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• Wigan Athletic 1-0 Birmingham City: Lee Camp error gifts Latics win

  01-10-2019 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Birmingham goalkeeper Lee Camp lets a speculative Anthony Pilkington effort slip under his body to hand Wigan victory.
  
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• Meghan Markle launches legal action against Mail on Sunday over private letter as Prince Harry pens blistering attack on 'bullying' press

  01-10-2019 21:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex said they had been driven to take legal action after "painful" impact of "relentless propaganda" against his wife from the British tabloid press
  
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• Coronation Street viewers spot pregnancy blunder in Sophie Webster scenes

  01-10-2019 21:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Corrie actress Brooke Vincent is currently on maternity leave as she prepares to welcome her first child with Sheffield United footballer Kean Bryan
  
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• GP surgery has had to put barbed wire on its roof to stop youths 'playing football'

  01-10-2019 21:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  They have now applied to Tameside council for retrospective planning permission for barbed wire to protect the practice from anti-social behaviour and to make it secure.
  
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• In-storage war memorials could be placed in schools

  01-10-2019 21:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Councillors said it was a ‘scandalous shame’ that some are locked away
  
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• Play club praised for 'swift action' over safeguarding concerns

  01-10-2019 20:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Just three months after an 'inadequate' rating inspectors have now rated Playclub Unlimited, based at Bradshaw Hall Primary School, in Cheadle Hulme, as good
  
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• Controversy over plans to extend business park into green belt

  01-10-2019 20:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Dubbed Bredbury Gateway, it would boast 18 units for general industrial, storage and distribution use, with 10,000 sq ft earmarked for retail and leisure purposes.
  
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• Manchester United security staff are stopping commuters on Sir Matt Busby Way and searching their bags

  01-10-2019 20:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Sir Matt Busby Way running past Old Trafford stadium is a public street - and some people are very unhappy at being asked to stop and be searched
  
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• EuroMillions results and draw LIVE: Lottery numbers for Tuesday 1st October £169m jackpot

  01-10-2019 20:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  What are tonight's Euro lotto results? Here are the numbers for the £167m draw, plus the Lucky Stars, Thunderball and Millionaire Maker codes for Tuesday, October 1
  
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• Man dies at scene after 'huge emergency response' to horror collision involving a HGV in Openshaw

  01-10-2019 19:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to the crash on Ashton Old Road at around 4pm on Tuesday
  
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• Boris Johnson suggests he will fund a London-style bus network in Greater Manchester

  01-10-2019 19:21 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  In an official announcement, the Department for Transport announced a 'long term funding package' for reform of the system, long a major priority for local leaders. But it appears to clash with comments made by northern powerhouse minister Jake Berry last week
  
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• Anger at 'ludicrous' censoring of Whaley Bridge dam collapse reports

  01-10-2019 19:17 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The trust which owns Toddbrook reservoir has blacked out large parts of the inspection reports citing concerns over national security
  
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• 'What do you think you're doing?' - Pensioner, 74, gives 'cat burglar' suspect more than he bargained for

  01-10-2019 19:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "I think when I caught him he was going back for more"
  
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• Great-grandmother had both legs amputated after insect bit her while she was gardening

  01-10-2019 19:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It took medical staff around five days to find the bite on her head - and they still don't know what type of insect it came from
  
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• Jackson Hastings: Salford half-back eligible to play for Great Britain

  01-10-2019 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Salford's Australia-born half-back Jackson Hastings does qualify to play for Great Britain, the Rugby Football League confirms.
  
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• Three men with links to Bolton who police want to trace after death of dad, 30, in Hartlepool

  01-10-2019 18:57 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Three Albanian men wanted after Cleveland death two weeks ago
  
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• Loose Women's Stacey Solomon in tears during 30th birthday surprise live on air

  01-10-2019 18:53 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The ITV show celebrated Stacey's upcoming birthday with surprise video messages from her sons and a performance by 911
  
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• ‘We’re coming after you’: Priti Patel unveils £20m county lines crackdown

  01-10-2019 18:45
  Home secretary announces extra funding and recruitment to tackle ‘evil’ drug gangsThe government is to spend £20m on tackling county lines drug networks, including recruiting more specialist caseworkers to deal with victims groomed into gangs, the home secretary has announced.County lines involves gangs in cities such as London, Birmingham and Liverpool using children as young as 11 to deal mostly heroin and crack cocaine over a network of dedicated mobile phones. Continue read
  
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• The school learning sign language in every class to help a deaf pupil feel included

  01-10-2019 18:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Staff are hoping sign language will become 'second nature' to pupils
  
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• "In this world of hatred you made us feel loved": Islamic school pupils write kind letters to Co-op staff who say they are a 'pleasure to have in store'

  01-10-2019 18:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Pupils from Manchester Islamic High School for Girls regularly shop in the Beech Road store before and after school
  
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• Manchester Piccadilly staff member kicked between the legs after ticket dispute

  01-10-2019 18:36 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The victim, aged in his 40s, was verbally abused before being attacked - police have issued an image of a woman they'd like to speak to
  
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• Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: MP kicked out of Tory conference after clash

  01-10-2019 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown tried to enter a room with a guest without the relevant pass.
  
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• Pedestrian hit by vehicle in serious collision closing major east Manchester road

  01-10-2019 18:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police described the incident as 'serious'
  
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• Emergency services called after collision involving police vehicle in Gorton

  01-10-2019 18:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Pictures taken by a witness show the police vehicle flipped over onto its side
  
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• Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final win 'could sustain club next season'

  01-10-2019 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Winning the Super League Grand Final could sustain the Salford Red Devils next season, says chief executive Ian Blease.
  
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• Police want to speak to these men after Boots burglary

  01-10-2019 17:54 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Thieves used bedsheets to carry away "a large amount" of perfume and aftershave
  
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• Jamie Oliver took a payout of over £5million months before his restaurant empire collapsed

  01-10-2019 17:50 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  All but three of his 25 restaurants shut their doors in May this year sparking 1,000 job losses
  
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• Woman shares genius mint leaf hack for banishing spiders from the house

  01-10-2019 17:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  She says her 88p solution banished spiders instantly, and it's also humane
  
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• MP asked to leave Tory conference in Manchester following 'unacceptable' bust-up with security

  01-10-2019 17:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  'I've got nothing further to say about it. I don't want to comment on it, really,' he told reporters
  
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• Daughter of Barclays executive accused of murdering his wife says he is 'the calmest man on the planet', trial hears

  01-10-2019 17:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  David Pomphret is accused of murdering 49-year-old Ann Marie Pomphret when he 'finally snapped'
  
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• Lee Simmons with the statue, which could be from the 11th or 12th century

  01-10-2019 16:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Lee Simmons with the statue, which could be from the 11th or 12th century
  
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• X Factor and Britain's Got Talent comedian thanks Simon Cowell and Ant and Dec for 'saving' his life after they donate money for his rehab

  01-10-2019 16:42 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Ian Royce who works on both ITV shows has been inundated with support after it was revealed that he was crowdfunding £20,000 to pay for rehab treatment at The Priory
  
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• Music school pupil abused by violin teacher at 15

  01-10-2019 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse hears evidence from former music school pupils.
  
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• Three-year-old obsessed with princesses gets a letter from the Queen

  01-10-2019 16:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Little Mahnoor sent a drawing to Her Majesty, but the last thing she expected was a reply
  
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• Student who died after being hit by car on M56 slip road is named

  01-10-2019 16:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  It is believed 21 year-old Jonah Senior had been hitching a lift when he was struck by a Jaguar XF Saloon on September 20
  
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• Do you recognise this man? Police release CCTV image after bus set on fire in Tameside

  01-10-2019 16:08 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Fire crews were called to the scene and put the fire out, but there was 'significant damage' to the bus
  
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• Cheshire mum who 'has lost everyone she has ever become close to' has disappeared - her fiancé died two weeks before they were due to get married

  01-10-2019 16:06 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  'It is just so bizarre... she has just vanished'
  
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• More than 5,000 jobs on offer to former Thomas Cook employees at Manchester Airport event

  01-10-2019 16:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Airlines including British Airways, TUI and Jet2.com will be represented at the event at Manchester Airport's Runway Visitor Park this Thursday
  
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• Peaky Blinders season 6 filming to return to Manchester as Gorton studio picked for production base

  01-10-2019 15:51 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The team behind the smash hit BBC drama have set up a production base at Gorton's Space Studios
  
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• Hundreds of Thomas Cook customers queue at 'pop-up' shops run by staff for free

  01-10-2019 15:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of customers have queued outside a 'pop-up' shop in Stoke-on-Trent seeking advice from redundant staff
  
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• Greggs is stockpiling pork for its sausage rolls ahead of Brexit later this month

  01-10-2019 15:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The high street bakery chain wants to guarantee production of its sausage rolls is guaranteed in the event of a no-deal Brexit
  
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• Tory Party Conference attendee sparks security alert after attempting to enter area without the proper pass

  01-10-2019 15:43 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police said security staff intervened
  
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• West End hit Mr Popper's Penguins is coming to Manchester this Christmas

  01-10-2019 15:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Remarkable family of performing penguins brought to life with original songs and puppetry
  
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