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• DWP review finds PIP 'not fit for purpose' as claimants slam 'dehumanising' process

  09-07-2026 01:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  This is the first full review of PIP since it was launched in 2013
  
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• Murder investigation as man dies after 'shocking' stabbing attack

  09-07-2026 18:56 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The victim has been named as 40-year-old Steven Dossett
  
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• DWP minister gives update as workplace temperature rules could be changed amid heatwaves

  09-07-2026 18:52 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A public consultation is set to be launched, the DWP says
  
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• Shameless hit-and-run driver's texts to sister uncovered as victim's family faces killer

  09-07-2026 18:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Daud Nidhal Mohammed has been jailed for killing x-ray innovator Sam Johnston
  
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• Andy Burnham's views on immigration as UK to get new Prime Minister

  09-07-2026 18:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Mr Burnham has said the government needs to 'go further' when it comes to reducing illegal migration
  
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• Coronation Street star keeps daughter and wife out of spotlight as he shares personal family insight

  09-07-2026 18:42 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street actor Gareth Pierce, who plays Todd Grimshaw, has been married for more than 20 years and has a 10-year-old daughter
  
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• Salford's Lowry hosting free event featuring classic children's animal books Elmer, Dear Zoo and more this summer

  09-07-2026 18:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Wild Things exhibition will run throughout the school holidays
  
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• North west spot near Liverpool could be named UK’s first ever Town of Culture

  09-07-2026 18:28 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Birkenhead could be named the 2028 Town of Culture
  
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• 'Why on earth are Restore and Britain First trying to hold a political rally in our memorial gardens?'

  09-07-2026 18:18 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The protesters took over the town last year, but organisers have promised a more peaceful protest this time around
  
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• The new 350-capacity ‘events space’ at Victorian mill where fireworks and drumming will be banned

  09-07-2026 18:14 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Two vacant units at Halliwell Mills in Bolton are set to be converted
  
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• Reform mayoral candidate Sian Astley stands by controversial post calling for Greens to house rapists

  09-07-2026 18:10 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sian Astley has doubled down on controversial social media comments about immigration, insisting that people who support open borders are opening the country to 'criminals, economic chancers, rapists'. Beth Abbit reports.
  
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• Pakistan refuses to take back Rochdale grooming gang ringleader

  09-07-2026 18:02 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Islamabad is refusing to accept Shabir Ahmed while demanding the extradition of two political dissidents from the UK in return
  
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• Hit twisty thriller acquired by BBC as viewers demand more

  09-07-2026 17:55 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  I, Jack Wright is now available to watch on BBC
  
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• Argos shoppers snap up £23 LEGO Speed Champions McLaren set for 85p online

  09-07-2026 17:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "It was so enjoyable to build and surprisingly detailed that I have now started collecting them all."
  
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• £20m Greater Manchester visitor levy 'would make no difference', Greens say

  09-07-2026 17:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Some Green proposals announced today on July 9 could cost £2.7bn but the party say their plan is fully funded
  
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• Marlon West: ‘Every institution that should have protected my daughter failed’

  09-07-2026 17:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  His daughter, Scarlett, was 14 when the abuse began
  
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• Reform's Sian Astley says people worried about immigration are not 'rampant racists'

  09-07-2026 17:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Sian Astley said those worried about immigration are not ‘nasty people or rampant racists’ and hit back against an accusation her party had an ‘agenda of hatred and division’
  
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• Woman at centre of Burnage murder investigation is named

  09-07-2026 17:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The victim, a woman in her 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene following reports of an assault
  
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• Transformation plans for Farnworth’s Rock Hall passed a day after £4.6M lottery funding boost

  09-07-2026 16:56 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The restoration and expansion of the beloved hall has been described as a 'massive heritage boost for the whole of the borough'
  
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• Households urged to avoid making this washing machine mistake amid UK heatwave

  09-07-2026 16:49 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  You should follow this advice if you are washing any clothes this week
  
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• Man and woman killed in horror head-on HGV smash

  09-07-2026 16:48 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses
  
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• The new bowling alley coming to Salford Quays

  09-07-2026 16:40 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The venue has applied for a premises license.
  
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• Met Office verdict on when Manchester will see heatwave peak this week

  09-07-2026 16:33 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Temperatures could hit 33C in Greater Manchester at its peak this week
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing's fifth contestant announced as Love Island winner

  09-07-2026 16:25 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Cach Mercer will compete for the Glitterball when the BBC One dance show returns later this year
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers will stand against Nigel Farage in Clacton by-election

  09-07-2026 16:23 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The anti-vax campaigner has announced his candidacy for the Essex seat
  
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• Wigan Warriors issue statement after player racially abused

  09-07-2026 16:20 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Wigan Warriors said they were "appalled" by the comments
  
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• Labour mayoral candidate Bev Craig says she 'won't throw trans communities under the bus'

  09-07-2026 15:46 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  She said she was a “proud and committed feminist”, before adding: “I will not pit minority against minority.”
  
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• UK households told to put 1p coins in fruit bowls during heatwave this week - here's why

  09-07-2026 15:45 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are soaring above 30C this week
  
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• Vaccination warning as adult dies and cases of 'highly infectious disease' soar

  09-07-2026 15:44 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Officials have said that 10 per cent of reported cases are from north-west England
  
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• New Starbucks drive-thru to open at Wigan retail park

  09-07-2026 15:34 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Councillors heard that the site 'lends itself to a coffee shop'
  
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