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Manchester Airport strike on

9:21am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Baggage handlers and check-in workers have voted overwhelmingly to hold 24-hour strikes at Manchester Airport on Wednesday August 27 and Monday September 1.

Oldham tandem rider conquers the Americas

Oldham tandem rider conquers the Americas

9:20am Wednesday 20th August 2008

A former environmental consultant from Oldham has successfully cycled the length of the Americas on a tandem bike to raise £5,000 for a children’s charity.

Emmerdale star's Tarzan fundraiser

2:53pm Wednesday 13th August 2008

EMMERDALE star Tony Audenshaw is set to visit 26 venues in Greater Manchester as part of a charity marathon running team featuring Tarzan, Jane and a giant banana.

£55,639 Manchester lottery win goes unclaimed

2:43pm Monday 11th August 2008

A £55,639 jackpot from a lottery ticket sold in Manchester has gone unclaimed and will be donated to good causes.

Salford man arrested after Simonstone security van robbery

9:33pm Friday 8th August 2008

POLICE have charged a man in connection with a robbery on a Group Four security van in Simonstone.

Plant and cacti displays

10:52am Friday 8th August 2008

THE first Heaton Park Summer Plant and Cacti Fair takes place in the historic walled garden on Sunday, August 17 between 10am and 4pm.

Two planes collide at Manchester Airport

3:43pm Tuesday 5th August 2008

Two planes collided while taxiing to a runway at Manchester Airport, officials have said.

Woman sexually assaulted in Leigh

2:29pm Monday 4th August 2008

A 23-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in Leigh.

Woman dies following Bury crash

9:40am Monday 4th August 2008

Nelson man on £300k theft charges from Manchester firm

2:22pm Friday 1st August 2008

A FINANCE manager from Nelson has been charged with stealing more than £300,000 from his bosses in Manchester.


National News

Titan prisons a 'massive mistake'

The UK prison population has topped 90,000 a report says

Updated 2:18am Thursday 28th August 2008

Pressing ahead with plans to build three huge "Titan" prisons would be a "costly and hugely damaging mistake", the Government has been warned.


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