Manchester news

• Something left the BBC's political editor astonished in Manchester...and it wasn't just the PM's speech

  04-10-2017 23:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "When I thought today couldn’t get any stranger"
  
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• Women's Champions League: St Polten 0-3 Manchester City Women

  04-10-2017 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Demi Stokes, Steph Houghton and Nikita Parris score as Manchester City beat St Polten in their Champions League opener.
  
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• Corrie fans in tears as Nathan Curtis verdict revealed to rape victim Bethany Platt

  04-10-2017 22:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Groomer Nathan Curtis was smirking as he took the stand in Corrie
  
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• How growing cannabis helped me to become an expert gardener

  04-10-2017 21:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  When Andy McConville suffered a mental health crisis he realised he could put his green fingers to better use
  
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• What it's really like to be on The Apprentice - by Manchester contestant Jade English

  04-10-2017 21:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  What's Lord Sugar like? And do they really only have 10 minutes to get dressed? Jade reveals some off camera secrets.
  
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• The Apprentice 2017: Who is Michaela Wain?

  04-10-2017 21:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Who is Joshua Ritchie's sister?
  
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• The Apprentice 2017: Who is Joanne Jarjue?

  04-10-2017 21:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Where is she from? How old is she?
  
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• The Apprentice 2017: Who is Charles Burns?

  04-10-2017 21:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  How old is he? Where is he from?
  
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• The Apprentice 2017: Who is Andrew Brady?

  04-10-2017 21:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  How old is Andrew? Where is he from?
  
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• A contagious vomiting and diarrhoea bug is sweeping the nation - what symptoms to look out for and what to do

  04-10-2017 21:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The bug is most common in young children and it is known as shigella or shigellosis and these are the symptoms you should look out for
  
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• Corrie fans' fury after Special Constable Craig Tinker slammed as a "plastic policeman"

  04-10-2017 21:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street viewers fuming at Craig's treatment at the Nathan Curtis grooming trial
  
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• Flood alerts issued as Greater Manchester is set to be battered by torrential rain and 50mph winds

  04-10-2017 20:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Environment Agency bosses are urging people in the affected areas to ‘be prepared’ as torrential rain and strong winds are expected to hit
  
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• The shocking moment a boy racer drags his lifeless friend from the wreckage of a crash

  04-10-2017 20:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  CCTV shows a man dragging the collapsed motorist along the road in Cheetham Hill before stuffing him into another car
  
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• American diner Denny's is coming to the UK and Greater Manchester is absolutely desperate for one

  04-10-2017 19:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The diner has also been teasing fans on social media with mouthwatering photos of burgers, fries and coffee
  
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• Why Theresa May's promise for a 'new generation of council houses' won't fix the social housing crisis

  04-10-2017 19:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister's aides admitted the fund will only pay for 5,000 more affordable homes a year
  
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• You can get into Legoland Windsor for free if your children have any of these names

  04-10-2017 19:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Fancy taking the kids to Legoland Windsor this half-term? Well there is a chance you can get your family in for free
  
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• Bolton woman jailed for 'careless' fatal crash while intoxicated

  04-10-2017 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Drink-driver Violeta Taraskevic hit Ian Wilcox's car head-on after she "failed to negotiate" a turn, police say.
  
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• Eight charged after £130,000 worth of Class A drugs found in raids

  04-10-2017 18:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police swooped on addresses in Swinton, Eccles and Prestwich on Wednesday, September 27, as part of an investigation into large-scale drug dealing in Manchester
  
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• Meet the great-grandma celebrating her 100th birthday in hospital... after breaking her first bone

  04-10-2017 18:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Edna Mary Gowing spent her 100th birthday at Wythenshawe Hospital where she danced with her favourite surgeon
  
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• The one thing you should know before you chuck away your 'broken' iPhone cable

  04-10-2017 18:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  If your iPhone cable is not charging your iPhone but it does not look broken there is one thing you should always try before you buy a new one.
  
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• Walkway made famous by Oasis single cover is named in honour of hero First World War soldier

  04-10-2017 18:42 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lance Corporal Thomas Woodcock carried a wounded soldier to safety in Flanders in 1917
  
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• Doctor Foster fans noticed a bizarre continuity error in the dramatic finale

  04-10-2017 18:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Viewers picked up on something confusing while all the drama unfolded in the gripping BBC1 drama
  
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• Manchester's councillors stage walk-out to time with Theresa May’s speech

  04-10-2017 18:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  All 95 of the city’s Labour councillors left their monthly full meeting to hold a demonstration in the town hall’s internal courtyard
  
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• Didsbury welcomes new Spanish restaurant from team behind Tapeo

  04-10-2017 18:22 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Tinto has been opened in the former Chalk site by the couple who launched Deansgate tapas bar Tapeo & Wine
  
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• Tyson Fury 'will not apply' for new licence to fight

  04-10-2017 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he will not apply to the British Boxing Board of Control for a new licence to fight.
  
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• Tyson Fury says he will NOT apply for a new boxing licence

  04-10-2017 17:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Fury has not fought for nearly two years since ending Wladimir Klitschko's world heavyweight title reign in Dusseldorf in November 2015
  
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• First picture of young dad Jordan Ross who was stabbed to death in huge city centre brawl

  04-10-2017 17:31 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Jordan Ross, 24, died after suffering stab wounds to his neck during a street fight. Dorian Graham, 29, today appeared in court charged with his murder
  
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• EasyJet flight gets all the way to Gran Canaria - before making u-turn and heading BACK to Manchester

  04-10-2017 17:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Gobsmacked easyJet passengers had got tantalisingly close to their holiday destination before being told they were heading back to Britain and the gloomy October weather
  
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• Police release CCTV footage of missing pensioner with dementia who hasn't been seen for two months

  04-10-2017 17:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Geoffrey Ralph, 74, from Droylsden disappeared two months ago and police are increasingly concerned for his welfare
  
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• Murder charge over Manchester city centre mass brawl

  04-10-2017 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A 29-year-old is charged with murder after a Birmingham man was killed outside a Manchester club.
  
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• Didsbury pub Dog and Partridge to reopen after revamp by top Manchester restaurateur

  04-10-2017 16:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Former Chophouse and Damson boss Steve Pilling and business partner Angus Pride have relaunched the boozer as a 'Terroir Pub'
  
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• University of Manchester academic staff to go on strike

  04-10-2017 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The University of Manchester said it was "disappointed" in the vote.
  
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• The Paddington 2 film is coming soon - and you might recognise a familiar landmark

  04-10-2017 16:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Part of the sequel to the hit film was filmed here in Greater Manchester
  
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• Another Manchester restaurant falls as King Street bao bar Taberu closes

  04-10-2017 16:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Taberu was open for a matter of months before owners Victor and Vinny Yu decided to call it a day
  
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• Oldham Athletic yet to pay players and staff for September

  04-10-2017 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Oldham Athletic tells BBC Radio Manchester that the club is yet to pay their players and staff for the month of September.
  
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• "Delegates slid further and further into their seats in excruciating embarrassment" - Jennifer Williams on Theresa May's 'farcical' conference speech

  04-10-2017 16:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  First the Prime Minister was handed a P45 by prankster Simon Brodkin (aka Lee Nelson), then she lost her voice before the letters behind her actually started falling off the wall
  
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• Coleen Rooney has been nominated for Celebrity Mum of the Year

  04-10-2017 15:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Pregnant Coleen needs a boost after having her fair share of heartache recently
  
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• ‘Moggmentum’ behind Rees-Mogg stirs activists at Tory conference

  04-10-2017 15:37
  North East Somerset MP’s rightwing views and vigorous defence of Brexit are at heart of his appeal to traditional party membersIt has been a tale of two conferences: while Conservative ministers speak to a half-empty auditorium, the party’s activists queue down stairwells and squeeze into hotel rooms to catch a glimpse of just one backbencher.Jacob Rees-Mogg may once have been named the “the MP for the 20th century”, but on Monday 600 people filled Manchester town hall&rs
  
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• Watch: Lee Nelson arrested at Tory party conference after handing Theresa May a P45

  04-10-2017 15:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Serial prankster Simon Brodkin, aka Lee Nelson, was later released without charge after it emerged he had legitimate accreditation for the conference
  
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• Super League stars back #WeStandTogether campaign ahead of Manchester Grand Final

  04-10-2017 15:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Local boy Kallum Waktins says the city needs to spread the message of peace and togetherness ahead of Saturday's Old Trafford showpiece
  
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• What is a P45 and why did comedian Simon Brodkin hand one to Theresa May?

  04-10-2017 14:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  During Prime Minister Theresa May's speech at the Conservative Party conference today, comedian Simon Brodkin (also known as Lee Nelson) interrupted proceedings to hand the PM a P45 slip
  
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• Celebs went wild at the launch of new 3D dinosaur experience

  04-10-2017 14:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Emmerdale stars flocked to Dinosaurs In The Wild at EventCity
  
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• Drink driver jailed for BMW crash that killed 'devoted family man' Ian Wilcox and left two girls without a father

  04-10-2017 14:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Violeta Taraskevic, a former health worker, was over twice the limit when her car smashed into Ian Wilcox's vehicle
  
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• Ryanair cancelled flights between November and March - full list

  04-10-2017 14:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Ryanair has released a list of more flights cancelled on top of the 34 routes it was dropping over the winter - many of the cancellations are for Manchester services
  
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• Players and staff at Oldham Athletic haven't been paid for September

  04-10-2017 14:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The League One club confirmed the situation in a statement, but said it was ‘working to resolve the situation as soon as possible’
  
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• 'Indication of police misconduct' in Ellen Higginbottom case

  04-10-2017 14:14
  Watchdog says it is investigating conduct of three police radio operators before 18-year-old student was found murderedThe police watchdog has said there is “an indication of misconduct” by three radio operators at Greater Manchester police prior to the murder of 18-year-old student Ellen Higginbottom. The A-level student was reported missing on the evening of 16 June after failing to return home from Winstanley College in Wigan. Officers began a search, describing the teenager&rsquo
  
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• Families can get a FREE session at Kickair at the M.E.N's Manchester Family social event

  04-10-2017 14:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The north west's 'biggest indoor activity park' is opening exclusively for our event
  
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• Ben Crooks: Leigh Centurions sign centre from Castleford following loan spell

  04-10-2017 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Leigh Centurions sign centre Ben Crooks from Super League side Castleford Tigers on a two-year contract.
  
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• LIVE: Taxi drivers bring Deansgate traffic to a standstill

  04-10-2017 14:03 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It is expected 1,000 or more will journey from Manchester United’s Old Trafford ground via Deansgate to Salford from 1pm causing traffic problems in the city centre
  
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• The Buzzcocks and PINS to headline Design Manchester 2017 gig

  04-10-2017 13:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Special screenings of Blade Runner and A Clockwork Orange also feature as part of the citywide festival of creativity and design
  
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