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1. 1. Pete Mitchell joins Radio 2

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 March 2006 MANCHESTER-BORN DJ Pete Mitchell has joined Radio 2, the M.E.N. can reveal. The former M.E.N columnist - who started his career at Manchester's Piccadilly Radio - is credited with discovering bands like Oasis and Inspiral Carpets.

2. 2. Papa Roach @ Academy 1

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 30 September 2004 IF you mixed Megadeth, the Beastie Boys and the self-aware, navel-gazing qualities of a Sunday newspaper columnist you'd get this north Californian foursome who agonise over everything in a loud, abrasive yet vulnerable way.

3. 3. Lessons in loving

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 June 2004 M.E.N. columnist Flic Everett from Sale, has suddenly got a lot to live up to, thanks to the name of her racy new book. It not only suggests that she's the hottest new guru of love, but that she's the world of romance's answer to Nigella Lawson.

4. 4. A Truss fund of secret works

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 July 2004 EVERYONE knows about the punctuation book that became a surprise bestseller - there are nearly two million copies of Eats, Shoots and Leaves in print worldwide. But long before author Lynne Truss made her point about full stops she was a columnist and a comic writer.

5. 5. National Television Awards

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 01 November 2006 ONE of the biggest nights in the TV calendar, the National Television Awards have taken place at the Royal Albert Hall. Take a look at frock-filled gallery from the glitzy bash.

6. 6. Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson tells Desert Island Discs of his 'shyness'

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 06 February 2011 Award-winning Manchester author Howard Jacobson has spoken of how he was "crippled by shyness" as a young boy.

7. 7. Dan In Real Life (PG)

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 January 2008 SINGLE, love-starved characters in Hollywood romantic comedies should count their blessings.

8. 8. Search for TV wine personality

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 05 August 2004 A NATIONWIDE quest to find the "Jamie Oliver of the Wine World" has been launched by TV presenter Carol Vorderman. Hardys Wine Idol aims to find an outgoing personality who is "more of a wine whizz than a wine bore".

9. 9. Stories from an eternal teenager

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 21 March 2006 BY her own admission, author Louise Rennison isn't very good in the mornings. But, sometimes, even honorary teenagers have to get out of bed on school days, and our 9am interview slot is one of those times.

10. 10. The Girls are back in town

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 May 2007 IT takes a lot of slap to look like Girls Aloud. I'm not being be rude, it's just a bona fide fact. And fake tan. They play the M.E.N. Arena tonight.

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