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• Tory conference protest banner on Salford bridge denounced by MPs

  30-09-2017 23:18
  Pictures on social media from Manchester show a banner reading ‘Hang the Tories’ with effigies suspended from spanMPs from both the main parties have denounced a banner that appeared on a footbridge in Salford prior to the Conservative party conference in Manchester. One Conservative MP said the party’s conferencewas being targeted by “fascists” after pictures circulated on social media of a 10-metre wide banner reading: “Hang the Tories.”Related: Boris
  
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• ‘Hang the Tories’ protest banner on Salford bridge denounced by MPs

  30-09-2017 23:18
  Huge hand-painted sign removed from bridge by police ahead of Conservative party’s conference in ManchesterMPs from both the main UK parties have denounced a banner that appeared on a footbridge in Salford prior to the Conservative party conference in Manchester. One Conservative MP said the party’s conference was being targeted by “fascists” after pictures circulated on social media of a 10-metre wide banner reading: “Hang the Tories.”Related: Boris Johnson i
  
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• Curry Mile closed and traffic diverted as Muslims carry out Ashura procession

  30-09-2017 22:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Buses were diverted around the Curry Mile on Saturday afternoon as the ceremony took place
  
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• Reckless dad who endangered the lives of four young children by torching a cannabis farm is jailed

  30-09-2017 22:19 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Scott Gregson set fire to a shed close to the house in Salford in an attempt to get rid of a cannabis farm
  
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• Fifth man arrested over Deansgate mass brawl that left one man dead and another in serious condition

  30-09-2017 21:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Supt John-Paul Ruffle, who is leading the investigation for GMP, told the M.E.N. it’s ‘highly likely’ there will be more arrests
  
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• Man City beat Chelsea

  30-09-2017 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Kevin de Bruyne scores an excellent winner as Manchester City beat Chelsea to go back to the top of the Premier League.
  
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• Man who died after 'one-punch' attack outside a takeaway in Rochdale named as Keith Maden

  30-09-2017 21:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  He was reportedly confronting youths throwing fireworks
  
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• Man Utd heap misery on Crystal Palace

  30-09-2017 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United put in a dominant performance to beat a terrible Crystal Palace, who have lost all seven league games without scoring.
  
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• Bury 0-2 Milton Keynes Dons

  30-09-2017 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  MK Dons stretch their unbeaten run to four matches after claiming all three points at Bury.
  
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• 'Hang the Tories' banner on Salford bridge is widely condemned by MPs ahead of Conservative conference

  30-09-2017 19:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The dummies appeared to be dressed in suits with blue rosettes
  
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• Aston Villa 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

  30-09-2017 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Jonathan Kodjia's first goal of the season sees Aston Villa beat bottom side Bolton - their fourth league win in a row.
  
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• Portsmouth 1-2 Oldham Athletic

  30-09-2017 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Eoin Doyle returns to haunt his former side with a double which earns Oldham victory over Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
  
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• Macclesfield Town 2-0 Aldershot Town

  30-09-2017 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Macclesfield made it four wins in five games with a fine National League win over Aldershot.
  
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• AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Rochdale

  30-09-2017 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Rochdale's revival continues as they keep a fourth successive clean sheet and claim a point at AFC Wimbledon.
  
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• Bolton Pride brings hundreds out to paint town rainbow colours

  30-09-2017 19:19 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A colourful parade formed the centrepiece of the four-day LGBT festival today
  
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• Wigan Athletic 2-0 Walsall

  30-09-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A goal in either half from Northern Ireland striker Will Grigg earns Wigan Athletic a comfortable victory over Walsall.
  
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• Owner devastated after speedboat destroyed in suspected arson attack

  30-09-2017 18:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Danny Bird, 50, from Romiley, Stockport, woke in the early hours of Friday to find his £7,000 boat consumed by 30ft flames
  
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• This week in court: Abusive carers, a wife-beater radio DJ, and a dangerous dog owner

  30-09-2017 18:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Here are some of the criminals who've been dealt with by the courts this week
  
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• New TV shows to look forward to in 2017 and 2018

  30-09-2017 18:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Which BBC drama shows are coming in late 2017 and 2018? From Peaky Blinders and Our Girl to Stranger Things 2 and Blue Planet II
  
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• Mum died of heart attack after doctors told her chest pains were stomach problem

  30-09-2017 18:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Michelle Ditcher, 33, had a well-documented family history of relatives having cardiac failure at a relatively young age
  
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• The untold stories behind Manchester band's iconic photographs

  30-09-2017 18:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  From Stone Roses to Happy Mondays: get behind the lens with Kevin Cummins
  
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• The untold stories behind iconic Manchester band photographs

  30-09-2017 18:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  From Stone Roses to Happy Mondays: get behind the lens with Kevin Cummins
  
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• My stutter was so so bad I couldn't say my own name but a revolutionary treatment helped me

  30-09-2017 18:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The 33-year-old from Stockport is now training to help others overcome speech impediments
  
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• My stutter was so bad I couldn't say my own name but a revolutionary treatment helped me

  30-09-2017 18:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The 33-year-old from Stockport is now training to help others overcome speech impediments
  
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• My stutter was so bad I couldn't say my own name

  30-09-2017 18:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The 33-year-old from Stockport is now training to help others overcome speech impediments
  
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• Leigh relegated from Super League

  30-09-2017 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Catalans Dragons come from behind and win the 'Million Pound Game' and end Leigh's Super League stay after one season.
  
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• David Beckham sports new beachy blonde hairdo as he heads to Manchester United match

  30-09-2017 17:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester United legend Becks has gone back to blonde again with a new look hairdo as he headed to Old Trafford for the Crystal Palace game
  
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• Manchester City Women 5-2 Arsenal Women

  30-09-2017 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester City Women put in a brilliant attacking display to beat title-rivals Arsenal and continue their 100% start to the season.
  
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• A Madchester bar is coming to Manchester to celebrate the city's musical history

  30-09-2017 15:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  “You can’t get away from it, you can’t escape it, so why not embrace it and give the people what they want?”          
  
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• The pay-as-you-feel theatre show based in a Salford tower block

  30-09-2017 15:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "Experimental might be seen as ‘difficult’ but we really want people to come along and try it"
  
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• Body found in search for missing Cindy Freeman-Jenkins

  30-09-2017 14:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police were called to Blackley Cemetery on Saturday morning following reports of a body in the graveyard
  
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• Shocking footage shows mass brawl break out in bar before man died after being stabbed outside

  30-09-2017 14:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The video, shot from inside the Suburbia cocktail bar on Ridgefield near Deansgate, shows dozens of people fighting and bottles and chairs being thrown
  
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• Funeral of Coronation Street legend Liz Dawn to take place at Salford Cathedral

  30-09-2017 13:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The soap icon, who played Vera Duckworth for 34 years, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, aged 77 surrounded by her family after a long battle with lung disease
  
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• Commuters warned as train and bus staff to go on strike next week

  30-09-2017 13:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Transport bosses are warning disruption is inevitable
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after Oldham rush-hour crash

  30-09-2017 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Police appeal for a driver who failed to stop to get in touch.
  
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• The UK's smallest comedy pony is at the Family Pet Show in Manchester

  30-09-2017 12:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Oli, the nine year-old Shetland pony, is just 25 inches tall - and as small as the average dog
  
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• Motorcyclist dies following 'horrific collision' with three cars

  30-09-2017 12:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Karl Hope, 25, was riding his Kawasaki motorbike along Chadderton in Oldham when he crashed into three vehicles on Friday evening
  
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• Should you give a homeless person a tent?

  30-09-2017 12:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Homelessness experts have warned against handing out tents due to a variety of safety concerns.
  
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• The South Asian art set to take over Manchester city centre

  30-09-2017 11:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  New North and South will mark 70th anniversary of the creation of India, Pakistan and later Bangladesh
  
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• The best Halloween 2017 events in Manchester

  30-09-2017 11:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  From fancy dress club nights to a pop-up horror cinema
  
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• Chaat Cart is taking street food up a notch in its wonderfully quirky new Marple restaurant

  30-09-2017 11:03 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Chaat Cart is the latest street food stall to trade up from pop-up to permanent with a new neighbourhood restaurant in Marple
  
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• Maxine Peake: "we have to show compassion for the homeless - we're only a pay packet away"

  30-09-2017 11:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Men Who Sleep In Cars tells the poignant stories of three men whose lives have been turned upside down
  
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• Man drops three-year-old girl into river in 'attempted murder suicide'

  30-09-2017 10:15 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police responded to reports of a 39-year-old stood on a bridge threatening to drop a child into water in Bolton Friday evening
  
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• New Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and NowTV releases this weekend including Star Trek: Discovery and The Exorcist

  30-09-2017 10:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Star Trek: Discovery, The Flash and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. are among the new things to watch this weekend
  
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• Man dies after being stabbed in neck during mass brawl near Deansgate - latest updates

  30-09-2017 10:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Several other people were hospitalised after the violence - in which one man was glassed and two women were punched unconscious
  
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• Man dies after being stabbed in neck during fight near Deansgate - latest updates

  30-09-2017 10:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Several other people were hospitalised after the violence - in which one man was glassed and two women were punched unconscious
  
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• The 1988 rave that 'started Madchester' ... revealed in rare footage shot by Tony Wilson with a cast of famous Manc characters

  30-09-2017 07:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Watch rare video footage that takes you into Manchester's clubs in 1988 - with Shaun Ryder, Bez, Bernard Sumner and other characters
  
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• Plenty of pensioners are still having sex and this is why we need to talk about it

  30-09-2017 07:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  More than half of men and a third of women over 70 are still sexually active
  
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• Charlie Roberts: The man who made Man Utd 'outcasts'

  30-09-2017 03:56 via bbc.co.uk
  How a Manchester United captain started a football rebellion and scored a win for workers' rights.
  
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• One man arrested after train held at Stockport station over passengers 'acting suspiciously on board'

  30-09-2017 00:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Reports included someone 'locking themselves in the toilet and refusing to leave'.
  
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