All news on the topic: Manchester
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Children’s homes firm collapses owing £2.2m as creditors get nothing
Creditors owed millions of pounds by a company that ran illegal children’s homes have been told they won’t see a penny of their money.
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Mayors given power to impose new overnight visitor tax across England
Andy Burnham is to give mayors power to impose unlimited taxes on tourists.
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Reform UK targets two Tory wards as Farage’s party fights for local election gains
Nigel Farage is looking to gain two wards from the Conservative Party as Reform UK battles for local by-election gains.
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Ministers seek to block MI5 files from inquest into Manchester synagogue attack deaths
Government lawyers tell coroner disclosing intelligence would pose serious risk to national security
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£250,000 Ferrari destroyed in motorway crash after driver loses control in heavy rain
A supercar was destroyed after crashing on a busy motorway outside Manchester.
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UK airports hit by cyber attack as hackers access data of 8.7 million customers
Three major UK airports have been hit by a “cyber security incident” in which the data of about 8.7 million customers was accessed, Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has said.
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EasyJet to axe all flights from major European airport this year
EasyJet is set to pull out of a major European airport, cancelling all flights.
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Afghan man charged with rape and sexual assault of 17-year-old girl in Manchester
An Afghan man has been charged with the rape and sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in Manchester city centre.
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Man charged over failure to disclose information linked to Heaton Park synagogue terror attack
A man has been charged in connection with a terrorist attack that killed two people at a synagogue in Manchester last year, Counter Terrorism Policing North West said.
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Andy Burnham accepted thousands in gifts and £229,000 in campaign donations before entering No 10
ndy Burnham accepted more than £350,000 of donations and freebies in the run-up to becoming Prime Minister, his first register of interests reveals.
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Manchester-bound flight forced to divert to Siberia after mechanical fault
The Airbus A330-300 from Beijing got into trouble over Siberia and had to land in Krasnoyarsk despite Foreign Office advice against Brits travelling to Russia
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Trainee police officer arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and raping woman
A serving student police officer has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a woman.
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Burnham’s top aide keeps £2.2 million London home while taxpayer-funded commute to Manchester costs £800 a week
Sam Lister, who is based in Whitehall but has been tasked with leading the first of Burnham’s devolution plans, continues to live in his £2.2 million Islington townhouse despite working in Manchester during the week.
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M67 closed after suspected human remains discovered near motorway bridge
A motorway has been closed after police said suspected human remains were found nearby.
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Man jailed for 12 years after police seize one of London’s largest date rape drug hauls
A man has been jailed for 12 years after more than 2,000 litres of gamma butyrolactone (GBL), a date rape drug, were found in a storage container rented by him, police have said.
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Man jailed for life over terror plot with synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie
A man who planned a terror attack with his friend who went on a fatal knife rampage at a Manchester synagogue less than two months later has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years.
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What Andy Burnham’s first 100 days as prime minister could look like
Andy Burnham has been confirmed as the UK’s new prime minister after emerging as the Labour’s only eligible candidate for leadership.
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Dangerous escaped prisoner arrested after police manhunt in north-west England
Police launched a manhunt for a ‘high-risk’ prisoner convicted of attacking two women before he made a rare escape.
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Manchester city centre to expand as 61,000 homes approved under major development plan
Manchester is destined to expand dramatically over the next two decades through a 15-year vision.
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Former football club boss and senior paramedic among 14 men charged in alleged rape plot
A former football club boss and a senior paramedic are among 14 men charged over an alleged plot to rape and sexually assault a man’s drugged wife.
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From Manchester mayor to PM contender: Burnham’s long road to power
On February 25 2015, Andy Burnham rang me up out of the blue. In those days, I was the political editor at the Manchester Evening News, covering Greater Manchester’s escalating attempts to wrestle power away from London.
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“Britain’s first gay dad” Barrie Drewitt-Barlow charged with 18 more offences including rape and child exploitation
One of “Britain’s first gay dads” and his husband have been charged with 18 more offenses including rape and paying for sexual services of a child.
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Starmer faces final showdown as Burnham heads for victory in Makerfield
On Friday evening, Keir Starmer will head for Chequers for another crisis meeting with his dwindling band of senior loyalists.
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British remigration activist attacked during Manchester street debate
A British ‘remigration’ activist was giving a public debate on colonization when he was allegedly attacked from behind.
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Doctor who treated mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro says even ‘monsters’ deserve care
A doctor whose job was to try and save the life of infamous mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro tells The Sun: “You cannot take away the right to medical care from anyone, not even from such monsters.”
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