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• Nemanja Matic: Chelsea might have given Man Utd 'last piece of jigsaw'

  07-08-2017 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Chelsea may have handed Manchester United "the last part of the jigsaw" by selling them midfielder Nemanja Matic, says Ian Wright.
  
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• Man and woman arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after man dies in collision

  07-08-2017 22:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash in Bolton
  
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• After a period of calm gun crime returns to Salford with a targeted attack that saw five shots fired

  07-08-2017 22:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It is the first firearms incident to have taken place in the city for seven months
  
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• Care agency hired workers with criminal convictions and failed to carry out background checks

  07-08-2017 22:34 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Angels at Home CIC in Eccles has been placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission
  
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• Manchester United: Jose Mourinho would 'fight' to sign Gareth Bale from Real Madrid

  07-08-2017 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he wants Gareth Bale, while Ian Wright thinks Tottenham should try to re-sign him.
  
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• Pregnant mum of four is left homeless after someone deliberately set her home on fire

  07-08-2017 21:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Kylie Cain was sleeping with her family when she was woken to the sound of banging at the door
  
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• Is this the answer to parents' prayers? A Bible-themed play centre could be opening in Manchester

  07-08-2017 21:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Couple Ruth and Andy Lancey say that parents are 'raising a generation of emotionally and spiritually illiterate children'
  
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• Someone sent us a caterpillar video and what the hell is this weird thing?

  07-08-2017 21:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The insect world is filled with all sorts of weird and wonderful (and not so wonderful) creatures and this caterpillar is somewhere in between the three
  
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• Watch: Sarah Harding has a meltdown on Celebrity Big Brother

  07-08-2017 20:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Recovering alcoholic Sarah breaks down in tears on CBB and says "I didn't want to drink in here"
  
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• Recovering alcoholic Sarah Harding had a meltdown on Celebrity Big Brother... and it wasn't funny

  07-08-2017 20:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Recovering alcoholic Sarah breaks down in tears on CBB and says "I didn't want to drink in here"
  
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• Hampshire v Lancashire: Haseeb Hameed's gritty half-century gives visitors control

  07-08-2017 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Haseeb Hameed scores his first half-century in the Championship this season to help Lancashire take control over Hampshire.
  
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• Manu Tuilagi and Denny Solomona sent home from England training camp

  07-08-2017 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Manu Tuilagi and Denny Solomona are sent home from an England training camp over "team culture issues", says the Rugby Football Union.
  
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• Corrie actor who played a drug boss is ordered to pay back £58,000 for his part in a real drugs operation

  07-08-2017 19:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Chris Hargreaves is serving four years for money laundering, possessing cannabis and club drug M-Cat
  
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• Lorna has a condition which means she has to use disabled toilets - so why does she still get sneered at?

  07-08-2017 19:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lorna says that she often has to wait to use a disabled toilet, and a lot of the time it’s parents with children or a group of teenagers who come out
  
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• Two arrested after man dies in car crash in Bolton

  07-08-2017 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  A man and a woman are arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and causing death by dangerous driving.
  
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• Police raided a cannabis farm and found a deadly haul of bullets and a gun with a homemade silencer

  07-08-2017 19:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Now three men have been jailed over a drugs conspiracy in the heart of Salford
  
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• You can watch Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor in a massive Manchester warehouse - with drinks brought to your table

  07-08-2017 18:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  You can watch the fight of the year in a quirky venue with VIP table service
  
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• Dad jailed after making hoax bomb threats to daughter's school so he could 'spend time with her'

  07-08-2017 18:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Gary Barnes, 25, sparked fears of a massacre at Whitworth primary in order to 'spend more time with his daughter', the court was told
  
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• Bolton teen dreams of running away with the circus

  07-08-2017 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Victoria Jackson taught herself circus skills after watching a troupe perform at her family's farm for years.
  
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• Jeremy McConnell found GUILTY of assaulting Stephanie Davis

  07-08-2017 18:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The former Celebrity Big Brother star found by a judge to have beaten the mother of their baby son
  
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• Kaiyne Woolery: Swindon Town sign Wigan Athletic forward for £350,000

  07-08-2017 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Forest Green Rovers loanee Kaiyne Woolery joins Swindon Town for £350,000 from League One club Wigan Athletic.
  
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• Manchester nightclub AXM closes down after 12 years

  07-08-2017 18:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Gay Village venue bowed out with a closing party at the weekend together with its sister site in Malta
  
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• Man charged with child sex offences at former children's home near Wigan

  07-08-2017 18:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  David Mann, 67, from Westhoughton, Bolton, is due to appear in court in October
  
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• You will now have to pay 10p for your Tesco carrier bag - and this is why

  07-08-2017 18:12 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The grocery chain is only offering 'bags for life' from August 28
  
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• Salford's only home for disabled children is set to close after years of campaigns to save it

  07-08-2017 17:56 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Parents of the home’s two remaining residents are furious, but council bosses say the closure would save around £300,000 a year
  
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• Ken Anderson: Bolton chairman hopes for Sports Shield financial resolution

  07-08-2017 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Bolton chairman Ken Anderson hopes an ongoing issue between the Sports Shield BWFC group and its creditors can be resolved soon.
  
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• Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe reveals baby son's unusual name - after "five minute birth"

  07-08-2017 17:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe reveals quirky baby name with boyfriend Greg Lake - after a "five minute birth"
  
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• Eggs contaminated with a harmful insecticide may have entered UK shops

  07-08-2017 17:42 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany have already recalled millions of eggs
  
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• Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho sends Gareth Bale message to Real Madrid

  07-08-2017 17:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Man Utd transfer news includes Jose Mourinho's latest efforts to lure Gareth Bale to Old Trafford.
  
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• Watch driver jumping town centre red lights as he tries to outrun police at 80mph

  07-08-2017 17:19 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Dash cam footage shows the disqualified driver swerving onto the wrong side of the road as he attempts to get away
  
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• Robbers and burglars target businesses across Stockport including off-licence, hotel and takeaway

  07-08-2017 17:03 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Staff at one shop are held at knifepoint as two men escape with thousands in cash
  
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• Jamie Jones: Goalkeeper joins Wigan Athletic on a one-year contract

  07-08-2017 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Wigan Athletic sign Jamie Jones on a one-year contract after the goalkeeper turns down a new deal at Stevenage.
  
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• GMP have investigated 46 'corrosive substances' attacks including acid in last five years

  07-08-2017 16:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Some 14 attacks were reported in 2016
  
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• Holidaymakers warned over scorching European temperatures as 'Lucifer' heatwave continues

  07-08-2017 16:34 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Thermometers set to record highs exceeding 40C (104F)
  
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• GMB viewers beg for Piers Morgan back as Jeremy Kyle sits in

  07-08-2017 15:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The talk show host fierce tones he reserves for cheating spouses and careless parents on his own show
  
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• Fears for Wigan pensioner missing from home without his medication

  07-08-2017 15:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Kevin Snalam, 69, was last seen on Sunday afternoon
  
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• Downtrodden, miserable looking northerners wanted to be extras in new Peterloo film

  07-08-2017 15:22 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A very unglamorous casting call has gone out for extras to appear in a new drama retelling the 1819 Peterloo Massacre
  
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• Morrisons launches a FOOT-LONG sausage roll for just £1 - and you can buy it in Manchester

  07-08-2017 15:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It's an absolute beast.
  
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• Hope & Glory organisers issue rambling 2,000-word statement after shambolic festival - and row with Tim Booth

  07-08-2017 15:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  They've lashed out at Liverpool council and the production company for 'their failures'
  
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• Miracle Staffie survives after swallowing a SIX INCH kebab skewer

  07-08-2017 14:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Patch could have died after swallowing a six-inch kebab skewer 
  
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• Miracle dog survives after swallowing a SIX INCH kebab skewer

  07-08-2017 14:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Patch, a six-year-old Staffie could have died after swallowing a six-inch kebab skewer
  
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• Tyson Fury has weighed in on Amir Khan's row with his wife... and it's as politically correct as you'd expect

  07-08-2017 14:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The heavyweight champ says any suggestion that Amir Khan has been cheating is 'total bull'. For one very good reason
  
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• Swimming pool where Olympic star Keri-Anne Payne learned the ropes saved from closure

  07-08-2017 14:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  £120,000 refurbishment and repair costs had put the future of the pool in doubt
  
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• Gang of thugs armed with baseball bats beat elderly disabled man in Bury

  07-08-2017 13:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The 75-year-old victim suffered serious injuries and remains in hospital as police step up patrols in Radcliffe
  
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• Watch Liam Gallagher join impromptu jam session in a Canadian Irish pub

  07-08-2017 13:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The former Oasis frontman paid a surprise visit to an Irish bar in Montreal - and got his guitar out too
  
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• Timothy Fosu-Mensah: Man Utd defender to join Crystal Palace on loan

  07-08-2017 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah is to join Crystal Palace on a season-long loan.
  
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• Manchester Airport: Air rage and disorder doubled since 2014

  07-08-2017 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Police boarded planes 159 times last year, compared with 73 times in 2014, figures show.
  
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• Tom Elliott obituary

  07-08-2017 13:24
  Storyline writer and scriptwriter on Coronation Street who was responsible for one of the soap’s most dramatic episodes – the 1986 fire at the Rovers ReturnTom Elliott, who has died aged 79, was responsible for everything from heart-wrenching drama to rib-tickling comedy in Coronation Street over almost 15 years, first as a storyline writer (1983-93), then as a scriptwriter (1990-97), at a time when the northern TV soap was facing the threat posed by EastEnders, the BBC’s newly
  
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• Live: Delays on Metrolink lines after points failure at Cornbrook

  07-08-2017 13:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Two lines are affected - we'll bring you the latest news
  
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• Nando's is giving away free chicken to ALL A-level students on results day

  07-08-2017 12:37 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The chicken chain has a cheeky offer for students to look forward to, whatever happens to be in that envelope
  
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