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• Olivia Campbell's mum sent a defiant message to the world tonight... from the steps of Manchester Arena

  09-09-2017 23:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  “There’s going to be tears along the way. Olivia is here with us, she’s watching over us, and she’d be here tonight if she could be.”
  
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• Stoke City 2-2 Manchester United

  09-09-2017 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scores twice as Stoke bring an end to Manchester United's 100% start to the new Premier League season.
  
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• Gemma Atkinson 'beyond excited' as Strictly Come Dancing pairings are announced

  09-09-2017 21:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Strictly returned to our TV screens on Saturday night with Key 103 star Gemma and chef Simon Rimmer hoping to bring the glitterball to Manchester
  
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• The Qualifiers: Warrington Wolves 32-30 Leigh Centurions

  09-09-2017 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Warrington are on the cusp of maintaining their Super League status after a narrow victory over Leigh.
  
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• Four escape after Greater Manchester plane's emergency landing

  09-09-2017 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  A pilot and three passengers escape from a light aircraft forced to make an emergency landing.
  
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• Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Wigan Athletic

  09-09-2017 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Shrewsbury go top of League One as Stefan Payne gives them victory over Wigan in the club's 3,000th Football League game.
  
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• If you thought Rosie was Manchester's hairiest baby wait until you see super cute Alice

  09-09-2017 20:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The M.E.N. has been swamped with photographs sent in by parents of little ones with extraordinarily long hair after we highlighted three month-old Rosie Darby’s luscious locks
  
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• Here are Greater Manchester's hairiest babies - as nominated by M.E.N readers

  09-09-2017 20:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The M.E.N. has been swamped with photographs sent in by parents of little ones with extraordinarily long hair after we highlighted three month-old Rosie Darby’s luscious locks
  
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• Solihull Moors 0-1 Macclesfield Town

  09-09-2017 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Scott Wilson scores the winner for Macclesfield at Solihull Moors, who miss a penalty in their National League game.
  
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• Son takes dad's coffin to his funeral strapped into the bucket of a JCB

  09-09-2017 19:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Digger driver Brendan Murphy died after an illness last month - his son devised the unusual send-off as a fitting tribute
  
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• Fleetwood Town 2-2 Oldham Athletic

  09-09-2017 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Ash Hunter scores a late equaliser from the penalty spot as Fleetwood deny Oldham Athletic victory at Highbury.
  
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• Manchester Arena reopens for bombing victims' benefit concert

  09-09-2017 19:29
  Thousands of fans face heightened security and event lineup includes Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Rick AstleyThousands of fans are gathering, with heightened security in place, at the reopening of Manchester Arena for the first time since the terrorist attack in May.Fans attending the benefit concert on Saturday face additional screening and bans on backpacks, large bags and some electrical items before entering the venue. Related: Ariana Grande made honorary citizen of Mancheste
  
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• Rotherham United 3-2 Bury

  09-09-2017 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Richie Towell scores a last-minute winner for Rotherham after Kieffer Moore scores twice earlier in the game against Bury.
  
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• Rochdale 0-3 Blackburn Rovers

  09-09-2017 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Blackburn Rovers make it three successive wins in League One as they take three points at Rochdale.
  
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• Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Middlesbrough

  09-09-2017 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Striker Britt Assombalonga scores twice as Middlesbrough claim a comfortable victory at struggling Bolton Wanderers.
  
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• Family from Salford prepare to 'ride out' Hurricane Irma in Florida hotel room

  09-09-2017 18:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Peter Wood, his wife Joanne and their four children have been told to remain indoors and stock up on food and water by their hotel in Orlando
  
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• GMP troll Liverpool FC fans on Twitter after Man City batter Reds

  09-09-2017 18:03 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  The tweet from GMP Middleton provoked much amusement among Blues supporters but it was removed following some criticism.
  
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• Live: Manchester Arena is reopening tonight after more than three months. And we're right here with the fans, in the city we love...

  09-09-2017 17:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A full house of 14,000 is expected for the We Are Manchester benefit show featuring Noel Gallagher, The Courteeners, Peter Kay, Rick Astley, and many more
  
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• Live: Manchester Arena has reopened tonight after more than three months. And we're right here in the city we love...

  09-09-2017 17:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The We Are Manchester benefit show is featuring Noel Gallagher, The Courteeners, Peter Kay, Rick Astley, and many more
  
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• Cheshire man named in Wales plane death

  09-09-2017 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  John Backhouse, 62, who died after his plane hit the runway in Caernarfon, is named locally.
  
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• England v West Indies: James Anderson's 7-42 seals series win at Lord's

  09-09-2017 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  James Anderson takes a career-best 7-42 to lead England to a series-clinching nine-wicket victory over West Indies in the third Test at Lord's.
  
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• Why were hundreds of shoppers evacuated from Ikea in Warrington today?

  09-09-2017 17:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Photos showed hundreds of shoppers standing in the car park of the superstore.
  
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• Alan Turing: Codebreaker's virtual reality trial

  09-09-2017 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Alan Turing's trial over his sexuality is relived using virtual reality technology
  
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• Manchester City 5-0 Liverpool

  09-09-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester City tear apart Liverpool's feeble defence to claim an emphatic victory over the 10-man visitors and move top of the Premier League.
  
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• #BeMoreJack - meet the 12-year-old from Salford whose kindness is a lesson for us all

  09-09-2017 16:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Scenes of Jack Stanley and Rani Assad's burgeoning friendship were aired on the Channel 4 show Educating Greater Manchester
  
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• Super 8s: Salford Red Devils 52-14 Huddersfield Giants

  09-09-2017 16:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Salford keep alive their slim hopes of making the Super League play-offs with a huge victory over Huddersfield.
  
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• #WeAreManchester: Feel the love for Manchester as the Arena prepares to reopen

  09-09-2017 15:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Love and support for Manchester floods in as the Arena opens again after the bomb attack
  
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• Plane crashes yards from M62 just after take-off from City Airport in Salford

  09-09-2017 15:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Piper Cherokee with three passengers and a pilot on board took off in bad weather at around 9.30am and ditched in a field beside the M62
  
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• Man Utd went behind my back - Louis van Gaal

  09-09-2017 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Louis van Gaal says Manchester United went "behind my back" in replacing him with Jose Mourinho in May 2016.
  
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• 'They wouldn’t try this in Didsbury or Chorlton' - plans to build school where cyanide and mercury were found

  09-09-2017 13:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Campaigners and a string of councillors have expressed outrage amid concerns over contamination and the loss of a ‘green lung’
  
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• This week in court - a self-styled drugs King, an evil babysitter, and a pervert teacher

  09-09-2017 13:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Here are some of the criminals who've been dealt with by the courts this week
  
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• Manchester weather - when will it stop raining?

  09-09-2017 12:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The answer probably won't surprise you
  
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• Woman escapes after arson attack on house in Salford

  09-09-2017 11:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Witnesses reported a figure throwing an object through a living room window then running away last night
  
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• Is three-month-old Rosie Manchester's hairiest baby?

  09-09-2017 10:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mum Lauren is used to being stopped by people commenting on her daughter's hair
  
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• Live: Manchester breaking news - Saturday, September 9

  09-09-2017 10:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News' breaking news service
  
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• Watch the 'convoy of happiness' which used to take disabled youngsters on trips to Southport

  09-09-2017 08:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The taxis were adorned with all kinds of decorations as part of an annual event taking disabled youngsters to Southport
  
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• Watch how taxi drivers' created a 'convoy of happiness' for disabled youngsters

  09-09-2017 08:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  This rare footage shows how Salford taxis were adorned with all kinds of decorations as part of an annual event taking disabled youngsters to Southport
  
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• First image of how Oldham Street will look when Dry Bar becomes a hotel

  09-09-2017 08:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Oldham Street landmark, which was opened by Factory Records back in 1989 and played a central role in the growth of the district's music scene
  
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• Beware of social media during terror events, NHS guidelines warn

  09-09-2017 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Recounting events can make people "relive the worst parts", and may open themselves up to trolling.
  
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• Doctors warn of online trolls targeting victims of terror attacks

  09-09-2017 01:01
  Social media used to accuse those caught up in incidents in Manchester and London of ‘cashing in’ on the atrocitiesOnline trolls have aimed “vile and upsetting abuse” at victims of the London and Manchester terror attacks, NHS doctors have revealed.Victims and family members have been targeted on social media, especially Twitter, by trolls who accused them of “cashing in” on the atrocities. Social media can play a positive and negative role in the aftermath of
  
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