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• Parents could end up picking their kids up from police stations after weekend dispersal order put in force

  20-10-2017 23:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Officers are cracking down on anti-social behaviour and have issued a 48-hour dispersal order
  
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• There will be another bus strike on Monday - here are all the services affected

  20-10-2017 23:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  None of the firm’s services in Greater Manchester will be running on Monday
  
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• Coronation Street praised for raising awareness about postnatal depression

  20-10-2017 23:05 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Corrie fans rushed to praise hard-hitting new storyline about struggling mum Angie
  
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• Scandal of our overweight children: One in four 11-year-olds are classed as 'obese'

  20-10-2017 22:50 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Controversial school tests show 25pc of all Year 6 kids in Greater Manchester are classed as overweight
  
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• Christmas pantomimes and shows in and around Manchester in 2017

  20-10-2017 22:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Dick Whittington, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are among the family favourites on the big stage this year
  
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• Jessie Ware performs a spellbinding set for fans - but is distracted by Liam Gallagher

  20-10-2017 22:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The singer performed a selection of old and new songs at HMV to mark the release of new album Glasshouse
  
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• Police are desperately searching for a 13-year-old girl - and believe she may in Manchester

  20-10-2017 21:58 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Elise Donoghue was last seen as she left a drama class in her hometown of York on Thursday night
  
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• Man who groomed a boy through Xbox Live online gaming then sexually assaulted him is jailed

  20-10-2017 21:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Nathan Hastings took over his victim’s life with a 16-month campaign of ‘controlled abuse’.
  
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• Boy, 15, stabbed in Moston attack dies in hospital

  20-10-2017 21:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Kyron Webb has now died from his injuries and police have launched a murder investigation
  
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• Soap fans compare Corrie and EastEnders as Stacey Fowler names her baby

  20-10-2017 20:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Fans were reminded of Coronation Street after Stacey announced the name of her baby girl
  
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• Thug who terrorised elderly people at knifepoint will spend MORE time in jail

  20-10-2017 20:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Attorney General slammed the 'unduly lenient' sentence given to Ronald Pollitt for his reign of terror on OAPs in Oldham and north Manchester
  
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• A safe haven has been set up to protect Gay Village clubbers from hate crime

  20-10-2017 20:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Village Haven has been set up near Canal Street as volunteers fear for lone revellers' safety and want to help stretched emergency services
  
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• Take a look inside Inflata Nation - Greater Manchester's new indoor inflatable theme park

  20-10-2017 19:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Formerly Jump Nation trampoline park, the Trafford Park venue has undergone a £500,000 transformation to become Inflata Nation.
  
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• Clara Malagon-Gonzalez obituary

  20-10-2017 18:37
  
  My friend Clara Malagon-Gonzalez, who has taken her own life at the age of 22, was a critical care nurse at Manchester Royal Infirmary and a kind, bright and effervescent person who brought light and joy into many people’s lives.She had qualified as a nurse a year before her death, and was enormously proud to be working for the NHS. Not only was she hardworking; she was also courageous, as she showed when on duty during the Manchester Arena terrorist attackearlier this year. Continue readi
  
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• Children’s charity trustee accidentally killed himself with lethal dose of a painkiller after two evenings of drinking

  20-10-2017 18:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Luke Sharp, 20, from Rochdale, who had been suffering from a hangover, inadvertently took a lethal dose of the painkiller after two evenings of drinking red wine
  
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• 'The Rovers Return meets Soho House' - inside Manchester's new look Bay Horse Tavern

  20-10-2017 17:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Northern Quarter pub has been taken over by the team behind Crazy Pedro's, The Liar's Club and Cane and Grain
  
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• Manchester Airport cleaners to go on strike in pay dispute

  20-10-2017 17:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Members of Unite employed by Mitie Cleaning and Environmental Services will take industrial action during November, December and January
  
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• Foo Fighters stadium tour dates sold out in a matter of hours - here's what Grohl made of the news

  20-10-2017 17:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "We're gonna light those m***********s up" Grohl wrote in a letter addressed to the UK 
  
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• Meet the Bolton couple who've built a 16ft pirate ship in their front garden

  20-10-2017 17:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Black Pug, inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, is 16ft long and has a mast higher than a two-storey house
  
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• Two arrested after men barricade themselves in derelict pub

  20-10-2017 17:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A police cordon has been placed around Moss Tavern in Droylsden and Ashton Road is closed in on direction after reports of a disturbance inside
  
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• LIVE: Pub cordoned off by police after man barricades himself inside

  20-10-2017 17:13 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A police cordon has been placed around Moss Tavern in Droylsden and Ashton Road is closed in on direction after reports of a disturbance inside
  
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• How to get a FREE takeaway this weekend from Just Eat, Domino's or Asda

  20-10-2017 17:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It's the weekend so why cook!? Follow these simple steps to get a free takeaway, up to the value of £15
  
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• Corrie star Helen Flanagan wows as she steps out in autumnal style

  20-10-2017 16:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street favourite Helen was all smiles as she headed to celeb haunt Menagerie
  
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• First look inside Toast - the Altrincham concept restaurant serving everything on toast

  20-10-2017 16:16 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Even the desserts are served on toast
  
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• Reality TV ladies look sultry at star-studded store launch

  20-10-2017 15:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  X Factor, I'm A Celebrity, Love Island and Real Housewives of Cheshire stars formed a 'who's who' of reality TV
  
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• Channel 4’s ‘brownface’ documentary is no way to portray Muslims | Radhika Sanghani

  20-10-2017 15:59
  I once spent 24 hours in a niqab to explore racist attitudes. But My Week As a Muslim tips a worthy idea into the realm of stereotype and clicheKatie Freeman is being given a prosthetic nose. It is larger, thicker and wider than her existing nose. Next come a selection of teeth covers – all of which appear slightly yellower and more crooked than her existing teeth – and brown contact lenses. Then the piece de resistance: her white skin is covered up with a dark layer of makeup.This i
  
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• Things to do in Manchester this weekend: October 20 to 22

  20-10-2017 15:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Our pick of the best gigs, club nights, exhibitions and much more
  
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• Opening date for Redrock cinema revealed as £45m leisure development nears completion

  20-10-2017 15:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Light Cinema in Stockport will open for business next month after two years of construction
  
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• Yobs break into Hopwood Hall College causing 'extensive damage' to computer equipment

  20-10-2017 15:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Technology Centre, on Rochdale Road, Middleton, is closed to students today following the break in
  
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• Manchester Jewish Museum wins nearly £3m to double in size

  20-10-2017 14:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The building, housed inside a former synagogue, will undergo a restoration project and double in size
  
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• Strictly star Gemma Atkinson stops to sign autographs for a group of workmen

  20-10-2017 14:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Strictly Come Dancing contestant looked amused as she signed their high vis jackets
  
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• Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following stabbing of Kyron Webb

  20-10-2017 14:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Kyron, remains in an extremely critical condition in hospital, was found by chance by paramedics who were passing Worsley Avenue, off Moston Lane, at 7pm on Tuesday
  
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• Full list of traders who will be at this year's Manchester Christmas Markets 2018

  20-10-2017 14:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Locations and the full list of traders at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2018
  
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• The 97-year-old war veteran attacked in his own home says he was 'very much afraid' - but determined to recover

  20-10-2017 14:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  I realised that lying flat on my back as I was with my pants down meant I was very vulnerable and I was very much afraid. It embarrassed me really.”
  
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• TK Maxx is giving away £50 gift cards - here's how to win one

  20-10-2017 14:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  To celebrate their big party wear drop, TK Maxx is treating five lucky shoppers to free gift cards
  
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• Man fighting for life after one-punch attack in Piccadilly Gardens

  20-10-2017 14:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  GMP have released images of a man they want to speak to in connection with the incident
  
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• Hunt for teenage gang - including woman with 'long blonde hair' - after two sickening attacks

  20-10-2017 13:59 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A pensioner suffered a heart attack after being battered with a metal bar by the gang - and another man was pushed onto tram tracks
  
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• Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp calls out Lidl - over 'sexist' children's pyjamas

  20-10-2017 13:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The equality campaigner says the budget retailer's range 'should be put to bed'
  
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• 'I never intended to drive' - former undercover police officer found four times over the limit with the engine running

  20-10-2017 13:42 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Andrew Fruish, 46, was found with his head on the wheel, the keys in the ignition and the engine running
  
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• Dad subjected surviving children to decade of sadistic beatings following death of his two sons

  20-10-2017 13:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Derek Rawlinson took out his grief and frustrations on the two girls and one boy after his eldest child died while trying to rescue the youngest from a pond at their family farm
  
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• The saga of the wealthy foreigner investors, the school pal of Prince William and the troubled penthouse flats

  20-10-2017 13:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Investors from the far east pumped thousands into turning this Old Trafford mill into flats. But there's been a string of complaints.
  
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• Key 103 wins radio awards for Manchester Arena attack coverage

  20-10-2017 12:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Key 103's The Manchester Bombing won best community programme and its Manchester's Response To The Arena Attack special was named best coverage of an event at the Audio and Radio Industry Awards (Arias)
  
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• Storm Brian 'weather bomb' set to bring 55mph winds and heavy rain to the North West this weekend

  20-10-2017 12:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A yellow weather warning of strong winds has been issued for the region, which could brings gusts of 45 to 55mph
  
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• This car hire firm is parking its fleet of vehicles right outside people's homes... and they can't do anything about it

  20-10-2017 12:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "These are residential streets and should not be used to park business vehicles of all types."
  
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• Three students robbed and marched to cashpoints in south Manchester in one night

  20-10-2017 12:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The crimes took place in Fallowfield and Withington between 10.40pm and midnight on Wednesday
  
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• How mobile phone companies are ripping you off for being loyal customers

  20-10-2017 12:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Staying on your current contract after you have paid off your phone could mean you are being overcharged by your service provider
  
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• Teen who threw firework at disabled man marched to victim's house to say sorry

  20-10-2017 11:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The teenager was compelled to write a grovelling letter of apology and escorted by police to hand deliver it in person to the victim and his carer
  
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• Mum's clever trick for removing kids' splinters goes viral

  20-10-2017 11:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Claire's tip has been shared more than 65,000 times in less than two days
  
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• Sam Smith tour announced for 2018 with Manchester Arena date - how to get tickets and pre-sale

  20-10-2017 10:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Thrill of It All tour will see the Too Good at Goodbyes singer perform his biggest headline shows to date
  
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• Watch the astonishing scenes as a pervert who said he wanted to have sex with a four-year-old is escorted from his own home by police

  20-10-2017 10:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Several people can be heard shouting “f*** off you nonce” and one man bangs on the window as police pull away from the street
  
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