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1. 1. Rapist hunted after teenage girl is attacked in Farnworth alleyway

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 11 February 2012 A teenage girl was raped by a man who dragged her into an alleyway off Egerton Street in Farnworth, Bolton. Police are appealing for information after the attack at around 1.30 am on Saturday.

2. 2. Bury's clash with MK Dons postponed

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 February 2012 Bury star Joe Skarz has signed a contract extension which will keep him at Gigg Lane until May 2014. But Skarz will have to wait to pull on the Shakers jersey again after their clash with MK Dons was called off.

3. 3. Mark Cueto: Olympic factor will keep boys on their toes

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 February 2012 I think all the England guys justifiably will have been over the moon with the result at Murrayfield in their opening RBS 6 Nations last weekend.

4. 4. Community leader appeals for calm after alleged 'race attacks' in Hyde and Rochdale

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 February 2012 Afzal Khan, former Lord Mayor of Manchester and joint chairman of the Muslim-Jewish Forum, spoke out after the incidents.

5. 5. Businessman urges Manchester United fans to buy his land - to stop City's £100m training complex

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 February 2012 Shaun O’Brien is calling on other United fans to support his ‘David and Goliath’ battle. He is offering plots of his land at OB Trucks, on Quinn Street, for £250 per square foot – and says he hopes to sell a minimum of 5,000 plots, which would work out at £1.25m.

6. 6. Five years on: Musical salute to Guardsman Tony Downes who died in an explosion in Afghanistan

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 09 February 2012 The memory of a young soldier killed in Afghanistan will live on through music at a huge concert. Guardsman Tony Downes, 20, died after a landmine exploded under his armoured vehicle close to the town of Sangin in Helmand Province in 2007.

7. 7. Police investigate 'race hate' attack after man, 21, hit with bottle and boy, 16, assaulted in Rochdale

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 09 February 2012 A 21-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were walking with friends along a footpath close to Sandbrook Retail Park on Edinburgh Way in Rochdale when it is claimed a gang of three Asian men repeatedly kicked and punched the pair and the 21-year-old was hit with a bottle.

8. 8. Council leader John Merry, Ian Stewart and Jim King set for three-way fight to become first elected mayor Salford

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 09 February 2012 Labour's big guns are lining up for a three-way fight to get the nomination to be the party’s candidate in a race to be Greater Manchester’s first elected mayor. The Salford public have voted to ditch the post of council leader and replace it with a Boris Johnson-style figurehead.

9. 9. Price just not right for Tyson Fury

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 09 February 2012 Tyson Fury sensationally relinquished his British and Commonwealth titles yesterday – but insists he will still be heavyweight king.

10. 10. Pub landlords warned of tough times

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 09 February 2012 The UK's biggest pub landlord warned its publicans today to be braced for a tough year ahead as costs increase and consumers face further economic uncertainty.

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