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• T20 Blast: John Hastings hits 19-ball fifty in Worcestershire win at Edgbaston

  04-08-2017 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Worcestershire keep alive their hopes of reaching the T20 Blast quarter-finals with a thrilling win against Birmingham Bears.
  
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• Super League: Leeds Rhinos 32-16 Wigan Warriors

  04-08-2017 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Stevie Ward scores a hat-trick to help Leeds Rhinos beat Wigan Warriors in their first game of the Super 8s.
  
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• Super League: Hull FC 32-18 Salford Red Devils

  04-08-2017 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Carlos Tuimavave scores two tries for the second week running as Hull FC overwhelm Salford in their Super 8s opener.
  
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• Fernando: Man City midfielder joins Turkish side Galatasaray

  04-08-2017 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Brazilian midfielder Fernando joins Turkish club Galatasaray from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee.
  
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• The Qualifiers: Widnes Vikings 14-28 Warrington Wolves

  04-08-2017 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Warrington come from behind to earn a hard-fought win at Widnes in the first game of the Qualifiers.
  
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• Harry Bunn: Bury sign Huddersfield Town forward on three-year deal

  04-08-2017 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  League One side Bury sign forward Harry Bunn on a three-year deal from Huddersfield for an undisclosed fee.
  
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• LIVE updates: Major delays hit traffic to airport as M56 is closed in both directions

  04-08-2017 21:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The carriageway has been shut in both directions close to junction 4 for Wythenshawe
  
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• Holidaymakers walk along the hard shoulder after the M56 was shut in both directions

  04-08-2017 21:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The carriageway was shut in both directions close to junction 4 for Wythenshawe
  
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• Coronation Street spoilers: Should Steve and Leanne get married?

  04-08-2017 21:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Corrie fans are having their say on Steve popping the question
  
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• Haseeb Hameed: England keeping close eye on opener, says Paul Farbrace

  04-08-2017 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  England are keeping a "close eye" on Lancashire opener Haseeb Hameed, says assistant coach Paul Farbrace.
  
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• Anthony Joshua responds to Amir Khan and Faryal Makhdoom Twitter spat

  04-08-2017 20:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  World heavyweight champion Joshua has rubbished claims that he is in a relationship with Amir's wife Faryal.
  
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• Anthony Joshua responds to Amir Khan and Faryal Makdhoom Twitter spat

  04-08-2017 20:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  World heavyweight champion Joshua has rubbished claims that he is in a relationship with Amir's wife Faryal.
  
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• A huge dinosaur themed adventure golf course is opening in Manchester

  04-08-2017 20:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  DinoFalls will feature six-metre high dinosaurs including a water-spraying Pterodactyl
  
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• Woman shot in vagina in sex game gone wrong

  04-08-2017 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The victim was shot during a sexual encounter in a hotel in Manchester.
  
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• Do you want to be a firefighter? A big recruitment day is being held on Saturday

  04-08-2017 19:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue is hosting the event to allow people to find out more about the role
  
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• Meet Ted, the parrot who wolf-whistles at people then lets builders take the blame

  04-08-2017 19:41 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The African grey got workmen near his Sale pet shop into trouble with his sexist antics
  
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• Big Brother stars paint the town blue at denim party

  04-08-2017 19:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Big Brother, TOWIE, Ex On The Beach and Manchester United stars prove sometimes double denim just isn't enough
  
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• Thugs hurl 'acid' in man's face during robbery

  04-08-2017 19:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The man suffered injuries to his eyes and face in the attack
  
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• Police watchdog launch investigation after incident at a house in Oldham

  04-08-2017 18:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Marc Schofield, 30, of Peel Terrace, Dukinfield, has appeared in court charged with assault, possession of an imitation firearm and false imprisonment
  
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• Levenshulme is holding its first ever Pride event this summer with plans to 'turn the A6 into the Gay6'

  04-08-2017 18:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  LGBT campaigners hope to tackle homophobia during the very first Levenshulme Pride between August 11 - 13.
  
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• Two city centre nightclubs are closed down after man was stabbed and another died after a fight

  04-08-2017 18:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Tashan Stevens, 27, from Northern Moor, was stabbed several times during a large-scale disturbance outside Mambo’s
  
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• Antonee Robinson: Bolton Wanderers sign defender on loan from Everton

  04-08-2017 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Championship side Bolton sign defender Antonee Robinson on loan from Everton until January.
  
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• A fridge dumped in the road has a Twitter account - because it's 2017 and nothing makes sense anymore

  04-08-2017 18:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The white fridge left in Levenshulme has been tweeting for help (of course it has)
  
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• Review: Cottonopolis at Wellington Mill for Manchester Jazz Festival

  04-08-2017 17:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Keyboard player Andy Stamatakis-Brown evoked the heyday of The Hacienda and Sankeys in his Irwin Mitchell Originals composition 
  
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• James Anderson: Lancashire rename Pavilion End after England bowler

  04-08-2017 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Lancashire rename the Pavilion End at Old Trafford after James Anderson, who is England's all-time leading wicket-taker.
  
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• Watch: Sarah Harding talk about rumoured fall-out with Cheryl on Celebrity Big Brother

  04-08-2017 17:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Former Girls Aloud singer Sarah talks about Cheryl for the first time on tonight's CBB
  
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• Manchester bar Second City to expand Ancoats premises

  04-08-2017 17:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The reinvented sports bar will expand into the Mexica unit next door in September
  
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• Woman suffered horrific internal injuries after being shot when sex game went wrong

  04-08-2017 16:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  David Jeffers has been jailed for 10 years after the incident at a Stockport hotel which left the woman fighting for life
  
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• Amir Khan tweets that he's split from wife Faryal - but has he been hacked?

  04-08-2017 16:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It is not yet known if the Bolton boxer’s account has been hacked or not.
  
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• Live: Man rushed to hospital after being shot in foot in Wythenshawe

  04-08-2017 15:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Witnesses say 'loads of police and ambulance' arrived and officers found an injured man
  
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• Wind, rain, darkness and a whole lot of hill - friends take on the Three Peaks Challenge

  04-08-2017 15:25 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  So far they have raised over £2,000 for the Alex Hulme Foundation
  
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• Developers want to tear down this historic Northern Quarter warehouse - and turn it into a 14-storey modern block

  04-08-2017 15:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  They say the 1920s warehouse has ‘no aesthetic, historical, evidential or communal value’
  
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• Axe-man pours petrol on Asda supermarket worker before threatening to set fire to him

  04-08-2017 14:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The brave supermarket worker chased the masked man out the store
  
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• Children's home uses Facebook to help vulnerable teenagers open up to staff

  04-08-2017 14:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The scheme has proven so successful, it's now being used at other children's homes in the borough
  
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• Oldham siege: Greater Manchester Police investigated by IPCC

  04-08-2017 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  A man allegedly armed with a gun held a woman and children hostage at a house in Oldham for 26 hours.
  
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• Manchester United player Juan Mata donates 1% of wages to charity

  04-08-2017 14:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Man Utd news includes a charitable gesture by Juan Mata ahead of the start of the new Premier League season.
  
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• Take a look inside Friends Fest Manchester as Heaton Park becomes Central Perk

  04-08-2017 14:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Visitors can step inside full-sized sets including Joey and Chandler's apartment, Monica and Rachel's place and Central Perk
  
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• Locked up in July: brawling United fans, Audi supercar racers, a 'grooming cougar' and an assassin

  04-08-2017 13:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Here's our monthly rogues' gallery
  
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• Three men and a teenage boy charged with drug dealing in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens

  04-08-2017 13:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Three men and a 15-year-old boy have been charged with offences involving spice and cannabis
  
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• Bury 'two years behind' on special needs provision, Ofsted says

  04-08-2017 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Children with special educational needs in Bury, Greater Manchester, have been "let down", report says.
  
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• 'Musicians will understand. It's heartbreaking': Rocker devastated after burglars steal SEVEN guitars from flat

  04-08-2017 13:03 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  “These guitars are part of me and they are my livelihood, I modified them myself. It’s heartbreaking."
  
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• One for when you win the lottery...

  04-08-2017 12:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Steve Howarth feels like off road royalty in the new Bentley Bentayga
  
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• Woman dies after being rescued from house fire with stab wounds - baby rescued, man arrested

  04-08-2017 12:31 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  'The police arrived and when they were getting everyone out they handed me the baby before someone came and wrapped her in a towel.'
  
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• London’s exodus offers a stark warning to other UK cities: your culture is at risk | Kate Hardy and Tom Gillespie

  04-08-2017 12:12
  People are moving away from the capital, due in part to its cultural stasis. Other cities will go down the same road unless they invest in people, not propertyFor the first time in half a decade, more people are leaving London than are moving to it. Net migration away from the capital has exceeded 80,000 people a year. So why are people leaving the city? And does it really matter?A lack of affordable, spacious and good-quality housing has of course been a push factor in the exodus from the city.
  
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• Thieves posing as roof workers steal large amount of cash from Stockport pensioner

  04-08-2017 11:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police appeal for witnesses after elderly woman is conned out of £1,000
  
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• Drugs worth £66m seized in Hull: Six charged

  04-08-2017 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Six men are charged after drugs with an estimated street value of more than £66m were seized in Hull.
  
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• Motorist banned from driving after towing man in wheelchair along road

  04-08-2017 11:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The man in the wheelchair was also fined
  
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• Co-op cash machine thieves will be sprayed with invisible gel traceable for FIVE years

  04-08-2017 11:12 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Cash point thieves will be sprayed with a gel said to be detectable on the skin and clothes for as long as five years
  
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• Part of ticket sales for Old Trafford cricket test match to go to We Love Manchester Emergency Fund

  04-08-2017 11:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The We Love Manchester Emergency Fund to help the families of those killed and injured in the Manchester Attack has topped £15 million
  
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• Pair of 'despicable' thieves posed as roof workers and stole £1,000 from Stockport pensioner

  04-08-2017 10:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman was conned out of £1,000
  
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