All news by author: Ashlie Blakey

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Missing woman last seen at airport on New Year's Day is found dead
Lillian, 71, had been reported missing on Monday, January 1, after landing at Manchester Airport and was last seen walking towards the M56 and police are believed to have found a body
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Boxing Day chaos erupts at shopping centre as masked youths hurl chairs in brawl
Two youths were arrested after a massive brawl broke out at the Arndale shopping centre in Manchester on Boxing Day, with chairs thrown across the food court as some involved where masks
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'Hate crime' arrests after man stabbed during '20-person Boxing Day brawl'
A man was taken to hospital after the fight - involving an estimated 20 people - in south Manchester on Boxing Day, with two people also arrested. Police are appealing for witnesses
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Moment wobbling plane forced to abort landing at UK airport amid Storm Pia winds
A Finnair flight from Helsinki was forced to perform a 'go around' when strong winds pushed it from side to side at Manchester Airport before eventually safely landing
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Stabbing victim's family speak out as 16-year-old arrested for murder
Paul Marsh tragically died in Atherton, Greater Manchester, on Friday, the police have said. The victim's heartbroken family have now released a tribute through GMP
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Devastated wife says 'I've lost him for a second time' as husband's ashes stolen
Nigel and Susan Hill were married for nearly 50 years and the family were planning to scatter his ashes at the local cricket club were he worked as a 'much-loved' odd-job man
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Man refuses to smile for 50 years then splashes out £6k to sort 'toenail teeth'
Robert Moore, from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, has told how he had "mangled" teeth that were like "curved yellowed toenails" before spending £6,000 to have them fixed
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Simple mistake that lead to downfall of 'Cleo' hotline offering daily drug deals
Sophia McAllister, from Greater Manchester, who ran a class A drugs hotline named "Cleo" where she took thousands of calls has been jailed after police traced the calls to her phone
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Schools and hospitals on alert after 'malicious communication' sent
Police in Manchester have launched an urgent probe after 'malicious communication' was sent to several schools and hospitals across Bury, but officers insist there is no danger to the public
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Tragedy as teenager found dead in road as police surround scene
A man aged 18 was found with 'serious injuries' on Booth Road in Trafford, Greater Manchester, at around 5am this morning. He was tragically pronounced dead at the scene
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Moment Wild West brawl erupts in pub garden as bosses say 'we got things wrong'
A mass brawl broke out in the beer garden at the Pointing Dog in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, on Saturday with footage showing men punching and kicking each other - with organisers Dusk admitting it "got some things wrong"
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Family's 'hearts broken forever' as woman dies in crash after police chase
Kathleen Kirby was killed after a police chase ended in a crash in Wigan, with a man arrested, and her family have paid tribute to her as someone who "held everyone together"
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Passengers stuck in chaotic airport queues watched flights leave without them
Ryanair passengers said they watched their flights take off as they were still stuck in long queues at Manchester Airport on Wednesday after a power cut hit the travel hub
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Police officer who left boy paralysed and with catastrophic injuries is jailed
PC Sarah De Meulemeester drove at speeds of up to 61mph on 30mph-limit roads, and also went the wrong way around a roundabout when she was travelling to an emergency
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Police make £180,000 discovery after stopping car with cracked windscreen on M6
Derek Miller and Mark Lindsey were driving around Warrington in a Renault Kangoo when police pulled them over for their cracked windscreen - and officers found 26kg of drugs in the car
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Woman claims her partner was 'dragged' out of musical for 'putting his hands up'
Sarah Werakso was in the audience of a performance of The Bodyguard in Manchester and claims "aggressive" theatre staff "manhandled" her partner when he put his hands in the air despite "not singing"
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Moment teacher 'throws student onto floor' after kicking him out of lesson
Footage shot at Harrytown Catholic High School in Romiley, Stockport, shows a schoolboy reportedly being thrown to the ground during a lesson by a male teacher
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Child seriously hurt after stranger tries to snatch them from mum in the street
A man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnap after he tried to snatch a child from his mum in Bolton, Greater Manchester, at 6.30pm yesterday. The child was seriously injured and his mum is 'shaken'
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Huge fireball and black smoke at flats as residents evacuated from blaze
A huge fire has broken out in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. At least six engines were seen attending the blaze where a large fireball and black smoke was seen coming from a building
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Urgent hunt for mum and newborn baby missing after car broke down on motorway
Constance Marten has gone missing alongside her partner, Mark Gordon, and their newborn baby after the family broke down on the M61 and vanished after leaving the motorway
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Mum's 'awful' screams after son, 11, hit and killed by bus while riding his bike
A local resident in Bolton has told how she "couldn't watch" as emergency services rushed to the scene after an 11-year-old boy was knocked down by a bus and she heard the screams of his mother