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• Microlight pilot delayed 15 passenger jets at Manchester Airport by flying into controlled airspace

  27-07-2017 22:56 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Microlight pilot Robert Bawn blundered into controlled airspace without a working radio, delaying 15 passenger planes
  
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• The six huge towers that will change Manchester's skyline forever

  27-07-2017 22:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Trinity Islands project features a 67 storey-high skyscraper - dwarfing the Beetham Tower
  
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• Mum who stabbed her partner to death outside their Stockport home has her jail term reduced

  27-07-2017 21:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lisa Withers wept as her iail sentence for killing her boyfriend in a 'remorseless' attack was reduced
  
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• The tragic story of the baby found dead under a bag of dirty clothes with traces of cocaine in her hair

  27-07-2017 21:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The cause of Le'vah Stacey Herbert's death is still unknown
  
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• Joey Barton has football ban reduced by almost five months after appeal

  27-07-2017 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Joey Barton's ban from football is reduced by almost five months after an appeal by the former Burnley midfielder.
  
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• Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman is announced as Greater Manchester's new cycling and walking commissioner

  27-07-2017 21:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mayor Andy Burnham hailed Chris Boardman’s appointment as ‘a big step forward’ and ‘real coup’
  
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• Man charged after armed siege which lasted for 25-hours in Shaw

  27-07-2017 21:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mark Schofield, 30, of Pemberton Way, remains in custody and is due to appear at Tameside Magistrates' Court on Friday
  
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• Man charged over 25-hour Oldham house siege

  27-07-2017 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Marc Schofield is charged with false imprisonment and possession of an imitation firearm.
  
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• Things to do in Manchester this weekend: July 28 to 30

  27-07-2017 19:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Our pick of the best club nights, gigs, festivals and more in and around Manchester this weekend
  
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• These are the Greater Manchester roads that are bad for your health

  27-07-2017 18:37 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A poisonous chemical produced by cars has been linked to heart disease, lung disease, cancer and asthma
  
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• Manchester gigs with tickets on sale this week: Arcade Fire, Bugzy Malone, Buzzcocks, Betsy, Tom Zanetti and more

  27-07-2017 18:12 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Tickets to Elderbrook, Irit, Tom Walker, Frank Iero and The Patience, Fangclub and James TW also go on sale this week
  
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• Gourmet kebab restaurant to open in Manchester - with a Berlin-style basement dive bar beneath it

  27-07-2017 18:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Bab and the Honey Trap Club are being opened by the owners of Northern Quarter bar the Pen and Pencil
  
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• Watch the dramatic moment a man with a crossbow and knife is Tasered by armed police

  27-07-2017 18:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of carrying an offensive weapon
  
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• Coronation Street spoilers: Maria Connor has a new man on Corrie

  27-07-2017 17:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Maria moves on from Aidan Connor to another hunk in next week's Coronation Street
  
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• Police want to speak to this woman after a man was racially abused on a Manchester tram

  27-07-2017 17:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A man was racially abused during an argument with a woman the Bury Metrolink line
  
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• Free movement to end when UK leaves European Union

  27-07-2017 17:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Immigration Minister says new system will be in place by spring of 2019
  
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• Chaplain charged with sex offences against two girls at a school in Stockport

  27-07-2017 17:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Alan Devine, 74, will appear at Stockport Magistrates' Court on August 21
  
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• Magali Gorre responds as fans call for her to return to The Real Housewives of Cheshire

  27-07-2017 17:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Magali was all smiles as she attended a launch event in Cheshire
  
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• End of the 50mph speed limit on the M60 in sight as smart motorway launch date is confirmed

  27-07-2017 17:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Speed cameras will stay in place, but the much-maligned 50mph fixed limit will go
  
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• Police use Taser to bring down man 'carrying crossbow and knife' in Northern Quarter - live updates

  27-07-2017 16:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A large number of police officers responded to reports of a man seen walking through the Northern Quarter carrying a weapon
  
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• Police use Taser to bring down man 'carrying crossbow and knife' in Northern Quarter

  27-07-2017 16:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A large number of police officers responded to reports of a man seen walking through the Northern Quarter carrying a weapon
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Who's in the line-up and when does it start?

  27-07-2017 16:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Will Shobna Gulati be in the Celebrity Big Brother 2017 house this year and who will be joining her?
  
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• Grime MC Bugzy Malone: 'When you're from outside London, you'd better be special'

  27-07-2017 16:13
  After an impoverished youth and a spell in jail, Bugzy Malone found an outlet in grime, giving Manchester a voice in a hitherto London-dominated scene. But, he says, the self-doubt is never far awayIn the six years since he started releasing mix tapes and EPs, Bugzy Malone has established himself as one of grime’s brightest stars – and its leading voice from outside London. The Manchester MC’s last two EPs, both self-released, reached the Top 10 in the UK album chart, and his l
  
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• Will Salford or Wigan make the Challenge Cup final?

  27-07-2017 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Holders Hull FC, Salford, Leeds and Wigan are all in the hunt for Wembley places in the Challenge Cup semi-finals.
  
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• Family raise over £13,000 with 125-mile cycle for The Christie

  27-07-2017 15:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  They raised the money in memory of Margaret Wise, who lost her battle with cancer aged just 58
  
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• Police appeal for witnesses after a woman is injured in a collision with a car

  27-07-2017 15:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Greek Street in Stockport was shut again following the accident on Thursday morning
  
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• Cheshire police chief demands race law change for diversity

  27-07-2017 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Cheshire's chief constable says he looked into "breaking the law" to employ more minority officers
  
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• Man attempted to snatch five-year-old girl from outside Primark in Market Street

  27-07-2017 14:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Witnesses said they could hear a woman screaming her child was missing outside the popular shop, on Market Street, at 6.50pm on Wednesday
  
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• The man and woman who created Manchester's skyline - and what they want to do next

  27-07-2017 14:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Architects Ian Simpson and Rachel Haugh have changed the face of the city - and now they have designed plans for Manchester's biggest ever skyscraper
  
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• See extraordinary lost footage of the Dunkirk evacuation

  27-07-2017 14:07 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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• 7 things not to miss at Manchester Jazz Festival 2017

  27-07-2017 13:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  With over 100 bands performing across Manchester - here are seven must see shows at Manchester Jazz Festival
  
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• Charred remains of Grenfell Tower to be covered up

  27-07-2017 13:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Building to be coated in protective wrap from mid-August to help forensic investigations
  
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• Two new floors of shops on way in £74m Trafford Centre extension

  27-07-2017 13:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Barton Square will also be covered by a giant glass roof as part of the plans
  
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• Anti-Semitic incidents 'at record level in UK'

  27-07-2017 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  A total of 767 reports were made in the first six months of 2017, including 80 physical attacks.
  
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• No-one will face any charges over alleged money-laundering scam which saw Paul Massey arrested

  27-07-2017 12:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  GMP prepared a detailed file of evidence after a five-year investigation but the Crown Prosecution Service ruled there was ‘no realistic prospect of a successful prosecution’
  
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• Lloyds Bank to refund £300m to 600,000 customers for PPI and mortgage arrears failures

  27-07-2017 12:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lender had to recently fork out extra £350 million to cover ballooning cost of PPI mis-selling scandal
  
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• The ultimate celebration of whisky is coming to Manchester

  27-07-2017 12:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Over 100 whiskies are available to taste, all included in the ticket price
  
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• Blossoms nominated for the Mercury Prize 2017: The full shortlist

  27-07-2017 12:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The full shortlist for the Mercury Prize 2017 is in and it features Stockport's very own Blossoms
  
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• Baby of the Year is back and this time we want you to be the photographer!

  27-07-2017 12:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  We want you to send us your very own pictures of your adorable tots for our annual competition, which searches for the baby of the year in Greater Manchester.
  
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• Vandals smash up steam trains - causing £30,000 worth of damage to East Lancashire Railway

  27-07-2017 12:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Yobs smashed windows and hurled paint at a train carriage during one incident
  
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• Mobike which was spray painted gold and fitted with new handlebars left outside police station

  27-07-2017 12:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It appears somebody decided to give the Mobike an upgrade
  
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• Catherine Tyldesley praised for showing the effects of bloating on her body

  27-07-2017 12:05 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street star Cath showed how eating the wrong foods caused her to look pregnant
  
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• Muslim gang attacked strangers because they were white 'non-Muslims' in city centre rampage

  27-07-2017 12:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Counter-terrorism officers raided the homes of the three men in Bolton after the drunken violence in Liverpool
  
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• Blossoms' Tom Ogden reveals details of new film Blossoms - All Night Long

  27-07-2017 11:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Tickets are now on sale for exclusive previews at The Savoy Cinema in Stockport
  
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• 'Demi was a bright and bubbly girl who everyone loved' - sister's tribute to teenager killed in crash

  27-07-2017 10:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Demi Paige Grewer, 18, from Burnage, tragically died on Sunday after she was involved in a car crash near Wilmslow
  
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• Manchester City thrash Real Madrid 4-1 in Los Angeles but Mendy not ready

  27-07-2017 09:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Coach Pep Guardiola says £52m signing Benjamin Mendy will be missing for "two or three weeks" after Manchester City beat Real Madrid 4-1 in Los Angeles.
  
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• Peter Kay is bringing his Dance For Life dance-a-thons to Manchester

  27-07-2017 09:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Car Share and Phoenix Nights comic is hosting a dance party in aid of Cancer Research - and he will DJ
  
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• Top stories from Britain and around the world - Government calls in experts to examine EU migrants' role in UK

  27-07-2017 08:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Top stories from Britain and around the world -
  
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• Urgent action needed to tackle air pollution on M60, Defra warns

  27-07-2017 08:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Defra says the the A5103, A57M, A56 and M56 in Manchester, the A635 in Tameside and the A34 in Stockport also contain high levels of pollution
  
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• Man City player ratings: De Bruyne and Ederson stunning

  27-07-2017 07:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  How Manchester City players got on against Real Madrid in their second friendly of the summer tour
  
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