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• People are trying to have barbecues at Winter Hill - while firefighters continue to tackle blaze

  19-07-2018 22:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The fire service has had to issue a warning following reports of people carrying disposable barbecues attempting to get on the site
  
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• 'Business as usual' as Educating Greater Manchester filming goes on during protest over head's suspension

  19-07-2018 22:27 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The planned protests by pupils and parents calling for Drew Povey to be reinstated resulted in the closure of the school on Thursday
  
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• Shocking images show what an ex-rugby star did to a boy who he thought had bullied his son

  19-07-2018 21:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  GRAPHIC IMAGES: Vila Matautia, 48, knocked 15-year-old Cole Olverson unconscious and broke his nose, leaving him covered in blood
  
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• State-owned Russian energy giant is to supply gas to Manchester's schools

  19-07-2018 20:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Gazprom, Russia's largest company and majority-owned by the Kremlin, has signed a £3.6m deal with the city council
  
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• Metrolink drivers could 'strike over Manchester Pride weekend' in pay dispute

  19-07-2018 19:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Members of Unite the union are being balloted for a walk-out - and they say the weekend of August 24 is a possible date for action
  
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• Manchester Airport preparing for busiest ever summer holiday getaway

  19-07-2018 19:35 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  More than 4.7m people are expected to travel in and out of Manchester Airport between July 20 and September 4
  
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• Delays to trams after passenger collapses on tracks at St Peter’s Square

  19-07-2018 19:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  All city centre Metrolink trams were diverted this afternoon
  
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• The huge convoy of police vehicles on their way to raid traveller site in Rochdale

  19-07-2018 18:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  GMP cars and vans were captured swarming up St Mary’s Gate through Rochdale town centre on their way to make five arrests as part of an ongoing investigation into burglary and a car theft ‘crime network’
  
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• DWP error led to disabled people missing out on up to £20,000 in benefits each

  19-07-2018 18:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The DWP is expected to pay out £340 million in arrears by April next year.
  
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• All abuzz: bee in the city - in pictures

  19-07-2018 18:25
  Bee in the City is an exhibition of 100 individually decorated bee sculptures that will go on display across Manchester. Each bee has been designed to reflect the city’s industrial heritage and music scene Continue reading...
  
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• Parents of murdered teenager Liane Singleton urge government to keep her killer in jail

  19-07-2018 18:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Liane Singleton was strangled, punched and stamped on before her body was dismembered with a butcher’s knife. Her remains were dumped in the back yard of a house in Hollinwood in May 1998
  
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• Manhunt for would-be assassin after former Sale man is shot in Amsterdam

  19-07-2018 18:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The suspect - who has ties to Greater Manchester - is wanted for attempted murder after the victim was shot at point-blank range in the Dutch capital
  
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• The Manchester trains affected by the Stockport Viaduct incident and what you can do

  19-07-2018 17:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  These are the trains affected and the advice from operators if you are due to travel on either a Virgin Trains, Northern, or TransPennine service tonight which has been delayed or cancelled
  
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• 35 people went missing before being found dead in Greater Manchester - in just six months

  19-07-2018 17:29 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Some of those deaths could have been prevented - something has to change
  
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• Twenty One Pilots to play Manchester Arena date on UK tour - how to get tickets

  19-07-2018 17:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The duo will come to Manchester as part of the Bandito Tour
  
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• Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester launches thrilling new VR ride

  19-07-2018 17:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Great Lego Race invites kids and parents to buckle up and go for a spin in an exhilarating adventure
  
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• UK weather could feel like 'a furnace' as record-breaking temperatures loom

  19-07-2018 17:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Met Office weather forecast says that highs of 33C could be possible in Manchester - with temperatures reaching even higher levels in other parts the country
  
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• Manchester Sea Life tickets, prices, opening times and more

  19-07-2018 16:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  How to get cheap Manchester Sea Life tickets this summer
  
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• CCTV captures brazen thieves stripping lead from roof of family home

  19-07-2018 16:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The footage shows one of two men clambering over a car to reach the lead roofing and ripping it down
  
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• Mum jailed for killing baby with scissors has murder conviction quashed

  19-07-2018 16:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Rachel Tunstill was jailed for life for killing her newborn baby. Her murder conviction has now been quashed.
  
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• Kerry Katona shows off slimline figure in hotpants as she launches new business in hometown

  19-07-2018 15:56 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Former Atomic Kitten star Kerry was back home in Warrington to launch her new furniture business
  
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• Rhod Gilbert announces Manchester dates on his first UK stand-up tour in six years

  19-07-2018 15:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The comedian is returning to the live stage to tour for the first time six years
  
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• Teenager posed as young girl to 'hook' boys into sending him indecent images on Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook

  19-07-2018 14:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The majority of the offending took place in 2017 when he was 16
  
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• Bilbao BBK Live - A global festival with local flavour as Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and more charm the Basque country

  19-07-2018 14:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A global festival for less than £100, coupled with a Basque port city rich with art and architecture - this is a no brainer
  
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• Negotiators attempting to bring man down from viaduct as trains cancelled between Manchester and Stockport

  19-07-2018 13:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Specially trained British Transport Police officers are speaking to the man on Stockport viaduct , who has been on train tracks since dawn,causing major disruption to thousands of passengers
  
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• Manchester University students paint over Rudyard Kipling poem in 'racism' row - and replace it with this

  19-07-2018 13:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Union bosses admitted they had made a mistake by putting up the artwork without consulting students first, and have apologised
  
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• Festival No 6 announces 2018 will be its last event 'for now'

  19-07-2018 13:38 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Portmeirion festival had become an annual pilgrimage for Manchester music lovers - but organisers say it is 'not sustainable' in a shock announcement
  
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• Sir Tom Jones rushed to hospital with infection - Chester show cancelled

  19-07-2018 13:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A spokesman for the singer's management said that his condition is being "well managed"
  
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• West Didsbury cafe-bar Mary and Archie is to close

  19-07-2018 12:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Staff will call last orders at the Burton Road site at the end of the month after seven years in the heart of the trendy south Manchester suburb.
  
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• Don’t give Manchester town hall project to cladding-row firm, say residents

  19-07-2018 12:44
  Lendlease, which built towers with flammable cladding, bidding for £190m contractResidents in two Manchester apartment blocks with flammable cladding have called on the council to deny the buildings’ developer a £190m contract to redevelop the city’s town hall.The Australian company Lendlease, which built the towers in Manchester’s Green Quarter in 2013, is thought to be among those bidding to refurbish the Grade I-listed building. Continue reading...
  
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• A musical celebrating Dusty Springfield's life is coming to The Lowry

  19-07-2018 12:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Dusty will star Katherine Kingsley and Rufus Hound when it arrives at the Lowry theatre for a five-night run on Tuesday July 24
  
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• A Peter Rabbit 50p coin has sold on eBay hundreds of pounds - check if you have a collectible one

  19-07-2018 12:32 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The coin in question was a 2016 Peter Rabbit 50p featuring Jemima Puddle Duck
  
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• Train services in chaos as police deal with 'man on tracks' at Stockport Viaduct

  19-07-2018 12:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  'Officers are speaking with the man and are working to get him to safety and away from danger as soon as possible'
  
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• Hand luggage rules and allowances for Ryanair, easyJet, Jet2, Virgin Atlantic and more

  19-07-2018 12:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  What is the baggage allowance for Ryanair, easyJet, British Airways and more? Everything you need to know
  
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• Manchester University students paint over Rudyard Kipling mural

  19-07-2018 11:53
  Students say poet is ‘well-known racist’ and replace poem If with Maya Angelou’s Still I RiseStudents at the University of Manchester have painted over a mural of a poem by Rudyard Kipling, arguing that the writer “dehumanised people of colour”.The poem If, written around 1895, had been painted on the wall of the university’s newly refurbished students’ union. But students painted over the verses, replacing them with the 1978 poem Still I Rise by the Ame
  
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• Five family activities to enjoy at Bluedot Festival this weekend

  19-07-2018 11:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Heading to Bluedot festival with the whole family this weekend? Here are our top picks for the best family-friendly activities to enjoy across the weekend
  
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• Patients are 'still scared' to go to North Manchester General Hospital warn councillors

  19-07-2018 11:34 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  North Manchester councillors say people are deliberately going to Central Manchester A&E to avoid their local hospital
  
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• Morrisons launches autism-friendly 'quieter hour' in all its supermarkets

  19-07-2018 11:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The retailer has worked with the National Autistic Society to make shopping less stressful for those who struggle with music and noise
  
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• Gangs of teenagers on vodka and high-energy drinks are 'smashing bottles and causing havoc' says council

  19-07-2018 10:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  An Oldham councillor says people now feel 'helpless' but that the police are not taking it seriously
  
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• Trains between Manchester and Stockport cancelled because of man on viaduct - live updates

  19-07-2018 10:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Northern Rail and Virgin are both warning passengers of long delays as police deal with the incident which means no trains can run from Stockport to Manchester
  
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• Severe delays on trams between MediaCity and Manchester after damage to overhead line

  19-07-2018 09:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Passengers are being asked to use their tickets on the bus or trains instead
  
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• Educating Greater Manchester school Harrop Fold is SHUT today as parents protest against headteacher being suspended

  19-07-2018 09:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  'The kids wanted to hold their own protest because they believe in Mr Povey. No one is being forced to do it'
  
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• All trains between Manchester and Stockport cancelled because of 'trespassers on line' - live updates

  19-07-2018 08:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Northern Rail and Virgin are both warning passengers of long delays as police deal with the incident
  
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• Holidaymakers say the spate of car break-ins at Manchester Airport has become a crime wave

  19-07-2018 07:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The M.E.N. has been inundated with calls and emails from people who have returned to Manchester to find their cars have been broken into in recent days.
  
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