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19/05/2012 - Last News Update: 23:50
Manchester News Headlines
Greater Manchester voters asked about EU referendum
- Voters in three Greater Manchester constituencies are to be polled over whether they want a national referendum on UK membership of the European Union.
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New design for Manchester's St Peter's Square revealed
- The refurbishment of a Manchester square will see a "carpet of paving" and "grove of decorative trees" added and the cenotaph moved.
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Warsi: Minority of Pakistani men see white girls as "fair game"
- A "small minority" of Pakistani men see white girls as "fair game", Baroness Warsi has said.
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Cannabis joint juror fined £450 at Bolton Crown Court
- A juror in a rape trial who smoked a cannabis joint in his lunch hour, yards from the court, has been fined £450.
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Huddersfield wind turbines 'in wrong place' to be moved
- Two wind turbines which cost £101,000 to buy and install are to be moved after a council admitted they were put in the wrong place.
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Lorry driver arrested over cyclist's death in Huyton
- A lorry driver has been arrested and bailed over the death of a cyclist in Merseyside.
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Dewsbury man jailed for rape of drunken girl who was filmed
- A man who raped a drunken 15-year-old girl who was filmed as she was sexually assaulted by a number of men has been jailed for 11 years.
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Man admits theft of dead woman's bag in Manchester
- A man has admitted stealing a woman's handbag, minutes after she had been knocked down and killed in Manchester.
First tram-train gets go-ahead for Sheffield to Rotherham
- Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth £58m, the government has confirmed.
Playwright Lydia Besong wins asylum seeker status
- A Cameroonian playwright and her husband, who hours away from deportation from the UK, have won the right to political asylum.
Cameron to say UK's 'safety' is paramount in eurozone crisis
- David Cameron is to insist it is his job to "keep Britain safe" whatever the fate of the eurozone.
Rochdale nightclub death: 16th man in court
- A 16th man has been charged in connection with the death of a man at a Rochdale nightclub in the early hours of Christmas Day.
Plaque to Warrington bomb dead children stolen
- Thieves have stolen a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys who were killed when an IRA bomb went off in Warrington in Cheshire.
Queen's Diamond Jubilee tour in Warrington, Liverpool and Chester
- The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are continuing the Diamond Jubilee tour with visits to Warrington, Liverpool and Chester later.
Councils 'must lower carbon emissions'
- Local authorities across the UK should have a statutory duty to combat climate change, government advisors recommend.
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Dewsbury man jailed for rape of drunken girl who was filmed
A man who raped a drunken 15-year-old girl who was filmed as she was sexually assaulted by a number of men has been jailed for 11 years.... -
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Warsi: Minority of Pakistani men see white girls as "fair game"
A "small minority" of Pakistani men see white girls as "fair game", Baroness Warsi has said.... -
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Cannabis joint juror fined £450 at Bolton Crown Court
A juror in a rape trial who smoked a cannabis joint in his lunch hour, yards from the court, has been fined £450.... -
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Lorry driver arrested over cyclist's death in Huyton
A lorry driver has been arrested and bailed over the death of a cyclist in Merseyside.... -
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Greater Manchester voters asked about EU referendum
Voters in three Greater Manchester constituencies are to be polled over whether they want a national referendum on UK membership of the Euro... -
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New design for Manchester's St Peter's Square revealed
The refurbishment of a Manchester square will see a "carpet of paving" and "grove of decorative trees" added and the cen... -
At 10:28:21 in Other
Huddersfield wind turbines 'in wrong place' to be moved
Two wind turbines which cost £101,000 to buy and install are to be moved after a council admitted they were put in the wrong place.... -
At 00:34:46 in Other
Plaque to Warrington bomb dead children stolen
Thieves have stolen a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys who were killed when an IRA bomb went off in Warrington in Cheshire.... -
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Man admits theft of dead woman's bag in Manchester
A man has admitted stealing a woman's handbag, minutes after she had been knocked down and killed in Manchester.... -
At 13:58:58 in Other
First tram-train gets go-ahead for Sheffield to Rotherham
Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth £58m, the government has con...
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