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
  
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• Plucky residents detain car thieves who forced their way into houses after a police chase

  25-07-2017 20:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Three men have been arrested on suspicion of theft of a vehicle
  
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• Man stabbed in the neck, throat and chest in vicious attack

  25-07-2017 20:15 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting for two men they wish to speak to in connection with the stabbing in Newton Heath
  
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• Jose Mourinho says Manchester United 'better equipped' for title bid

  25-07-2017 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Man Utd can challenge in the Premier League but must get "much better" to compete for the Champions League, Jose Mourinho tells BBC Sport.
  
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• This WhatsApp scam can steal your bank details

  25-07-2017 18:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  If you have WhatsApp downloaded on your phone there is a scam you will want to avoid right now
  
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• Disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson struck off by tribunal

  25-07-2017 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Ian Paterson performed unnecessary surgery and asked to be struck off without the need for a hearing.
  
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• Woman in serious condition after being stabbed 'numerous times' at house in Oldham

  25-07-2017 18:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
  
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• Police were called to house where mum is being held at gunpoint shortly before tense stand-off began

  25-07-2017 18:25 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  They claim the man, named by neighbours as Marc Schofield, was ‘taken away’ from the house only to return later and take the 27-year-old woman and her children hostage
  
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• Argos recalls Mamas & Papas and Fisher Price baby car seats

  25-07-2017 18:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The store says the seat covers failed to meet fire safety regulations
  
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• Person killed after being hit by train near Stockport - latest updates

  25-07-2017 17:50 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Trains running between Stockport and Stoke-on-Trent have been suspended while emergency services attend
  
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• Three baby goats die after being fed rhododendron leaves by petting zoo intruders

  25-07-2017 16:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police have launched an investigation after Mirabel, Adele and Jet died - and four more goats were left seriously ill
  
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• Three baby goats die after being fed poisonous leaves by petting zoo intruders

  25-07-2017 16:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police have launched an investigation after Mirabel, Adele and Jet died - and four more goats were left seriously ill
  
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• Charlie Gard's mum returns to court to fight for right to have him die at home

  25-07-2017 15:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Charlie's parents gave up attempts to persuade a judge to allow the 11-month-old to travel to America for experimental therapy
  
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• Watch University of Manchester Library's lost footage of the Dunkirk evacuation

  25-07-2017 15:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Historically important films shot of the evacuation at the end of May 1940 were discovered at the library in 2015 and digitised by the North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University
  
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• Ian Brady and Salman Abedi 'remain unburied as undertakers refuse to touch them'

  25-07-2017 15:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Secret location - now dubbed 'Monster Morgue' - holds the remains of the hated killers
  
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• The best restaurants in Manchester according to the SquareMeal top 100

  25-07-2017 15:15 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Five Manchester restaurants have made it onto SquareMeal's UK Top 100
  
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• Man wakes on sofa to find masked robbers holding machete to his throat

  25-07-2017 14:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Three armed men dragged the man upstairs and stole a significant amount of cash in the terrifying robbery
  
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• Woman held hostage in shaw: What we know so far

  25-07-2017 14:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Marc Schofield is believed to be in possession of a gun and is holding a woman hostage inside a house on Pemberton Way in Shaw
  
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• Armed siege in Oldham: What we know so far

  25-07-2017 14:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Marc Schofield is believed to be in possession of a gun and is holding a woman hostage inside a house on Pemberton Way in Shaw
  
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• Burglars raid cricket club for third time - stealing jukebox, bar till and booze

  25-07-2017 14:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Bosses at Newton Heath Cricket Club say they are devastated after raiders struck for the third time in just four months
  
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• The best things you can make Siri do for an easy laugh

  25-07-2017 14:31 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Yes, Siri can sing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' but it can also answer a whole host of questions with nonsensical but entertaining hyperbole
  
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• What residents have said about the planned revamp of the centre of Chorlton

  25-07-2017 14:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The radical move would see the current shopping precinct and former leisure centre demolished and replaced with new shops and 190 homes
  
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• The Lowry hotel cancels appearance by Holocaust denier David Icke

  25-07-2017 14:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The highly controversial conspiracy theorist was due to launch his new book at the Salford hotel later this year
  
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• Drugs courier caught with heroin stashed in his underpants and crack cocaine hidden in a Kinder Egg

  25-07-2017 13:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Court hears how debt-ridden Zak Brown, from Levenshulme, had been violently threatened and told his 'fingers would be cut off' if he didn't become a drugs mule
  
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• Body found in search for man who vanished after going out to get a takeaway

  25-07-2017 13:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester Police believe the body, discovered in a canal near Rochdale town centre this morning, is that of missing man Mr Agard
  
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• Police appeal to find missing Geoffrey Ralph who has dementia

  25-07-2017 13:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Geoffrey Ralph, 74, was last seen getting on the bus to Ashton town centre at 3pm on Monday.
  
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• Review: Sister Act at Manchester Palace Theatre

  25-07-2017 13:15 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Alexandra Burke gets back into the habit as the stage adaptation of the Whoopi Goldberg film returns to Manchester
  
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• Christie outreach service launches in New Mills

  25-07-2017 13:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Cancer patients at the specialist hospital can now get chemotherapy in their home town
  
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• Drug dealer's wife spared jail after telling judge she had no idea her luxury life was funded by drug money

  25-07-2017 13:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Rachel Duffy drove a Porche and lived in a luxury house but says she knew nothing about ex-Thomas Duffy's heroin empire
  
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• Family pay tribute to devoted dad of two who died in motorbike crash

  25-07-2017 12:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Ryan Davies who ‘loved the freedom of his bike’, tragically lost his life when he smashed into two parked cars in Kearsley, Bolton on Sunday night
  
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• Block of flats evacuated after smoke grenade let off

  25-07-2017 12:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Firefighters and police were called to a three-storey block on Moss Lane, Bramhall, on Monday night.
  
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• Another £25m of taxpayers' money could be loaned to developers to build city centre apartments

  25-07-2017 12:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  This Friday’s meeting of the region’s ‘super council’ will consider loaning the cash to developers Capital and Centric for their Crusader Mill scheme in Piccadilly
  
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• Armed man holds woman hostage in Oldham house

  25-07-2017 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Officers have been at the property in Pemberton Way in Shaw, Oldham, since about 03:15 BST.
  
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• Man deliberately run over outside The Factory nightclub in city centre

  25-07-2017 11:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The man was taken to hospital with minor head injuries after the early morning crash outside The Factory nightclub on Princess Street
  
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• Bacteria from 300-year-old Ovid poetry volume inspires 'bio-artist'

  25-07-2017 11:16
  Sarah Craske found the copy of Metamorphoses in a secondhand bookshop and used bacteria within its pages to create art with her own bloodThere was more than poetry trapped between the leather covers of a 300-year-old volume of Ovid’s Metamorphoses: blood, sweat and snot feature in an art installation that displays the bacteria within its pages. The sweat and the droplets from an ancient sneeze that spattered one page were contributed by centuries of previous owners and readers of the book
  
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• Block of flats in Stockport evacuated following smoke grenade attack

  25-07-2017 10:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Door set alight in incident firefighters say was 'malicious and dangerous'
  
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• Crossrail 2: Support by government 'outrageous' after northern snub

  25-07-2017 09:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham says the go-ahead for London will cause "widespread anger".
  
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• Man injured in Withington shooting - recap

  25-07-2017 09:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mauldeth Road West remains closed as police and forensic officers investigate the scene
  
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• Man injured in Withington shooting - live updates

  25-07-2017 09:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mauldeth Road West remains closed as police and forensic officers investigate the scene
  
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• Celebrity Love Island fans mourn end of series

  25-07-2017 09:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies were voted the winners of the ITV2 reality series
  
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• Neighbours evacuated after reports 'man with a gun' is holding woman hostage at house - latest updates

  25-07-2017 08:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A young child and a baby were also in the house in Shaw, Oldham, when police were arrived but they are now safely out of the property
  
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• 'Man with a gun' holding woman hostage at house is named - latest updates

  25-07-2017 08:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The ongoing drama began at 3.15am at a house in Shaw, Oldham - the man at the centre of it has been named locally as Marc Schofield
  
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• Top stories from Britain and around the world - Judge who oversaw Charlie Gard legal dispute hopes lessons can be learned

  25-07-2017 08:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Top stories from Britain and around the world
  
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