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• The Madchester murder mystery that inspired a BAFTA-winning film

  25-02-2018 22:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Colin O’Toole's meeting with Dave Rowbotham left a mark on his life, and inspired the film Cowboy Dave
  
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• How a chance encounter with a reclusive musician and his unsolved murder inspired a BAFTA award-winning film

  25-02-2018 22:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Colin O’Toole's meeting with Dave Rowbotham left a mark on his life, and inspired the film Cowboy Dave
  
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• Blaze on moorland believed to have been started by youths

  25-02-2018 21:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police and fire crews were called to Indian's Head on Sunday afternoon
  
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• Man City lift trophy in League Cup final

  25-02-2018 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester City win their first trophy under Pep Guardiola as they easily beat Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.
  
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• Investigation launched after human bone found in lake

  25-02-2018 20:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police say the bone has now been sent for forensic analysis
  
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• You can stay in this quirky holiday cottage that was once home to a legendary '9ft giant'

  25-02-2018 20:41 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Rumour has it 'The Childe of Hale' used to sleep with his legs out of the window of the 15th century cottage
  
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• Black Magic as Brooke Vincent gets her best score on Dancing On Ice skating to Little Mix

  25-02-2018 20:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Coronation Street actress was thrilled to achieve her highest score of the series
  
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• No affordable housing is being built in Manchester city centre... so what’s going on?

  25-02-2018 19:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  All Manchester’s new housing developments of more than 15 homes are supposed to consist of at least 20pc affordable units. But this is not happening in the city centre
  
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• 'Park wherever you like' - Heartwarming message left on ambulance thanking 'unsung heroes' for saving lives

  25-02-2018 19:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It comes after a number of cases where paramedics have been abused for blocking streets while attending to medical emergencies
  
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• Pugfest in pictures: Pug Festival comes to Manchester to celebrate Chinese New Year

  25-02-2018 18:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of cute pugs descended on Manchester to celebrate the Year of the Dog
  
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• This week in court - callous crooks, a Spice dealer, and a hotel housekeeper

  25-02-2018 18:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The criminals who've appeared in courts around Greater Manchester this week
  
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• Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea

  25-02-2018 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Substitute Jesse Lingard scores the winner as Man Utd come from behind to beat Chelsea and move back into second in the Premier League.
  
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• Timelapse video shows progress on Manchester Airport's £1bn expansion

  25-02-2018 17:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The work - which includes a new 'super terminal' and 3,800 space car park - costs an average of £1m a day to build
  
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• Opening date revealed for Manchester's new Coyote Ugly bar

  25-02-2018 17:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Tickets are now on sale for the first night
  
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• Coyote Ugly Manchester opening date revealed - and the search for Coyotes is on

  25-02-2018 17:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Tickets are now on sale for the first night when the bar opens on Deansgate Locks
  
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• Jorgie Porter hits back at claims of leaked explicit images and videos

  25-02-2018 17:16 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Former Hollyoaks actress has spoken out on Twitter following reports she was the victim of hacked private images
  
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• Former Manchester City star Samir Nasri banned from football for six months, lawyer says

  25-02-2018 17:03 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The player's legal representative in the case told Press Association Sport that a six-month suspension has been imposed on Nasri by UEFA, European football's governing body
  
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• Little Mix's Perrie Edwards wears underwear as outwear on night out in Manchester

  25-02-2018 16:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Perrie turned heads in her red lacy ensemble at celeb haunt Menagerie
  
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• Rescuers save stricken parrot from the top of tree using cherry picker

  25-02-2018 16:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Zazu the parrot was discovered perched precariously in the branches of the large tree after escaping from his home in Urmston last weekend
  
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• Police launch investigation after large bone was found at a Stalybridge lake

  25-02-2018 15:42 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Officers are trying to establish if the bone discovered at Chadwick Dam, near Stamford Park and Tameside Hospital, is human
  
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• Shock encounters on Coronation Street cobbles, Billy hits a new low and Summer turns to Phelan

  25-02-2018 14:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Corrie spoilers for this week on the cobbles
  
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• Coronation Street: Shock encounters on the cobbles, Billy hits a new low and Summer turns to Phelan

  25-02-2018 14:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Corrie spoilers for this week on the cobbles
  
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• Missing man from Newcastle could be in Manchester after sighting at Arndale Centre

  25-02-2018 14:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Jordan Lauder may have been at Salford KFC and Manchester city centre yesterday
  
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• Tributes to inspirational mum who died after seven year cancer battle

  25-02-2018 14:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Kate Anne Douglas defied doctors who had given her just months to live
  
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• Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon stunned by "rude" stranger who insulted her character Bethany Platt

  25-02-2018 14:07 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Corrie favourite says it was "one of the more awkward moments" of her life
  
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• The remote cottage in a field of sheep that is to be transformed into a fairytale home

  25-02-2018 13:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Keeper's Cottage will feature on BBC's Homes Under The Hammer
  
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• How two brothers converted a 200-year-old crown court into an incredible restaurant and hotel

  25-02-2018 13:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The historic Knutsford Crown Court is now a must-see dining destination and hotel The Courthouse, thanks to local brothers Oliver and Dominic Heywood. 
  
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• The cost of your TV licence is going up in April

  25-02-2018 13:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The 12-month bill is currently £147 per household
  
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• Salford City: Pies from postponed match go to homeless

  25-02-2018 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Scores of pies and four containers of soup were left over when Salford City's match was postponed.
  
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• Woman dies after being hit by a train in Rochdale

  25-02-2018 13:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to railway line just outside Rochdale station at about 8.30pm last night
  
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• Solita in Manchester has a Sunday lunch burger - with a Yorkshire pudding on top

  25-02-2018 10:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Best of all, it's available all week long
  
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• The personal trainer who beat anorexia to become a social media star at 23

  25-02-2018 10:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Victoria Spence from Worsley reached out through online sites such as Instagram as she battled with the eating disorder for two years.
  
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• "The car means everything to me. It’s like my other child" - 2CV owner distraught after thieves steal her vintage car

  25-02-2018 10:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Clare Howarth, who has owned the car for 21 years, said her Citroen 2CV ‘Georgie’ was stolen from Old Lansdowne Road in West Didsbury on Friday evening
  
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• The haunting image which kept a nuclear disarmament campaigner fighting for forty years

  25-02-2018 08:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  “I broke down in tears at seeing the trike whose rider had been vaporised when the bomb fell. My small grandson was the same age”
  
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• The amazing pictures that tell the story of the 1970s nightclub scene in Manchester

  25-02-2018 08:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Free Trade Hall. Pips, Rotters, The Electric Circus - they're all in here.
  
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